Hell in a Cell 2018 might have been an entertaining watch - with Roman Reigns defending his WWE Universal Championship.

But it was nothing compared to the most infamous, memorable and OMG moment in Hell in a Cell history.

Cast your minds back to June 1998, Baddiel, Skinner and the Lightning Seeds were flying high at the top of the UK charts with 3 Lions 98 and the Truman Show had recently been released.

But if you were a wrestling fan The Undertaker vs Mankind was all you would have been talking about to your mates.

From Mankind, AKA Mick Foley, being flung 22ft from the top of the cage by the Undertaker, to then leaping off a stretcher with a dislocated shoulder to climb back onto the structure, to the cell collapsing and causing mayhem in the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, it was all action, all dangerous and all incredible TV.

The Undertaker and Mankind took part in one of the most infamous fights a decade ago (
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The Undertaker looks down at Mankind in their classic Hell in a Cell match (
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It lead to Mankind being knocked unconscious, although the Undertaker thought he was dead, and a victory for the Undertaker.

Twenty years on The Undertaker, Mankind and then WWE commissioner Sgt.Slaughter recollected the crazy events of King of the Ring 1998 ahead of Monday night's Hell in a Cell.

Here are the most outrageous revolutions...

The Undertaker had a broken foot

The Undertaker limped to the ring (
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The Undertaker limped to the ring before climbing onto the cell.

Undertaker: I happened to have a fracture in my ankle. It was such an important time in the business. You knew you had to do it. So you just grit your teeth and go in there and do what you do.

Mankind: That compounded the troubles we were facing. We reminisced a couple of years later about what he was even doing in that situation. He willingly entered it with a broken foot, which speaks volumes to the kind of competitor he is.

Undertaker: Am I going to be able to get up there [onto the cell]? The answer is 'yes' because I don't know how but I was always going to get up there. It was definitely an exciting way to start a Hell in a Cell match.

Mankind is scared of heights

Mankind revealed he as actually scared of heights (
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Much of the fight was fought on top of the cell, with the meshing giving away under the weight of the wrestlers.

Mankind: I don’t remember the build-up to that day other than being approached by Mr. McMahon and him asking me if I had been up on top of that structure earlier in the afternoon.

And I assured him I had, which was the biggest lie I had told up to that point in my life. And then he asked me if I was comfortable up there, and I assured him I was — which became the newest biggest lie I had ever told in my life.

Because if I had ever gone on top of that structure in the afternoon, I wouldn’t have been scaling it that evening because it was terrifying. Absolutely terrifying.

I know there are people in the WWE universe who are not afraid of heights — I’m not one of them.

White object on Mankind's face wasn't a 'Bogey'

The white speck isn't what you think it is (
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One of the most enduring images from the fight was a white 'bogey' hanging from Mankind's face, after he was struck by a chair which had followed him off the top of the ring.

Undertaker: I remember punching him, trying to talk some sense into him. But just being distracted by what I thought was a booger in his nose. Come to find out it was one of his incisors that went through his lip and ended up in his nose.

Mankind: I remember having the presence of mind to think if I could just stick my tongue through that wound a wiggle it a little bit, it would create a compelling image.

Sgt Slaughter tried to stop the fight

The WWE commissioner spoke to Mankind as he was being taken away on a stretcher.

Slaughter: We got (Mankind) about halfway back, he started saying ‘no, I want to go back, I want to go back’. I said ‘no, you’re not going anywhere, you’re going to hospital’ and the next thing I know he jumps up and starts climbing up.

Mankind: Everybody in the building thought the match was over. I didn’t know for sure if I could (keep going), but I said I was going to give it my best try.

How fatigued saved Mankind's career

The Undertaker throws Mankind off the cage (
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Mankind was so tired that he couldn't jump up, while on the cage, to sell the Undertaker's chokeslam. Doing so potentially saved his life.

Mankind: If I’d gone up in a way I usually do for choke slams — that would afford me the safest landing on a mat inside a ring — that I would have over-rotated and landed high on shoulders and likely never wrestled again.

Undertaker: I totally agree with that. We’re talking about a couple of inches. That could have been catastrophic, it really could have.

Slaughter: It made just the most incredible thud, it made you sick to see it, and you could see something in his nose.

What Vince McMahon told them after the fight?

Mankind was knocked unconscious (
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Slaughter: We put him back and put him on a table. He wanted to let me know his shoulder was hurt. But he smiled at me and I could see he had a gash under his lip. They started stitching him up right there. Just an incredible sight to see.

Mankind: Mr McMahon sat me down and said ‘you have no idea how much I appreciate what you’ve done for this company, but I never want to see anything like that again’.

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