10 WWE Matches That Didn't Know When To End
10. Triple H Vs. Scott Steiner - Royal Rumble 2003
God love Scott Steiner.
From tag team icon to Big Poppa Pump, the legit tough younger of the Steiners was so entertaining for so long. Heck, even in his recent appearances for the NWA, this multiple-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion has still shown that he has value in the 2020 landscape of professional wrestling.
Despite his standout tag team career and his several runs as WCW's top dog, it quickly became clear that the Scott Steiner who returned to WWE in late-2002 wasn't the Scott Steiner seen throughout the '80s and '90s. In fact, this wasn't even the same Scott Steiner seen during WCW's dying days.
Instead, Freakzilla was a shell of his former self when it came to his in-ring work, with that largely down to getting one of his ankles fused in place.
Still, Steiner ended up facing World Heavyweight Champion Triple H at the 2003 edition of the Royal Rumble PPV. The build to that match was fun, as the two rivals used smoke and mirrors to get around Steiner's mobility issues. But by the time their Rumble match came along, for some reason the call was made to go nearly 20 minutes.
The end result was a match that stunk out Boston's Fleet Center venue, a match that won numerous awards for being the worst of 2003, and a match that sadly highlighted just how restricted Scott Steiner now was.
Thankfully, their No Way Out rematch was trimmed down to 13 minutes - although, even then, that still felt like a contest that should have ended far sooner than it eventually did.