10 Bizarre Wrestling Epics That Didn’t Live Up To The Hype
3. Triple H Vs Shawn Michaels (WWE Bad Blood 2004)
An epic in their own minds as much as it was in the eyes of an audience pig sick of their moribund matches, the 40-minute Hell In A Cell main event of 2004's Bad Blood pay-per-view was didn't deserve the run-time or card placement it received.
Shawn Michaels and Triple H had already wrestled three times on pay-per-view in that year alone, having reignited hostilities that went out of date less than six months into 'HBK's return with an absolute stinker at 2002's Armageddon.
World Champion Chris Benoit had been wedged into their rivalry as a way to both anoint and cement him as Monday Night Raw's top dog, but the lords tooketh away as quickly as they gaveth when the best buds snatched his first singles topline spot within two months of his WrestleMania XX triumph.
Whilst 'The Crippler' struggled to carry Kane to anything beyond...well, Kane, 'The Game' and 'The Showstopper' couldn't uphold the size of their egos. The 47:26 they shared inside Hell In A Cell was more exhausting for viewers than it was the participants - all tacitly designed for Hunter to claim ownership of the steel structure from fellow company stalwart The Undertaker.
Contests like this ensured this would never be the case.