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00:00Well, ladies and gentlemen, I'll tell you what.
00:02Maybe we ought to call the Red Cross
00:04because I think in our next two contests,
00:07as we said, they're going to be very unique.
00:09The first, the Hell in a Cell,
00:11it is lowering as we speak.
00:13Coming down.
00:15We have only seen one Hell in a Cell matchup in WWF history.
00:19And it was the most unbelievable match
00:21that I think I've ever witnessed, JR.
00:23It is a perverse, vile, diabolical structure.
00:32Satanic. Hellish.
00:35It will absolutely be unforgiving as this night progresses.
00:44It is custom-built for injury.
00:50It may be the last structure
00:52that the Undertaker and mankind stand in
00:54before they arrive at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh.
00:59And I hope and I pray that that does not happen.
01:03This match has so much riding on it, JR,
01:09that the loser may not even stop at the hospital.
01:12They may go straight to the morgue.
01:15Well, let's hope it isn't that drastic, King, obviously.
01:20Ladies and gentlemen, the following contest
01:23is the Hell in a Cell match.
01:28JR, what's he got there?
01:30Introducing the participants.
01:32First, weighing 287 pounds, Mankind.
01:42He was born Mick Foley on Long Island, New York.
01:46His manifestations as Dude Love and Cactus Jack
01:50are infamous, but none are more deranged than Mankind.
01:59His scarred body, he's missing half an ear.
02:04Look at this.
02:05He says when he gets inside the steel,
02:06he will feel at home.
02:08There's no place like home.
02:10There's no place like home.
02:12And can you imagine what this human being
02:15will do to himself?
02:18That's what's great about this, JR.
02:20That's what's great.
02:21I'm telling you, I've watched this guy.
02:22I've competed against this guy.
02:24It's like, especially when you're in there
02:27in the ring against him, all of a sudden,
02:28you start thinking, nothing that I do hurts this guy.
02:32This guy feels no pain, or if he feels pain,
02:34he enjoys it, look.
02:37Just threw that chair on top of the cage.
02:39What is he doing?
02:42He's climbing.
02:44Mankind is climbing the cage.
02:47He's supposed to start out inside the cage, isn't he?
02:49No, the Undertaker's not even been introduced.
02:52What's he doing?
02:54Well, he's trying to get up to the top of the cage.
02:56Well, I'd see that, but for what?
02:59He's not very logical.
03:01I mean, he needs therapy.
03:03Who knows what he's thinking?
03:05God only knows.
03:06Of all the things he's lost,
03:08I think he misses his mind the most.
03:09Uh-oh, here we go.
03:11Whoa, it's totally dark in here.
03:13He may fall off that cell.
03:16His opponent, from Death Valley,
03:19weighing 348 pounds,
03:22The Undertaker!
03:26On this warm summer's night in the igloo,
03:29there is a chill in the air
03:32that signifies the arrival of the one and only,
03:35the phenom of the World Wrestling Federation.
03:39Whoa!
03:40Man!
03:45Ah!
03:50Yeah!
03:52Yeah!
03:54On this deadly night of wrestling,
03:56Death Valley has the
03:58top weight division for the first time since 1995.
04:01Locking in right at the corner,
04:03The Undertaker,
04:04or rather,
04:05World Wrestling Federation Hands On Relay,
04:07That's like walking through hell right there!
04:12I think that may be an omen, JR.
04:15The Undertaker is a changed man for many reasons.
04:22He is almost, and I hate to say this, but he's almost satanic in his attitude.
04:30No, you're talking satanic, you're looking at it right there.
04:33Mankind come on top of the cell.
04:37Mankind with a steel chair on top of the cell.
04:41Wait a minute, do you think he's daring the Undertaker to start this match up there?
04:47That's where the last one we saw ended.
04:49If so, I don't think that Mankind will have to ask twice.
04:58The pain that these two men are preparing to endure is inhuman.
05:03How they will put their bodies on the line here is beyond description.
05:10And the Undertaker says, you want me up there?
05:13You want to put up there and fight?
05:15I'm going to come up and whip your butt.
05:17Oh my God.
05:19No, he may not make it up.
05:25Undertaker in a very precarious position.
05:29Nothing between the Undertaker and the concrete floor but imagination.
05:38He's there, he's there.
05:40And apparently Hell in a Cell match is officially underway.
05:45In the most god awful of locations.
05:51Chair shot just makes you sick, makes your blood curl.
05:58That is a-
06:00It puts goosebumps on my back there.
06:02It makes the hair on my neck stand up.
06:04I like it.
06:05They're fighting on a steel roof of this cell.
06:09That's a steel chair that Mankind is using.
06:13Oh my gosh, look at this.
06:14It broke through.
06:15It broke through.
06:16That's a lot of weight.
06:17There's over two, three hundred pounders up there.
06:20They're destroying the Hell in a Cell.
06:22And my God, don't get them over here where we are.
06:25What's going to happen here?
06:27Undertaker fighting back.
06:29He's fighting back.
06:30They're out of bullets, folks.
06:31And I don't like it a damn bit.
06:33Oh my God.
06:36Look out.
06:37The God Almighty.
06:39The God Almighty.
06:40That killed him.
06:41Oh my God.
06:42Oh my God.
06:43Oh my God.
06:44Oh my God.
06:45Oh my God.
06:46Oh my God.
06:47Oh my God.
06:48Oh my God.
06:49That killed him.
06:54Oh my God.
06:55As God is my witness, he is broken in half.
07:06Oh my God.
07:08Somebody get out of here, really.
07:10I mean it.
07:12We need some help.
07:17My God, this is over.
07:18I cannot believe.
07:19This is over right here.
07:20I cannot believe.
07:24It's over.
07:25That cage is 16 feet high.
07:29And look at this, folks.
07:31Just listen.
07:32Unbelievable.
07:35My God.
07:40I don't care if it's...
07:41My God, look at this, folks.
07:44Oh my God.
07:47We got our Spanish announce team down.
07:49We need doctors out here.
07:51If somebody can get off their butt in the back and get some people out here.
07:55Look at mankind is moving.
07:56There's Terry Funk.
07:58And we all know that Terry Funk and mankind professionally have not gone along.
08:04But there's still got to be a bond there.
08:14Watch his arms.
08:16There's got to be bones broken.
08:18Dr. Francois Petit is out here.
08:24The Undertaker is still on top.
08:27The Lord of Darkness has ruled.
08:30This may be the shortest Hell in a Cell match that we have ever had.
08:35But without a doubt, the most violent.
08:39Hey, hey.
08:41Hey, can you help these guys right here?
08:53This match could be over.
08:56Here's another look, ladies and gentlemen.
08:59The guy's life could be over.
09:01My God, this is just insane.
09:03I've never seen it.
09:05This is insane.
09:07This is inhuman.
09:13The pain and the misery that Mick Foley must be in.
09:17Look at that. Look out.
09:19Is he going to jump down here?
09:26Vince McMahon is out here.
09:28Commissioner Slaughter.
09:30Folks, we apologize.
09:31This match has stopped dead in its tracks.
09:35And we'll take another look at it here.
09:37This is beyond belief.
09:39Oh, oh.
09:40There's no net.
09:42And somebody again, you know, they know how to fall.
09:45Look at that. Look at this.
09:47Give me a break.
09:52We've got a lot of people hurt here.
09:54And it's professionally the rivalry between Terry Funk and Mick Foley or any other character.
10:00Look at the reins of the cage of The Undertaker still on top.
10:03This match is maybe over. I'm telling you.
10:08Why is the cage raised?
10:09Do they realize The Undertaker is still on top of the cage?
10:12They're raising the cage with The Undertaker still on top.
10:22And the EMTs now are bringing a stretcher here.
10:28Finish the match, man. Do it.
10:31But look up there, JR. The cage is still going up.
10:35Well, I think they've raised the cage somewhat so that we can get the EMTs there with a stretcher.
10:43What about these guys?
10:57Look at this.
11:07There's the Lord of Darkness.
11:09And he has put mankind into darkness, possibly permanent darkness.
11:13Again, ladies and gentlemen, we know that this was a much-hyped, much-talked-about main event.
11:19One of two main events you'll see here tonight.
11:22The Undertaker! The Undertaker!
11:26Apparently, as quickly and as unusually as this match started, it has ended.
11:35Wait, now the cage is coming back down.
11:37I guess they've got to get The Undertaker off of the top of this cage somehow.
11:40Look out!
11:43Look out!
11:48Well, The Undertaker is coming down.
11:50He's climbing down before the cage is even on the ground.
11:53He's coming down on our side, King.
11:55Yeah, I'm out of here.
11:57Might not be a bad idea for you to...
12:00And this is what the bigger story is there in the aisleway.
12:11Again, if this match has ended, we apologize.
12:13I have never... Why do you apologize for that?
12:16Well, that was the... I've never seen anything like that in my life.
12:19Well, I'm not... Yeah, fine.
12:21But people were expecting a Hell in a Cell match.
12:24Look, look!
12:25You're kidding me!
12:26How in the hell is he standing?
12:28Oh, my God.
12:29He's got a smile on his face, for God's sakes!
12:32Are you kidding me?
12:34He wants to go back up!
12:36Uh-uh.
12:37Mankind is going back up!
12:39No way!
12:40And so is The Undertaker!
12:41No way!
12:43How can he climb?
12:44How can his body...
12:47Oh, my God!
12:48The Undertaker's got the chair!
12:51This is absolutely amazing.
12:55Absolutely amazing here.
12:57Oh.
12:58A headbutt by The Undertaker and a right hand.
13:03Now, if he throws him up on the other side, there's...
13:10Good God!
13:11Good God!
13:12That's it, he's dead.
13:14Well, somebody stop the damn match!
13:17Enough's enough!
13:24The poor son of a...
13:25He's broken in half!
13:28And The Undertaker locks it.
13:32But I think enough is enough.
13:40Oh, my God.
13:41The Undertaker is still coming down.
13:43Stop him!
13:44The Undertaker's coming.
13:45Stop him!
13:51Commissioner Slaughter.
13:53Terry Funk.
13:54And you see that...
13:57From a television perspe...
13:59Oh!
14:02Now, Terry Funk trying to help Nick Foley.
14:06And Terry gets a chokeslam for his trouble!
14:11Somebody stop him!
14:17Terry Funk.
14:19He just got chokeslammed out of his shoes, it looked like.
14:24Watch this.
14:25My...
14:26Oh!
14:27That ring is like concrete.
14:35He's either crazy as hell, or he's the toughest S.O.B.
14:39I have ever seen in this sort of environment.
14:42How is he still standing up?
14:43I don't have a damn clue.
14:45There's shoes, there's chairs, there's caps, there's a cage hanging.
14:50And there's a human being in there that is unbelievably indestructible.
14:55I never thought I would say that about somebody, but this guy is indestructible.
15:01What more can you do to a human being?
15:04Oh, Nick, uh...
15:05Mankind bleeding.
15:06He may have internal...
15:07He's gotta have internal bleeding.
15:08He's gotta have internal injuries right here.
15:10My God, this has just gone too far.
15:12Whoa, stop it!
15:15And...
15:16Oh!
15:17Jeez!
15:19He's still mounting an offense, and they're locking these guys inside there!
15:22Now, who's...
15:23Who made that ruling?
15:25Why don't you just let him...
15:26Oh, my.
15:27Oh.
15:28And he's smiling.
15:29You had to know this...
15:30You had to know that it was gonna be something like this.
15:34I mean, you knew these guys wanted to get at each other in the worst way,
15:37but I never dreamed it would be this kind of stuff.
15:40Oh.
15:42I don't know if a tooth went through his lip,
15:46did Mankind, and he bit his tongue.
15:49His left arm is...
15:50His left arm is...
15:51Oh, my.
15:52Oh, my.
15:53Oh, my.
15:54Oh, my.
15:55Oh, my.
15:56Oh, my.
15:57Oh, my.
15:58His right arm is dangling.
16:00I think that the blood that's coming out of his mouth
16:03is coming up from inside him.
16:04It's internal bleeding.
16:06I mean, this man weighs 300 pounds,
16:09and he fell over 16 feet.
16:12Twice!
16:16And you can hear the steel being whipped around.
16:18And he wants more!
16:19He can't even lift it up.
16:20Uh-oh.
16:21His shoulder gave out.
16:22He couldn't even lift it.
16:23His shoulder's probably broken.
16:24And he's smiling about it.
16:26What is that sticking out of his nose?
16:28The Undertaker is like an animal, the Undertaker is like a madman, a man possessed, it's been
16:50this way ever since McMahon challenged him.
16:57Oh, oh, oh.
16:59Oh!
17:00Oh!
17:01Oh!
17:02Oh!
17:03Oh!
17:04Oh!
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17:57Oh!
17:58And it doesn't taste good!
17:59Oh!
18:00One more time.
18:01Oh, he's cut!
18:02Undertaker's been lacerated.
18:03Oh, look at this.
18:06JR!
18:07This is hell in a cell and it's not a pretty sight.
18:10We knew it was going to be like this!
18:13This is, uh, they're in hell.
18:17and Mankind are in hell.
18:19Hell is in Pittsburgh tonight in this match.
18:24They're both in hell, you're right,
18:26but both of these men have claimed to like it in hell.
18:31That chair's in the ring.
18:34Mankind going for a power armor.
18:36And did you hear the crack of the Undertaker's skull
18:39on that chair?
18:41Or is Mankind too tough to have?
18:46Oh, man.
18:47We said this one was not gonna be for the weak at heart.
18:49It is not.
18:50Right there, right there.
18:52This is right there.
18:53What a wretched environment.
18:54Ooh, ooh.
18:55Come on.
18:59This is brutal. Oh, my gosh.
19:03A chair across the Undertaker's face.
19:05Unprotected. What a leg drop.
19:09Steel just ramming and jamming
19:12into the flesh of the Undertaker.
19:14And there's a cover. That's it.
19:16That's gotta be it. Tell me it's over.
19:17Got him. No, it's not over.
19:21How do these guys continue on, JR?
19:24It's absolutely baffling.
19:26It's desire.
19:27Look at Mankind's face.
19:29He's...
19:30Honest to God, he's laughing.
19:31It seems like now that Mankind is enjoying himself.
19:34He's got...
19:35What is that out of his nose, Jake?
19:36Something has...
19:37Probably a piece of that wooden table that he landed on.
19:40It probably pierced right through his nose.
19:42Maybe a tooth.
19:43Oh, God. You don't think.
19:47What's he got now? Uh-oh.
19:49He went out of the ring. He got something.
19:51I...
19:52What is it?
19:55Oh, my God.
19:56Oh, my God.
19:57Oh, my God.
19:58Oh, my God.
19:59Oh, my God.
20:00Oh, my God.
20:01Oh, my God.
20:02Oh, my God.
20:04A sack.
20:05Some sort of bag or something.
20:06What's he got in that?
20:12What is that?
20:13Thumbtacks.
20:14Uh-uh.
20:16Thumbtacks.
20:20My God.
20:23This is off the page.
20:27Thumbtacks.
20:28He's fixing to send The Undertaker to hell and back.
20:33If he knocks him down on that.
20:35Right hands, Undertaker reeling here.
20:42Big punch coming.
20:43Uh-oh.
20:44No, no.
20:45Undertaker's trying to choke Sam.
20:48Mankind stopped it.
20:49Put right to the face, though, by the Phenom.
20:53Oh.
20:54He got him.
20:55Mandible Claw.
20:56Mandible Claw.
20:58Mankind's got the Mandible Claw on The Undertaker.
21:01He's going to try to throw The Undertaker right onto those tats.
21:07Undertaker is fading.
21:08No one has ever had the one lost record against The Undertaker as Mankind has earned.
21:14And some of them with that very move, the Mandible Claw.
21:21Thumb tats.
21:23Oh, man.
21:26He's sick.
21:27He's literally sick.
21:29The Undertaker is fading.
21:32Referee Tim White.
21:35We'll check it one more time.
21:39And The Undertaker.
21:42By God, I've never, ever seen anything like this.
21:46The Undertaker.
21:47Has that man climbed back on his back now?
21:49Wait a minute.
21:50No, you.
21:51He's near those tats.
21:52Don't tell me.
21:53No.
21:54No.
21:55No.
21:57Oh, he's dying.
21:58God, he's rolling in those fat tats.
22:03But God almighty, he's a human pinch cushion.
22:08Damn it.
22:09God, he's got those tats sticking in his.
22:12Oh.
22:13Oh, no.
22:15Unbelievable.
22:17They're sticking.
22:22Hey, guys.
22:23No.
22:24No way.
22:25Oh, what a sadistic thing.
22:27A top slam on the tats.
22:31My God.
22:33What else can be done?
22:35What else will The Undertaker do to mankind?
22:39People are cheering this, JR.
22:41No way.
22:46And there's a tombstone.
22:48Tombstone.
22:50On his back.
22:52One, two, three.
22:58Mercifully, this is over.
23:01The Undertaker.
23:03These guys both have tats sticking out.
23:06I'll tell you what, folks.
23:07In 25 years, I have never witnessed anything that even closely resembles what we have just witnessed.
23:15This was the most unbelievable.
23:19I'm going to say that nothing anywhere in any other federation, I'm telling you, bar none, has ever come close to this.
23:27These two men gave you everything in their body.
23:32They gave you of their soul here tonight.
23:38These two WWF superstars.
23:41And these people are standing and cheering for the effort, for the desire.
23:49For what they have just seen from two phenomenal athletes.
23:53We got to get some medical attention in here.
23:56Look at The Undertaker standing there with those tats sticking out of his arms as well.
24:03This has been the most ungodly match that I think we will perhaps ever see.
24:19That's Dr. Francois Petit in the ring.
24:22And the EMTs are in now.
24:26We said that...
24:28Get him off of his back. There's probably about 500 nails and tats sticking in his back.
24:33We said that one of these men probably would not walk out.
24:38The Undertaker is walking out, but very slowly.
24:41He may never be the same.
24:45And then you have mankind.
24:50Never seen anything like it in my life.
24:54If there is a more courageous individual in this sort of environment,
25:01I would like folks for you to introduce him to us.
25:05JR, this match should have been over in the first minute and a half.
25:10When he was thrown off the top of that cage, when mankind was hurled off the top of the cell.
25:16This happened in the first minute and a half of the match.
25:19Look at this.
25:21My gosh.
25:22We thought that the match would be over at that point.
25:25Then, from there, he came back.
25:30A sickening thud.
25:31Mankind then gives it a big basket.
25:33And then this.
25:36This happens about 30 minutes after he was thrown off of the top of the cell.
25:41And with thumbtacks sticking in his flesh, it is a ring of fire.
25:45A tombstone piledriver.
25:47And as a result of that hellacious matchup,
25:53mankind is going to have to carry it out of here.
25:57Look at these guys in the ring.
25:59Look at the thumbtacks sticking out of their boots.
26:02Look at mankind.
26:03It's almost as if he doesn't want, you are kidding, to leave on a stretcher.
26:12And Terry Funk, putting aside their personal issues, and they have those.
26:25How can he stand much less than he does?
26:29How can he stand much less walk?
26:42That's Dr. Roma Scavage.
26:44Right.
26:46Look at this, JR.
26:48Look at this.
26:51Amazing.
26:53Unbelievable.
26:59By God, if anybody ever deserves a standing ovation,
27:02whether you like him or you don't, that's your business.
27:06But how anybody could not admire the effort of this man,
27:12Mankind, Mick Foley, and The Undertaker, is beyond me.
27:17JR, I have just been handed some of the thumbtacks that mankind was just planted on.
27:24First of all, let's take a look at this one more time.
27:26We'll never forget this moment.
27:29As long as I live, I will never forget what we just witnessed right there.