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The Rock 'n' Sock Connection are a former professional wrestling tag team of The Rock and Mankind that wrestled in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) between 1999 and 2000 and briefly in 2004. As a team, they held the WWF Tag Team Championship three times.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2007-05-20 )〕 == History == Ever since 1998's Survivor Series and the "Deadly Game Tournament", The Rock and Mankind had been bitter rivals, facing each other on numerous occasions, mostly fighting for the coveted WWF Championship. The Rock, the hand-picked Corporate Champion for Mr. McMahon's Corporation was the exact opposite of Mankind in almost every way. The Rock is handsome, corporate, intelligent, and well spoken, while Mankind is a rugged, deranged, and unpredictable madman. Their feud ended after the Rock won his third WWF Championship against Mankind in a ladder match on the February 15, 1999 episode of ''Raw Is War''. However, Mankind became the special-guest referee in the title match at WrestleMania XV which involved The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin. The Rock went on to be fired from the Corporation in mid 1999, and would not cross paths with Mankind for quite a while. Even though their feud was over, animosity still reigned supreme for these two superstars. On August 30, 1999, the Rock 'n' Sock Connection was formed when The Undertaker and Big Show attacked The Rock on ''Raw Is War'', leading The Rock to challenge both of them to a match. At the time, it was considered career "suicide" to face a team as deadly as The Undertaker and The Big Show. With this in mind, Mankind (who used a smelly sock named "Mr. Socko" as part of his gimmick) asked his former enemy if he could help with his fight against Undertaker and Big Show. The Rock reluctantly accepted, and later that night the two captured The Undertaker and Big Show's WWF Tag Team Championship when they pinned Big Show after a double People's Elbow.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2007-05-20 )〕 They lost the belts on September 7, 1999 on ''SmackDown!'' in a Buried Alive match against Undertaker and Big Show, when then-heel Triple H interfered. However, Triple H was really only helping out Undertaker, as he hit Big Show with a sledgehammer.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Undertaker and Big Show's Title Reign )〕 On the September 20 episode of ''Raw Is War'', the Rock 'n' Sock Connection won the titles back in a "Dark Side Rules" match against Big Show, Mideon, and Viscera (The Undertaker did not feel like being in the match so they took his place, thus turning the match into a three-on-two).〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2007-05-20 )〕 Three days later on ''SmackDown!'', The New Age Outlaws reunited and challenged Rock 'n' Sock Connection for the titles, which The Outlaws won.〔 Several days later, Mick Foley and Dwayne Johnson helped ''Raw Is War'' achieve some of its highest ratings ever with a segment featuring himself (as Mankind) and The Rock. The "This is Your Life" segment aired on September 27, 1999, and received an 8.4 rating.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Slashwrestling RAW report - with ratings )〕 Two weeks later, The Rock told Mankind that he was tired of him, did not like the whole Rock 'n' Sock team, nor did he enjoy Mankind stealing his catchphrases during promos. Mankind begged The Rock to team up with him for one more night, but he did not tell The Rock who they would be fighting. They ended up challenging The New Age Outlaws for the championships on the October 14, 1999 episode of ''Raw Is War''.〔 That night, the Rock 'N' Sock Connection won the tag team titles for the third and last time, meaning they would have to continue teaming together to defend the titles.〔 Four days later on ''SmackDown!'', before their title defense against The Holly Cousins, Mick Foley gave the Rock an autographed copy of his book, ''Have a Nice Day!'', but later found it in the trash. Mick confronted The Rock and cursed him out for throwing away his life's work. Later that night, during their match, a crushed Mankind refused to participate as he sat despondently on the steel steps, facing away from the ring, as Hardcore and Crash Holly (with outside interference once again by Triple H) beat The Rock for the tag team titles.〔 The Rock and Mankind began another feud with each other, until Foley discovered that it was his close friend, Al Snow, who threw the book in the trash, since the book contained many Al Snow jokes. In real life, Foley and Snow are very good friends, and continually make good-natured fun of each other and their careers around that same time /Mankind/Mick Foley would develop a feud with the new up and coming Val Venis, Over Mick's Book, Have A Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks and Stealing away Mr Socko and Mr Rocko From Mankind. Their Feud Ended at No Mercy on October 17, 1999.〔Foley, Mick. Have A Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks (Foreword p.x)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Rock 'n' Sock Connection」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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