The Rock Vs. Mankind (Pink Slip On A Pole Match)

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WWF Raw Is War (December 27, 1999)

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00:00Well, I guess we've seen the last of the Rock and Sock Connection.

00:03Thank God!

00:03Without saying.

00:04Thank God!

00:05And after tonight, we've seen the last of either the Rock or Mankind.

00:09They were forced into this situation for the two participants of this matchup.

00:14You like old Mick Foley, don't you?

00:16That'll be more money for me and you to spread around.

00:18Well, I don't know about that.

00:19The pink slip is attached to the top of the pole.

00:22Remember, the man that climbs the pole and retrieves the pink slip will keep this job.

00:27The loser's getting fired here tonight in this history-making match.

00:32A public firing, JR.

00:34Wow.

00:35And The Rock, in one week's time, will schedule to be in his hometown of Miami

00:40at the new American Airlines Arena one week from tonight on Raw.

00:44That remains to be seen if he'll even be able to be there.

00:46He may be sitting home in Miami.

00:48And Mankind quickly going to go to the top of that pole.

00:51Remember, there's no pinfalls.

00:53There's no count-outs to disqualifications.

00:55The match ends only when one of these two men climb the pole and get the pink slip.

01:00And the other man will be fired.

01:03Public firing, humiliation, degradation.

01:08Man, I've never been fired in my life, JR.

01:10You have. It's bad, isn't it?

01:12Yeah, it's not very pleasant, obviously.

01:15Right here at the holiday season.

01:17And Mankind, waist-locking The Rock and pulling him off the turnbuckles there.

01:22The Rock and Mankind, forced into this situation by the McMahon-Helmsley heir.

01:27Neither man wanted to be involved in this.

01:29You got kids at home, you probably have to go home, take their Christmas presents back.

01:32Oh!

01:34And certainly, a holiday's a special time.

01:36Hey, look, look.

01:37Well, DX looking on.

01:39Everybody's watching this.

01:41I'm sure they are enjoying this.

01:42Look at The Rock!

01:43Come on, Mankind!

01:44Oh, The Rock's face just bounced off the top turnbuckle.

01:47Oh, that's bad.

01:48That gives Mankind the opportunity to try to climb up that pole.

01:52And grab that pink slip.

01:53And he does! The Rock's gonna be fired!

01:55Watch it, Rock!

01:56The Rock's gonna be fired here!

01:58Mankind!

01:59Save your job!

02:00Going upstairs!

02:01Oh, my God!

02:02Mankind right off the top!

02:04Mankind jerked off the top by The Rock!

02:07All the way from the top rope onto the 18!

02:09Now in the front of his head!

02:13Hey, wait a minute, there's Al Snow!

02:15What's he doing?

02:16Al Snow!

02:17With him!

02:18He just nailed The Rock!

02:20No disqualification?

02:22Exactly right, no disqualification.

02:24Get him out of there, ref!

02:26Al Snow trying to revive him.

02:30Trying to curry favor to his former best friend, Mankind.

02:36Rock's gonna get fired because of Al Snow!

02:38Al Snow trying to mend some bridges here.

02:41And The Rock!

02:42This is gonna be over!

02:44The Rock is gonna be fired!

02:45The Rock's gonna be fired here if Mankind grabs that pink slip!

02:49I can't believe!

02:50The Rock's fired!

02:51This is momentous!

02:53Look at this!

02:54Mankind didn't want it that way!

02:56Nick Foley didn't want it that way!

02:58What's he doing?

02:59Mankind taking matters into his own hands!

03:02Not to mention Al Snow as well!

03:04Look at this!

03:05The Rock bottom!

03:06The Rock bottom!

03:09And the careers of both these men hangs in the balance here.

03:15That man is sick.

03:16Al Snow is sick.

03:18Last time he'll ever help Mankind!

03:20Somebody is gonna lose their job right here!

03:24Pink slip on a pole!

03:25They're both almost at their feet!

03:27Rock is!

03:28This is a damn shame!

03:29This is not right!

03:30What?

03:31Somebody's gonna get fired!

03:32But Mankind now!

03:34Oh!

03:35Low blow!

03:37Boy's back!

03:38Next time do whatever you can do!

03:39Same as The Rock!

03:40To keep their job here!

03:41Gotta do what you gotta do!

03:43And Mankind even said beforehand!

03:46He apologized beforehand!

03:48For some of the things he was gonna do out here!

03:50The McMahon helms the air has reduced these two men to this!

03:53Fighting each other!

03:55With their jobs on the line!

03:58You talk about finality!

04:00And now Mankind's gotta try to!

04:02He's gotta try to beat The Rock down!

04:04So Nick can have another opportunity to climb that pole!

04:07It's not gonna be easy for him!

04:09I know it's a shame that somebody's gonna get fired!

04:11But all I can say is!

04:12Thank God we don't ever have to sit through The Rock!

04:14It's not connected anymore!

04:15Well speak for yourself!

04:18Mankind!

04:19Inviting The Rock up!

04:20This is!

04:22Can you imagine what's going through these men's minds!

04:24Their families at home watching this broadcast!

04:27We gotta go now!

04:28And now The Rock firing back with those hard hands!

04:31He's laying a smack down!

04:32Has got Mankind reeling!

04:34Oh Rock living with a clothesline!

04:35Uh oh!

04:36And Mankind!

04:37Double RVDT!

04:38Whoa!

04:39They planted the people's champion!

04:42I can't believe it!

04:44Mankind backed up to a knee!

04:47Oh wow look at this!

04:48Oh Mankind!

04:49Please no not that stinkin' smelly sock!

04:52Mankind!

04:53Reaching down those uh,

04:54Fruit of the Looms!

04:55For the uh,

04:56The sock!

04:57The Rock!

04:59Mankind's with the,

05:00The sock!

05:01Mandible claw!

05:02On The Rock!

05:03Oh Rock's gonna get fired because of a stinkin' smelly sock!

05:07The Rock is fading!

05:08Thanks to the mandible claw!

05:10I can't believe it!

05:11Rock's revived!

05:13Peach Slip on the pole!

05:14You see it there!

05:15Ha!

05:16Look at that!

05:17Oh!

05:18It's way down his gullet!

05:19It's gonna be over!

05:20The Rock is down!

05:22Can Mankind go up?

05:23And,

05:24And,

05:25And snatch that Peach Slip!

05:28Can you believe we've seen the end of,

05:29The Rock here tonight!

05:32Mankind climbing the ladder!

05:34Oh look!

05:35It's gonna be over!

05:36In a matter of seconds!

05:37It's almost over!

05:38He's got it!

05:39He's trying to,

05:40Oh!

05:41Mankind and The Rock!

05:43Mankind!

05:44Oh God!

05:45He's on that top turnbuckle!

05:46Anything can happen here!

05:47Uh oh!

05:48Watch yourself!

05:50That Peach Slip hanging,

05:51Their job,

05:52Hanging above their head,

05:53In that pink envelope!

05:54These guys are about 15 feet above the ground there!

05:58The Rock holding on for dear life here!

06:00Neither one of them can let go of that pole to reach for the,

06:02Oh!

06:03Mankind!

06:04His head just,

06:05Smacked off the steel pole!

06:08Oh yeah!

06:09Oh!

06:10My God!

06:11Jesus!

06:13Mankind!

06:14He's holding on!

06:15Look at The Rock!

06:16The Rock!

06:17He's got it!

06:18Damn!

06:19It's over!

06:20It's over!

06:21And Mankind is fired!

06:23He is fired!

06:24You're out of here!

06:25You're history!

06:27The Pink Slip!

06:28Yes!

06:29The Rock,

06:30DX is happy about it,

06:31But The Rock is not!

06:33How can anybody be happy about this?

06:36You gotta do what you gotta do JR!

06:37Mankind's lovely family sitting at home watching this,

06:40Daddy's been fired!

06:41How do you explain that to two youngsters,

06:43Right after Christmas here?

06:44I think you're doing a pretty good job of it right now,

06:46Hey!

06:47Daddy's been fired!

06:49That's a damn shame.

06:51Nothing but a damn shame.

06:53As everything that this man,

06:54Woo!

06:57Calm down!

06:58Everything that Mick Foley has given this business,

07:01To reluctantly grab the Pink Slip off the top of the pole,

07:05And thanks to the McMahon Helms of the Air,

07:08Mankind,

07:10Is fired!

07:12Physically sick over this.

07:13You're not fired!

07:15It's him!

07:20Last time that Mankind will ever be in a WWF ring.

07:26There's never any shame,

07:28In losing to The Rock,

07:32But there sure as hell is shame,

07:35In the way it came about,

07:36Not a very good secret,

07:37But,

07:39Mick Foley was planning on,

07:41Calling it quits sometime in the year 2000,

07:46But by my calculation,

07:48It's still 1999,

07:56And I think that just,

07:58What just happened,

07:59Kinda sucks.

08:01Me too Mick.

08:03So,

08:04Without bragging,

08:06I think I've given America and the world,

08:09A hell of a lot to remember me by.

08:19Sometime when you're a little bored,

08:23Take out a Mick Foley tape,

08:26Whether it be Mankind or Cactus Jack,

08:29And you put that bad boy in your vehicle,

08:32And you put that bad boy in your VCR,

08:35And remember that I loved every minute of the last 15 years.

08:45Do me a favor,

08:47Don't play this match,

08:49Because what happened tonight at the hands of DX,

08:52Is a farce.

08:57Everybody,

09:01Have a nice day.

09:04This is a,

09:05This is a shame,

09:06And this man deserves what he's getting right now,

09:09And that's a standing ovation.

09:10A standing ovation.

09:14Mick Foley is getting a standing ovation,

09:17And by God he deserves it.

09:23See ya Mick.

09:25McMahon, Helmsley,

09:26Helmsley.

09:2715 era.

09:30You guys remember something,

09:31You're the future of this company, alright?

09:33Don't be too crazy.

09:36Don't worry about it.

09:39Something's gonna happen man,

09:40Something's gotta happen.

09:41You guys are gonna have a future.

09:43Take it easy, alright?

09:45Give him a little bit of Mick Foley every once in a while.

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