Episode 166: Mankind vs. The Undertaker: Hell in a Cell (1998)

Mar 23, 2022, 07:00 AM

If there's one month to go off the wall (err, top of the cage) and do something completely different, it's this one. This week we're covering two of the darkest characters in wrestling, and how the machinations of the industry put them together to have one of the most brutal matches of all time. That match? Mankind vs the Undertaker: HELL IN A CELL.

Phil Acevedo joins as the team as they follow the two headliners and owner Vince McMahon through wrestling's evolution from small territories across the world to a Pay-Per-View juggernaut that hosted a battle between two unrelenting icons. It's a wild ride through some major mildstones in the WWE's Attitude era, and the team can't keep their energy at bay. One wrestler destined to be the labeled "The Dead Man," the other with many personas alongside a high threshold for pain, and the megalomaniac hellbent on pushing the envelope for an entire institution - it's an big story and the team has a great time telling it.

Which one of the trio is the heel? Who's the face? And how does WCW fit into all this? Find out with a listen today!

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