10 Most Creative Ways Wrestlers Cheated To Win
4. Rock Relies On Pre-Tape To Commit Live Action Larceny - The Rock, Royal Rumble 1999
Mankind's shoddy treatment from The Rock and his corporate colleagues wasn't just confined to the unfolding of their grand deceit, nor even exclusive to the darkest times before the dawn when Mick Foley finally captured his first WWE Title a little over a month later.
After dominating 'The Great One' in their title switch and a December pay-per-view clash, Foley was all-but done with The Rock, teasing him into a Royal Rumble 1999 match he simply couldn't win - 'I Quit'. Foley was many things, but categorically not somebody that would ever cave to pain, no matter how great.
All-too-aware of the circumstances, The Rock instead cannily used prerecorded audio of Foley uttering the words in a prematch promo to win the match, rendering him beaten enough to realistically justify the replaying of the clip over the arena P.A. The finish infamously went way, way too far. In destroying Mankind, Rock almost terminated their friendship after getting more than a little caught in the moment with far more than the planned five unprotected chairshots. That ugly moment strayed a long way from typically joyous pro wrestling skullduggery.