10 Biggest WWE Pay-Per-View Disappointments
6. Triple H Vs Scott Steiner (Royal Rumble 2003)
One of WCW's last great hopes as a heel World Champion, Scott Steiner was a menacing force atop the promotion during its dying days. The enticing prospect of him finally arriving in WWE after seeing out the remainder of his Turner contract was increased when it became apparent he was going in at the very top.
Pitched against Triple H, 'Big Poppa Pump' was promoted as bigger, stronger and more dangerous than 'The Game', and by far the biggest threat to his Monday Night Raw throne ahead of their blockbuster Royal Rumble 2003 clash.
There had been limited physical interaction between the pair in the build up, with WWE curiously employing every smoke-and-mirrors technique to get to the eventual match.
But despite passing a medical, the severity of Steiner's hidden drop foot condition was clear for the world to see within minutes of the catastrophic encounter.
With Triple H woefully unprepared to carry both Steiner and the match, the entire thing fell apart in minutes, as a shattered Scott threw Hunter around with increasingly weaker suplexes that only raised the ire of a crowd that had already turned on the contest.
Credibility in tatters, Steiner would lose the programme, and be gone from the promotion within a year.