WWE: 6-man Hell in a Cell 2000 is the most chaotic main event in history

In the history of the WWE, there may be no more chaotic main event than the 6-man Hell in a Cell match at Armageddon 2000.

The upcoming WarGames at Survivor Series could challenge that status, but for now let’s bask in the glory of the Attitude Era.

The year 2000 was probably the hottest year in the history of the industry, with a crazy level of star power operating weekly on Raw and Smackdown, and consistently excellent pay per views.

So, it made sense that the final pay per view of the year would be headlined by the zenith of the craziness of the Attitude Era. This was added to by the reasoning behind the announcement of a 6-man Hell in a Cell.

Mick Foley, WWE commissioner at the time, outlined the steps that led us to the road to hell. The previous year had seen a multi-layered hit and run-on Stone Cold Steve Austin orchestrated by Rikishi and Triple H.

In return, Triple H had been dropped 40 feet from a forklift in his car by a vengeful Stone Cold. WWE Champion Kurt Angle had been thrown from a shorter height but did still go flying off the Raw stage by the hand of The Undertaker.

Foley announced that this chaos would end at the fittingly named Armageddon pay per view.

Foley (as Mankind and Cactus Jack) had his WWE career defined by the Cell match, and either himself or The Undertaker had featured in each of the six matches to have taken place in the three previous years.

A returning Vince McMahon instantly denounced the match, stating that only a sadistic, demented mind like Mick Foley could think up such a demonic match, and went about trying to talk his WWE superstars out of competing in the match.

This involved talking to the three "good guys" in the match and three of the biggest superstars in WWE history, Stone