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The Rock would lose the WWF Title to Austin at that event, and continued his feud with Austin until May 1999. WWF fans began to cheer The Rock dispite being a bad guy, due to his hilarious interviews and segments which mocked wrestlers and announcers. Johnson eventually turned face again after the Corporation betrayed him and established a feud with The Undertaker and the Corporate Ministry.

The Rock, now a face, feuded with “Badd Ass” Billy Gunn over the summer of 1999. In the fall the Rock found himself in several WWE Championship opportunities, both in singles and tag. He teamed with now former enemy Mankind to create the “Rock N Sock Connection” and won the WWF Tag Team Titles. Aside from the championships, the team was one of the most entertaining teams in recent memory, where Mankind would imitate The Rock, while The Rock would mostly ignore Mankind.

The team was also invoved in a segment which occurred on RAW called “this is your life,” which to this day is the single highest rated segment in terms of viewrship in RAW history. As a singles competitor, The Rock participated in a six-pack challenge match at WWE Unforgiven 1999.

In January of 2000, the Rock entered in the WWE’s annnual Royal Rumble match and lasted until he and the Big Show were the final two men. In a controversial yet scripted move, the Big Show was going to seemingly dump the Rock over the top rope in a running powerslam-like position, and when they got to the apron, the Rock reversed it on the Show, sending the Show to the outside floor and the Rock’s two feet hitting the floor and then coming back up with the rest of his body.

Clearly there was controversy, and in the weeks that followed, the Big Show attempted to prove to the audience and to others, like Triple H, that the Rock’s feet, not his, touched the mat first. This led to a number one contendership match at No Way Out 2000, which saw the Big Show come out on top after Shane McMahon interfered, knocking the Rock in the head with a steel chair as he attempted to finish off his opponent with the People’s Elbow.