10 Main Eventers Who SUCKED At Great Moves (But Did Them Anyway)

8. Triple H - Indian Deathlock

Randy Orton
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A move more emblematic of Triple H's turgid runs with the World Heavyweight Title than the pinfalls he'd inevitably score, 'The Game's Indian Deathlock had the entire global audience tapping out long before any of his opponents.

A move cribbed from Harley Race was like much of Hunter's act between 2002 and 2005. Painfully, painfully out of date and only entertaining to an audience of one - himself.

Probably glad of the rest whilst lying on their back instead of being forced to examine the lights during a defeat, his opponents weren't well drilled in selling it either. The World Heavyweight Champion and his fallen foe would inevitably lay together in a clinch sharing passive wails until the referee created separation (before that became something else entirely...) and the lumbering brutes got back on with having something resembling a wrestling match.

Triple H was smart enough not to use it too often as a babyface. The move didn't generate heat, but wasn't exactly endearing either. It was hard enough watching one of the most insecure performers in company history take shortcuts without sabotaging his own route any further.

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