Watching the spot again it does look staged.
Points of interest...
- You CAN see the zip ties clearly. It's obvious.
- They do seem to avoid that section of the cage.
- It looks like Undertaker drops the chair on that section by mistake. It almost seems like he meant to land it on the other side of one of the middle supports but it slipped. He probably didn't notice it until he was ready to give Foley the move. It's also on the very edge so I don't think Mick was supposed to be chokeslammed onto it.
- Noticing something else (I'm watching the bump over and over) I noticed zip ties on OTHER parts of the cage. It seems that's what they used to hold it together. Screenshot (excuse the crudeness):
Number 1 is the zip ties, number 2 is the "gimmick" section of the cage. So that has nothing to do with the the fall. Number 3 being the clearly censored "F" in the WWF logo.
- Now here's something interesting. When Mick first climbs the cage, he circles the portion of the cage where he takes the bump and looks at it for a second or two.
I'll keep looking, as I haven't watched the whole match yet, but yeah...
Holy fuck, at that last bullet I realized I'm a wrestling geek.