Ranking Every Triple H Vs Mick Foley WWE Pay-Per-View Match - From Worst To Best
9. Stone Cold Steve Austin Vs Triple H Vs Mankind (SummerSlam '99)
An awkward and anticlimactic ending to one of the company's biggest events during a white hot era, the WWE Title triple threat main event was littered with internal strife and completely overwhelmed during the build-up by frantic booking changes and the inclusion of special guest referee Jesse Ventura.
Considering the significant legal battles he'd had with Vince McMahon throughout much of the early-1990s, Ventura return was jaw-dropping, not least considering his new position as Governor of Minnesota. McMahon loved it, and was able to briefly push back increasing societal pressure on his product by virtue of Jesse's involvement. Ventura himself probably encountered less politics in his day job at the time than he did as the man in the middle for this disjointed effort.
And other than hurling Shane McMahon out of the ring towards the end of the match, 'The Body' had little else to do other than count a deeply unsatisfying fall as Mankind took the WWE Title from Stone Cold Steve Austin on a night that had appeared destined to be Triple H's coronation.
As it transpired, Austin had been less than enthusiastic about passing the torch to Triple H, contributing to an ever-changing main event picture and ultimately resulting in Mankind's late insertion to the contest. Nailing Austin with his double-arm DDT immediately after 'The Rattlesnake' had eaten a Pedigree, Foley raised aloft his third and final Championship and quickly stumbled out, ahead of transitioning it to 'The Game' the next night on Raw.