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Mankind

7 Matches

It appears that Mr. McMahon made a hobby out of double-crossing Mankind. Going up against The “People’s Champ” in The Rock, Mankind took matters into his own hands to get himself a shot at the WWE Championship. This rivalry created some of the most memorable matches in WWE history.

Mankind vs. The Rock

December 13, 1998

Match Objectives

  • Win the match

Historical Bonus Objectives

  • Perform the Mandible Claw on The Rock

Match Strategy

This is a tough match. The Rock will attempt to steal your Finisher—don’t be surprised if he succeeds at this a couple times—and will give you quite the battle.

Objective: Perform the Mandible Claw on The Rock

Stay on top of The Rock in this match. It is one of the toughest matches so far, so don’t take to much time to taunt—build momentum with power moves and open up your Signature Move. Use left and right taunts after big slams to supplement your progress.

If you try using a Wake Up Taunt on The Rock to set up the Mandible Claw…

…The Rock promptly reverses and steals your Finisher.

Got it! After you hit The Rock with the Finisher, a cutscene plays and Mr. McMahon comes out.

Mankind vs. Kane

December 14, 1998

Match Objectives

  • Get Kane’s damage to critical
  • Win the match

Historical Bonus Objectives

  • Hidden Objective: Find Mr. McMahon backstage in 30 seconds or less
  • Hidden Objective: Perform an environmental grapple
  • Hidden Objective: Knock out Mr. McMahon in 2 minutes or less

Match Strategy

Work your way through Kane to a Mandible Claw Finisher to put him in critical damage. The real action happens in the locker room area.

Objective: Get Kane’s damage to critical

After you hit Kane with the Finisher he should be in a critical damage state. This triggers a cutscene with Mr. McMahon.

Hidden Objective: Find Mr. McMahon backstage in 30 seconds or less

Escape the clutches of Kane. He comes after you as soon as the cutscene ends, and he’s between you and the ramp. You do have plenty of time, though. You just have to get to the WWE icon flashing on the stage to satisfy the objective and move on. Press the Finisher button when you get up there.

Hidden Objective: Perform an environmental grapple

The two-minute timer starts when you spawn in the back. This is a Backstage Brawl Match. Irish whip Mr. McMahon and hold left to send him soaring through the air onto the hood of the green car. If he falls short, pick him up and repeat.

When Mr. McMahon is leaning on the car, press grapple to trigger the move animation. Mankind will slam his head onto the hood of the car.

Hidden Objective: Knock out Mr. McMahon in 2 minutes or less

After you perform your one environmental grapple to satisfy the objective, move on to big grapples on the pavement. Constantly pick Mr. McMahon up and grapple him again. This is the quickest way to log the KO. Finish him off with a Sidewalk Slam or something similar. Your KO will be punctuated with a screen-shake and the start of the cutscene.

Bonus Match: Road Dogg vs. Big Boss Man

December 21, 1998

Historical Bonus Objectives

  • Hidden Objective: Slam Big Boss Man through the crowd barrier
  • Strike Big Boss Man with a trash can at least 3 times
  • Avoid being hit with a Signature or Finisher move
  • Win by pinfall outside the ring

Match Strategy

Avoiding Big Boss Man’s Signature Move and Finisher is all about keeping control and striking him with objects ringside to damage him.

Objective: Strike Big Boss Man with a trash can at least 3 times

Big Boss Man starts off the match with his nightstick in-hand. Strike him to make him drop it. Pick it up with LB or L1 and hit him a few times. Throw it ringside afterward to keep it away from him.

Climb out of the ring to the foreground and press LB or L1 to look under the apron. The trash can is at three o’clock on the object menu (hold right on the left analog stick and press grapple to select it).

Blast him with the trash can.

Hidden Objective: Slam Big Boss Man through the crowd barrier

You’ll need to do serious damage to Big Boss Man to trigger the Hidden Objective reveal. On the way to critical damage, you are certain to build momentum to a Signature Move. Hit him with the Shake, Rattle and Roll.

Whip him into a corner and use the OMG Moment to clear the objective.

Objective: Win by pinfall outside the ring

Pile on for the pin. After being blasted through the barricade, Big Boss Man isn’t going anywhere.

Mankind vs. The Rock

January 4, 1999

Match Objectives

  • Win by pinfall or submission

Historical Bonus Objectives

  • Perform at least 1 Finisher
  • Perform at least 5 object attacks
  • Hidden Objective: Win in 1 minute or less

It’s another match with The Rock. You play as Mankind, and you are tasked with taking this match ringside and blasting him with some objects.

Objective: Perform at least 5 object attacks

Get some damage done ringside with the chairs by the announcer table. You’ll have to use both to get in all five attacks.

Objective: Perform at least 1 Finisher

Work your way up to a Finisher. Hit him with the Mandible Claw.

Objective: Win in 1 minute or less

After a few grapples beyond critical damage, the Hidden Objective reveals itself and a one-minute timer appears. You should be able to take the match with plenty of time to spare.

The Rock vs. Mankind

January 24, 1999

Match Objectives

  • Get Kane’s damage to critical
  • Win the I Quit Match

Historical Bonus Objectives

  • Grapple Mankind as he’s leaning on the announcer table
  • Lure Mankind to the stage after he has moderate damage
  • Perform the People’s Elbow
  • Hidden Objective: Hit Mankind with a chair 13 times while in the ring

This is the first journey into a new WWE ‘13 match type: the I Quit Match. When you gain some control over Mankind and slam him to the mat, an “Ask” icon appears. This will prompt a mini-game. In this match, you don’t need to complete the regular requirements to win an I Quit Match—just satisfy the objectives and the cutscenes will trigger for the cinematic “Ask”.

Objective: Grapple Mankind as he’s leaning on the announcer table

Whip Mankind out of the ring and onto the announcer table. You are simply performing a grapple against the table, so you don’t have to disassemble the table first.

Objective: Lure Mankind to the stage after he has moderate damage

If you don’t like to wait, just whip Mankind up the ramp. Find the WWE icon to the left and have Mankind follow you over there to trigger a cutscene.

Objective: Perform the People’s Elbow

This is an I Quit Match, so every time you drop an opponent to the mat, it’ll give you the “Ask” icon. Press the Finisher button when you have the Finisher stored, even if you don’t see the icon. This will trigger a cutscene and The Rock will end up with a chair in his hand when gameplay resumes.

Hidden Objective: Hit Mankind with a chair 13 times while in the ring

This is a well-made chair. Blast away 13 times to start a cutscene and end the match.

Mankind vs. The Rock

January 31, 1999

Match Objectives

  • Go backstage & win by pinfall or submission

Historical Bonus Objectives

  • Hidden Objective: Grapple The Rock as he’s leaning on the forklift

This is another “super” Backstage Brawl. The match starts in a “super” empty arena and was aired at halftime during a certain football game. Can you guess which one?

Immediately leave the ring and run to the locker room area. Run up to the WWE icon onstage.

Hidden Objective: Grapple The Rock as he’s leaning on the forklift

You begin the Backstage Brawl Match in the main room by the soda machine. Go left (turn around and run away from The Rock). Keep your distance—your HP will dwindle fast if you get hit with any big moves from The Rock.

Run all the way to the left as far, as you can go, and then head down (toward the camera) and into parking area. The forklift is the second vehicle on the left. There are a couple of green barrels stacked on the pallets.

Whip The Rock into the barrels and press grapple to trigger a cutscene.

Mankind pins The Rock with the forklift to end the Mankind campaign!

Bonus Match: Triple H vs. Kane

September 27, 1998

Historical Bonus Objectives

  • Successfully perform a Corner 10-Punch Combo
  • Win the match without hitting your Finisher
  • Win by escaping the cage

Match Strategy

Kane is a tough opponent in this match. After you get the 10 Punch Combo, he is all over you and constantly tries to escape the cage. When you try to climb, you will have to reverse at least one attempt by Kane to pull you off—which can be a challenge on the harder difficulty levels.

Objective: Successfully perform a Corner 10 Punch Combo

Whip Kane into the top-right corner. Approach him quickly while he is groggy and press up and grapple. Triple H will climb up the turnbuckle to start a button-press minigame. Press strike 10 times to keep the punches coming. If you break rhythm, then Kane will block and toss you to the mat.

Escaping the cage through the door is a bit of an Easter Egg. In order to trigger the “Escape” icon, whip Kane into the bottom-left corner of the ring. Hit the grapple button when it appears with “Escape” to trigger an animation of Triple H performing a Superplex off of the top rope, and then the minigame will start.

This crawl minigame is like the climb minigame. Press grapple when the arrow moves to the far right to have Triple H crawl faster.

Escape and win!