10 Times Great Wrestlers Got Lazy In Big Matches
1. Randy Orton Vs. Triple H (WrestleMania 25)
Randy Orton and Triple H have had plenty of good matches together. Their Last Man Standing bout at No Mercy 2007 sticks out, but they usually delivered in a big spot, even if their matches weren't always the most athletically exciting.
WrestleMania 25 is the exception to this. It's one of the worst 'Mania main events of all-time, and while much of this was down to the crowd's exhaustion following Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels earlier on, the former Evolution duo did nothing to spike their energy levels. Both already had a pre-established reputation for taking it easy on occasion, and they lived up to this on 2009's biggest show.
Flat, lifeless, and completely heatless, they sleepwalked their way through 23 brutal minutes en route to an outcome nobody wanted - Triple H retaining the WWE Championship. The bile and venom built through their bitter feud was nowhere to be found. They wrestled a basic exhibition match, and while the stipulation that 'The Game' would lose his belt on a DQ should've made things interesting, they hardly worked to it at all.
Not the kind of effort that warrants such a massive spotlight, and a match that both men would do well to forget.