Mick Foley Was “Terrified” Ahead Of Famous Match

WWE legend Mick Foley has admitted to being more than a little hesitant about one of his most iconic matches.

Mick Foley had several famous moments throughout his career, but there will always be one that stands above all others.

On one wild night in Pittsburgh, June 1998, Foley was thrown from the top of Hell In A Cell by The Undertaker, crashing through the Spanish announce table below. Despite a litany of injuries, Foley not only continued the match, but climbed the cell again before being Chokeslammed through it. To cap things off, he later took another bump onto a pile of thumb tacks.

During a new interview with Chris Van Vliet, Foley reflected on the iconic match while describing himself as courageous rather than fearless.

“I’m afraid of a lot of things. I maintain Shane McMahon was fearless. You could say I was courageous. Courage is action in the face of fear.

I was terrified of the cell. When I looked down, the entirety of Undertaker’s entrance was spent with me thinking, How do I climb down this thing without ruining my career? I couldn’t think of it, and that’s why the match unfolded the way it did.”

While discussing the wider impact of his Hell In A Cell match with Undertaker, Foley noted that many of the people who ask him about the clash weren’t even born when it took place.

“Even though it wasn’t the end of my career, it put an exclamation point, and it gave me the moment… I don’t know if I would have had one of those moments, you know, beating The Rock for the WWE title was a great moment for WWE and for me, but I’m not sure if that would be something that would be passed on to the next generation.

That’s what stuns me about the cell is that half of the people who talk to me about it… half of the people that talk to me about that match were not born when it took place.”

Mick Foley Shares Positive Health Update

During the same interview, Mick Foley revealed that he’s in the best physical shape he’s been in for years after undergoing two surgeries. After getting knee and hip replacements, Foley lost around 90lbs, noting that he’s moving better than he has for a long time.

While discussing the changes, Foley said that doctors had been amazed he was still able to walk prior to getting his hip replaced, as it was the worst they had ever seen.

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