5 Best & 5 Worst Wrestling Trilogies
The Power Of Three.
Over the next month, wrestling fans will be gifted two huge matches for the third time, as Jinder Mahal and Randy Orton prepare to fight yet again over the WWE Title whilst Kazuchika Okada and Kenny Omega will go to war in the G1 Climax' B Block decider on August 12th.
Omega and Okada have perhaps the hardest job in wrestling this year. Attempting to top two of the greatest matches of all time, the pair will be expected to assemble yet another dramatic spectacle within an allotted 30 minute time limit that the first and second chapters comfortably surpassed.
Orton and Mahal will face entirely different, but no less challenging expectations. Set to collide in the Punjabi Prison at SmackDown Live!'s Battleground pay-per-view, the duo will have what should be a feud-ending clash inside the double bamboo structure made infamous following outlandish contests featuring The Big Show, The Undertaker, Batista and The Great Khali.
In 2017's overcrowded marketplace, it's difficult enough to maintain fan attention for one match let alone three, but trilogies have become commonplace as companies strive to fill countless cards with big name battles. Certain rivalries warrant such attention, but those that don't are often become a wrestling fan's worst nightmare.
10. Worst - Triple H Vs Brock Lesnar
It was the Brock Lesnar feud nobody wanted, but Triple H needed.
Having never been able to press his thumb down on 'The Next Big Thing's forehead during his original run thanks to the Brand Extension, Triple H became Brock's first significant feud after his electrifying comeback match against John Cena in 2012.
Brock had broken Hunter's arm earlier in the year, and had gone on to do the same to Shawn Michaels shortly before their first bout in segments that delivered far more drama than any of the three indulgent brawls were ever capable of doing.
Their SummerSlam battle was a dud, with Lesnar making laborious work of putting 'The Game' away and Triple H failing to receive any kind of ovation as he awkwardly hung around for one at the end of the show. 'The King of Kings' got his win back when it mattered most, toppling Lesnar in a passable weapons brawl at WrestleMania 29 the following year, but the conflict continued to drag on as Brock's valuable contracted dates drained away.
Saving the worst for last, the pair fought again at May 2013's Extreme Rules pay-per-view, closing the show with another desperately dull steel cage affair. Hunter fell to a low blow, a sledgehammer shot and an F5 in a protracted finish that should have probably just been used in the original encounter.