https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hq3gXMG4-CE Versus: Mick Foley Stipulation: Boiler Room Brawl Date: 1996 When Mankind first debuted in the WWE, fans had never seen anything quite like him. He was a dark character, along the lines of the Undertaker, but his unhinged, voice cracking promos made the Dead Man seem balanced by comparison. When the Undertaker fought (and lost) against Mankind in the first Boiler Room Brawl at SummerSlam, one could sense a changing of the guard. Here, for the first time, was someone that was unafraid of the Dead Man. And how about that Paul Bearer heel turn at the end? Nobody saw that coming.
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