On January 4, 1999 during WWF RAW Is WAR from Worcester, Massachusetts, Mankind defeats The Rock in a no disqualification match to win his first WWF World Heavyweight Championship. The show was taped on December 29th, but didn’t air until January 4th. During WCW Nitro (which aired live at the same time) WCW announcer Tony Schiavone gave away the results of rival WWF’s main event match between Mankind and The Rock in an effort to deter viewers from watching. Within minutes, as shown by Nielsen ra

On July 25, 1999 WWF’s 2nd annual Fully Loaded pay-per-view took place in front of 16,605 fans at the Marine Midland Arena in Buffalo, New York. The main event was a First Blood match for the WWF Championship. Stone Cold Steve Austin defeated The Undertaker to retain the title by hitting him with a television camera and causing him to bleed after interference by X-Pac. The match stipulated that if Undertaker won, Austin would never wrestle for the WWF Championship, but if Austin won, the WWF Cha