"I Quit" match
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An "I Quit" Match is a type of professional wrestling match format in which the only way to win is to make the opponent say the words "I quit" into a microphone. Generally, whenever a wrestler knocks down his opponent with a move or inflicts a submission move, he will grab the mic and ask the opponent to say "I Quit!", and the opponent (at least early in the match) will make some kind of retort. (Triple H once replied when asked if he quit, "Suck It!").
The most famous I Quit Match in the World Wrestling Federation (now WWE) took place on January 24, 1999 at the Royal Rumble between The Rock and Mick Foley (using his 'Mankind' persona). The match lasted just over 20 minutes and was especially brutal, ending after Foley took ten unprotected and undeflected full-on chair shots to the head while his hands were handcuffed behind his back. The Rock eventually won the match, but it was later revealed that Foley was completely unconscious and The Rock had played a tape of Foley saying "I quit" over the PA system.
A later I Quit Match was held on October 19, 2003 at No Mercy between WWE owner Vince McMahon and his daughter Stephanie McMahon, with Vince taking the win when Linda McMahon threw in the towel for her daughter. More recently, John Cena retained his WWE Championship by defeating John "Bradshaw" Layfield in an I Quit Match at the Judgment Day pay-per-view on May 22, 2005.
Variations
"I Respect You" Match
An "I Respect You" Match is similar to an I Quit Match--there are no countouts, submissions, disqualifications, or pinfalls--however, to win the wrestler must have his opponent say the words, "I respect you." The first I Respect You Match was made by Brian Pillman, who once wrestled in WCW, as a challenge to Kevin Sullivan, in which Kevin had won.