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Mankind vs. The Rock

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114.03.2026Live Show Charisma  
211.03.2026Joey17838.0 
310.03.2026PolnaRequiem10.0 
410.03.2026conker89.0 
503.03.2026sensei9.0One of the best I Quit matches ever. Fan favorite, braveheart champion vs. soulless, company-man challenger. From the early stages, The Rock attacks more brutally and mercilessly, trying to destroy Mankind both physically and psychologically. Mankind's bumps are, as often, scary. They masterfully carry the I Quit concept through mic work and body language; the hatred between them is palpable. They fight in the ring, on the announce table, among the crowd, everywhere, and the breaking point of the match is when Mankind falls onto the electrical platform, which is not even the scariest thing in the match; for a moment the entire arena lights go out, even Shane McMahon comes to protest how ruthless The Rock has become, enriching the narrative. After The Rock fully gains control and handcuffs him, delivering 10 horrific chair shots is one of the hardest things to watch; Mick Foley sacrificed so much for this business and the fact that he is still alive is a miracle. The screwjob finish may not be brilliant, but it fits the story successfully. A ruthless, soulless The Rock murders Mankind to become champion again. ****1/4
625.02.2026Monch Wrestling7.0 
715.02.2026celticinvader10.0Wrestling as a horror movie. Some of the most uncomfortable I've ever felt watching a wrestling match and by design. The Rock is doing phenomenal heel work here, being presented as an absolute monster. His constant shit talking and brutal chair shots just make you hate him, especially because Foley is the most likeable man in the world. Creative sequences at the start devolve into pure brutality with that ending sequence being the stuff of nightmares. Completely get if this isn't your bag, but it's mine.
826.01.2026TheSuperstar9.0 
924.01.2026ilikewrestling668.0 
1023.01.2026Clynchtwenty310.0 
1121.01.2026Gungai3610.0 
1214.01.2026goldenbasket9.0 
1303.01.2026Fibroptica988.0 
1431.12.2025EvanoC8.0 
1530.12.2025Hellowhosthat  
1627.12.2025GodKillerLariat9.0 
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1819.12.2025puretekkers9.0 
1910.12.2025Moranjeboom10.0 
2019.11.2025Conor10.0I believe the rating on this match is artificially lower than it would be otherwise due to the chair shots at the end, which is completely understandable. Even before the final sequence of chair shots, these two had an incredible brawl and the atmosphere is intense throughout. The Rock is a perfect a-hole and Foley looks as tough and resilient as ever. It was simply incredible. You'll never see another match like this but let me be perfectly clear; that's a good thing. As impressed as I was with the performance of both men and as emotional as they got me the first time I watched it, I never want to see a wrestler go through what Mick Foley went through in the last few minutes of this match. When he told Rock "You'll have to kill me" it was haunting. And to see Foley take that last shot to the back of the head was scary as f*ck. My rating is based on performance and the fact that after going through that, Foley deserves every accolade he can get. Quite frankly, it's incredible that Foley is still coherent or even alive at all. This is one of the greatest performances by either man in their respective careers but the finish is an incredibly difficult watch. Not for the weak hearted.
2117.11.2025Miglanista8.0 
2211.11.20253g01st8.0 
2302.11.2025Wangler6.0Dislike this match and have only rewatched it a couple times. Honestly think Rock is being a prick here even accepting the character. He wouldn't have taken those handcuffed chairshots. He couldn't. Not many men could. Only reason that this gets a reasonable score is Foley's almost paranormal resilience.
2430.10.2025TheSoultaker407.0 
2525.10.2025teakay8.0 
2620.10.2025RemyLeBeau9.0 
2718.10.2025TERRYFUNKFANATIC7.0 
2830.09.2025PEW5658.0 
2908.09.2025MLMLML9.0 
3008.09.2025EddytheDuck10.0 
3126.08.2025jaletta8.0 
3224.08.2025Y2J19997.0 
3331.07.2025rvd2hbk9.0 
3428.07.2025bryc310.0 
3505.07.2025naturalheelheat8.0 
3603.07.20258JsStyles9.0 
3725.06.2025danzitorock9.0Dear lord, this match is godly! Or should I say, diabolic? Both can fit pretty well into the descriptions, lol. But yeah, an unrepeatable all-time classic between Rock and Mankind here, simply fantastic. The I Quit is just a magnificent concept, that fits very well into the storyline, because Foley was already screwed two times when he didn't even gave up, first he was tricked by the McMahons, and they've tried to make him believe that he gave up at Survivor Series, and then he won the title against Rock, but considering Rock wasn't pinned or submitted, just suffered the mandible claw, Vince reverted the decision and screwed Mick once again. This time he's the champion, and it's an ultimate test for both of them. The biggest story in this match was that Mick Foley never said the words "I quit", and that he's simply uncapable of giving up, while Rock, despite being the clear underdog, considering the stipulation fits Foley a lot more, wants to prove that he's the man and can handle a dangerous figure like Mankind. The first section of the match is just a great brawl, with many punches, and awesome shots with the mic. I think it's very funny that a lot of things went wrong, the microphone wasn't working when they first tried to use it, the table spot was messed up, because the table collapsed right before the rock bottom, and of course, the infamous chair shots weren't even supposed to be that dangerous... the match had a lot of "fucked up" things, but that's life, and sometimes there's a little beauty into these flaws, it makes them more human, and in a match like this, dirty and anarchic, it's nice to have some things not going well, a hardcore match thrives on ugliness. The brawl on the outside is beautiful, they kick each other's ass at the ramp, and then proceed to climb right through the audience, and it's when of the most amazing spots I can remember happen, with Rock throwing Mick into the electricity boxes, and everything just explodes and the arena went dark. If you look closely, it's not even a super nasty spot, but the visuals are crazy, and the way they sold it was phenomenal, with even Shane O'Mac appearing and showing concern over what's happening. After this moment, it's a horror movie, not only the arena went dark, but the entire match. Rock carried Mankind back to the ring and handcuffed him, which made sure we were about to see high level torturing. Foley even had some shots, he tried his best even handcuffed, he gave Rock two low blows, but it's not enough, and Rock proceeded to hit him with chair shot to the head after chair shot after chair shot, totally unprotected, one of the nastiest visuals ever in WWF. Of course this is not a match that ages well, considering how much CTE was a thing, with the Benoit incident and all of that, this is just something inconceivable nowadays, but considering exclusively the art form, it's freaking awesome, and definitely one of my favorite matches in WWF/E history. The psychology couldn't be better, Mankind is a tough dude that was willing to die rather than say "I quit", and Rock took extreme measures to win and prove that he's not just some cartoonish charismatic wrestler. In the end, Foley kept his promised, and didn't said the words, an audio of him saying I quit was played, and it fooled people into thinking he actually said it, but he didn't - {****1/2}
3813.06.2025BigAnthony200510.0 
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4125.05.2025Anorak10.0 
4224.05.2025DM DAD10.0 
4303.05.2025DaPrice17768.0 
4423.04.2025MainEventMaster8.0 
4509.04.2025Wunderkid10.0 
4631.03.2025Wlliamofbaskerville8.0 
4731.03.2025cupcke7.0 
4830.03.2025Drew1159.0 
4925.03.2025guymandude9.0 
5023.03.2025Pineapple10.0 
5118.03.2025sonchey9.0What a phenomenal match. The Rock's antics in this absolutely amazing heel work and the chair shots were shocking and scary. "You'll have to kill me."
5217.03.2025AnB9.0Man all those chair shots really make me cringe. Fantastic match imo, a perfect Foley match and a perfect Attitude Era match, all over the ring and all over the outside of the ring, real WWF hardcore match with some real nice spots that got some huge pops from the crowd (and me for that matter). The only match really worth watching for the PPV.
5325.02.2025piotrusjasigma9.0 
5420.02.2025ahmed6.0The match was good until the handcuffs were represented. I personally don't mind hardcore wrestling, but there was something about The Rock hiting Mankind to the back of the head that made it too much for me. Everything before that was good but man that final act was hard to watch
5519.02.2025PapaTango6.0I did not love this match when I first saw it in 1999, and I do not think it has improved with age. Both Mankind and The Rock give a good performance. I just do not love the booking of the finish. I also thought for the match was a little too long. Even though I do not care for the match, I would recommend that any fan of The Attitude Era watch it at least once.
5618.02.2025FelipeTalksGraps8.0[4.0*] One of the most infamous and polemic matches of all time. It starts with a back-and-forth brawl and at some time the announcers table broke before the Rock Bottom, so I immediately thought that I was not going to love this one as much as I did because I was not feeling all of it. However, everything changed when they went brawling on the outside. They picked a fucking ladder and placed it in a way they could climp up to the crowd. There, Rock threw Foley right into the electric circuit where he caused a short circuit on the whole arena. Incredibly creative spot, I must say. The match went on and Rock handcuffed Mankind, at first Foley tried all ways of escaping including some low blows, but ultimately Rock got a chair and from now on this is a gore movie lmfao. He starts hitting and hitting and hitting Foley with insane chairshots on the fucking head until Mankind could not take it any longer and he finally quits. I am still in a state of shock because holy hell this was more brutal than any bump or deathmatch ever. It was the first time ever I had to pause a match due to not being able to go through this in just one shot. I know that this is extremely problematic nowadays with all the CTE research, but for that period in time this is a pretty much perfect ending. The most brutal I Quit ending ever, with the babyface hero being forced to quit because he would have died otherwise. The complete opposite of their RAW is WAR #293 match. The usage of the mic was also impeccable there.
5707.02.2025Spitora8.0 
5804.02.2025Sertay58.0 
5931.01.2025Dani8.0 
6030.01.2025jibjab10.0 
6122.01.2025brooksavage200410.0The ending of the match can and is very hard to watch because of both men going too extreme for each others own good with those gnarly chair shots Rock gave Foley, but before all that this was still real fantastic with all the action and storytelling between each other despite them going too far beyond the distance.
6222.01.2025Gravelord8.0 
6311.01.2025AndyUK8.0 
6405.01.2025Pulkki238.0 
6504.01.2025Dcarter11538.0 
6603.01.2025HHHT1027.0 
6703.01.2025destinoooo7.0(3* [1.5* deduction from 4.5 due to chair shots]) the one match on this card worth half a shit. i can't imagine how disappointed i'd have been to order this ppv about halfway through the sable-luna strap march fiasco, then utterly elated to be live witness to this instant classic entry in the r&s connection's fraught history. certainly i like many others have a complex relationship with this match given the disgusting liberties taken by the rock in this match, but damn if it isn't compelling storytelling as only wrestling can deliver. i love this match and, due to the hell unleashed on mick foley's brain, i wish it never happened.
6803.01.2025Brettxedge9.0 
6927.12.2024DarthMaul4K10.0 
7025.12.2024Smi-484.0Much like the HIAC at KotR'98, this match is a double-edged affair. For a long time I couldn't watch it, as my copy of the '99 Rumble was the original video recording of the first German broadcast, and it was rightly censored, with the chairshots and Foley bleeding all over the place. Only then did I have the dubious pleasure of witnessing this massacre with the Tagged Classics. My conclusion: what was still partly accidental at HIAC, namely the second bump through the ceiling, was here already degenerated into gimmickry, normal madness. An initially passionate brawl ends in the deliberate acceptance of permanent damage to Foley, while the first three-quarters of the match had me on the edge of my seat, the last quarter turned into a pure head-shaking affair. A match that was more than borderline and booked with unnecessary brutality.
7123.12.2024leskeddd8.0 
7203.12.2024Danny118.0 
7302.12.2024LIGERISM8.0 
7418.11.2024MMSuperBoyo  
7512.11.2024Wrestlingfan08089.0 
7611.11.2024704eb8.0 
7727.10.2024lonecub1018.0This would be a 10/10 but I cannot make a make that caused this much permeant harm that high but even for the stuff before Mankind got handcuffed the match was amazing
7820.10.2024qaywsxed8.0 
7918.10.2024WilliamAllen7.0 
8016.10.2024Treyman6107.0 
8124.09.2024rainmakerpunk10.0 
8221.09.2024mtdmali8.0 
8317.09.2024CMgab9.0 
8412.09.2024coolmanjohnny8.0 
8511.09.2024Ruthless Attitude10.0This is the best Rock v Mankind match in my opinion, but the graphic nature of the finish does make this tough to watch, especially with what we know about concussions and CTE today. The match itself is storytelling to absolute perfection because this was a match that was impossible for The Rock to legitimately win, which reversed the narrative from Mankind's feel good championship win! The way the match escalated is great, where at first it was a back and forth match with both of them making good use of the stipulation as they trash talk each other and of course The Rock is obviously going to shine when using a microphone is a part of the match stipulation. The match does become a very one-sided match after the huge spot where Mankind goes flying into the electrical circuits. This brought out a break in character from Shane McMahon where even shows concern and wants the match to stop, but the rest of the match made The Rock look like a killer and it also brought a lot of sympathy to Foley when he ends up getting handcuffed and at the mercy of 11 chair shots to the skull. This part of the match is very excessive and seeing him busted up and being unable to defend himself was very difficult to watch as well as seeing him given the chance to quit and he says You'll have to kill me! ' and a tape recording made it appear as though he said I quit when he was actually unconscious! The Rock was absolutely at his peak as a heel here and Jerry Lawler put it over big when admitted it went too far at the end when he was fully supporting him throughout the match.
8609.09.2024CR19.0 
8731.08.2024Dragonlee9.0 
8830.08.2024Jaoacopell8.0 
8927.08.2024watts10.0 
9024.08.2024SethHardy88.0 
9119.08.2024KayfabeZone8.0 
9210.08.2024SalvatoreVitale8.0[****1/4] This match is difficult to comment on. If it had taken place today, my opinion might be very different. While I absolutely don't want anyone to replicate even a fraction of the brutality of this match, for its time and the story they were telling, this is simply a near-masterpiece. It's Foley's ultimate WWF performance up to this point, following his famous Hell in a Cell match with Undertaker. Initially, Foley has the advantage due to his experience in this type of match, taking The Rock down on his own field. But then The Rock gradually snaps, showing an unexpectedly vicious and brutal side of himself that no one had seen before. Foley takes every shot The Rock delivers, playing the role of the masochistic underdog fighter who never gives up. While many people focus on the final section of the match (and understandably so), the action leading up to it is also fantastic. Both The Rock and Foley make the stipulation work perfectly, keeping it exciting and dynamic due to their charisma and personas. The Rock's incredible trash-talking adds to the drama. Then you have the ending. The Rock cuffs Foley in the middle of the ring, takes a chair, and what follows is history. The Rock hits Foley with a series of brutal unprotected chair shots, the impact and sound of which still resonate with fans today. Throughout this sequence, The Rock genuinely looks like a murderer. Foley is a bloody mess, quitting at the end of a brutal sequence that every pro wrestling fan remembers (although it seems like he didn't actually quit and it was just a voice recording of him saying the words. Essentially, Foley never truly quit, or at least that's what it seems here). This match adds an entirely new layer to The Rock's persona, revealing a side of him never seen before while also building on Foley's beloved underdog, masochistic babyface spirit. A fighter who goes to unbelievable lengths for the love of wrestling, much like his Hell in a Cell match with Undertaker a few months earlier. Unfortunately, the match becomes so violent with those final chair shots that it gets pretty uncomfortable, especially seeing Foley's state by the final bell. I am conflicted since, on one hand, it's an incredible piece of wrestling in terms of conveying emotion and storytelling between two fighters. On the other hand, the match is what we would now consider unsafe beyond belief, and the level of discomfort slightly detaches me from the overall story. In any case, it's a must-watch and a piece of wrestling history.
9315.07.2024KingofKingsHHH8.0 
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