One Night Only: 5 instances when WWE superstars lost their title in less than 24 hours

4) Mankind drops the WWE World Heavyweight Championship to Triple H

Mick Foley is arguably the most beloved WWE legend today. However, Mick wasn’t always a lucky camper; during his early days in WWE, Mick played the part of a demented psychopath – Mankind. Mankind was also handpicked by Vince McMahon to put down his arch nemesis, “Stone Cold” Steve Austin.

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However, the character of Mankind evolved with time, and at SummerSlam 1999, Mankind was involved in a triple threat match against Steve Austin and Triple H for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. Mankind won the match, winning the coveted title for the third – and last time during his tenure with the company.

However, Mankind was forced to defend the title against Triple H the next night on RAW, and Triple H went on to defeat Mankind to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship! The highlight of the match came when Triple H pedigreed Mankind on a pile of thumbtacks to put Mankind down for good.

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