10 WWE Superstars Who Won By Losing

4. Mankind (King Of The Ring 1998)

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After Dude Love's main event program against Steve Austin was cut short in '98, Mick Foley entered Hell In A Cell against The Undertaker with a chip on his shoulder, feeling his career needed a jumpstart.

At King Of The Ring '98, Mankind took a breathtaking dive off the top of the Cell, crashing down onto the unsuspecting announce team's table below. It was the biggest bump in WWE history... at least for the next several minutes. After medical personnel checked on Foley at ringside, Mankind climbed the cage again, only to be chokeslammed through it, landing violently hard on the ring below.

With a tooth through his nose, Mankind laid in the corner wearing what looked like a grotesque smile. The match finally came to a conclusion after Undertaker slammed Mankind into a bed of thumbtacks and Tombstoned him.

Despite the physical toll this match took on Mick's life, it cemented him as a WWF headliner. Without it, who knows if Foley would be able to call himself a 3-time WWF Champion, the first Hardcore Champion, or a WWE Hall Of Famer?

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