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Mankind vs. The Undertaker - Hell in a Cell Match: King of the Ring 1998: photos t; D6 b8 h8 K: A
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"[Terry Funk] jokingly mentioned 'Hey, maybe you get thrown off and climb back up on top of the cell.' As he was laughing, I said, 'I think I can do that.' "
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"In my original plan, I wanted to drop an elbow off the top of that cage. But that’s not what worked out."
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"So many of the Superstars want to give people moments that they’ll never forget, but we don’t want to give them moments that could end Superstars’ careers. Mine easily could have ended that night in Pittsburgh."
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0 l; ?/ f/ H0 [" P. y5 uMy vision did not include the cage breaking. I know that’s been up for debate for 15 years.1 c9 @" E: @1 A F$ y0 ?
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( o! }/ E* Y; i& a"Had I taken a textbook choke slam, I don’t think I would be talking to you now. I would have landed on my neck or my head in the ring."% R# x7 [% X$ N
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"I had planned to use [thumbtacks] at some point, yeah. It’s not something you usually keep under the ring – a bag of 10,000 tacks. P1 `4 z. G1 B3 p+ P' L) l$ D
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% M- I( d4 f* u. _! A/ M"Following the match, Mr. McMahon came up to me and said, 'You have no idea how much I appreciate what you’ve just done for this company, but I never want to see anything like that again.' "
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"There was a moment of symbolism when I took off my mask after the first fall. I stopped being Mankind to most people and became a human being.": s7 D1 G2 A& @/ Z6 r
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"For anybody who’s been wondering for the past 15 years, yes, it did hurt when The Undertaker threw me off the cell." |
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