10 Times WWE Purposefully Lied To Sell A PPV

5. Vengeance 2001 - It's Not All About 'The Game'

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The reason Triple H is looking so glum on this poster for 2001's Vengeance is probably because he knew he had absolutely no chance of making the show.

Hunter had been out of action nursing a quadriceps tear since May of that year, and though an optimistic December return had originally been prognosticated, it became glaringly apparent that it'd take a little longer to reset 'The Game'. With no chance of the sidelined 'Cerebral Assassin' being cleared, the Yuletide PPV was instead headlined by a not-insignificant four way tussle between The Rock, Kurt Angle, Steve Austin, and Chris Jericho.

Meanwhile, Triple H had to make do with sitting sullen on the advertising material, looking sick as a feverish chip. And no, it absolutely wasn't an implicit suggestion he might make an unexpected appearance on the night.

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