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#2. Mick Foley - SummerSlam 1999
This is another rather different and bizarre case, where politics (literally) influenced the outcome of the match. At SummerSlam 1999, 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin defended the WWF Championship against Triple H and Mankind in a triple threat match.
The special guest referee was none other than former WWE commentator-turned-politician Jesse 'The Body' Ventura. The plan was for Triple H to go over and win his first world title. There were only two big problems: One, Jesse Ventura, did not want to raise the hand of a heel as he was a politician. Secondly, Stone Cold refused to put Triple H over because he didn't believe he was ready or at that level yet.
Due to this, Vince McMahon was forced to give in and instead put the title on the babyface Mankind/Mick Foley. Foley did drop it to Triple H the following night on RAW.
The Attitude-era programming was a battle against the odds to ensure that the WWE won the ratings battle against rivals WCW. They tweaked a lot of results to appease fans and bring in the necessary eye balls and succeed they did.
