They ended up challenging The New Age Outlaws for the championships on the October 14, 1999 episode of "SmackDown!". That night, the Rock 'n' Sock Connection won the tag team titles for the third and final time, meaning they would have to continue teaming together to defend the titles. Four days later on "Raw is War", before their title defense against The Holly Cousins, Mick Foley gave the Rock an autographed copy of his book, "", 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.