10 Wrestlers That Shouldn't Have Lost Their WrestleMania Debuts
5. Triple H
Say what you will about Triple H being notorious for "burying" younger talent, he has put over his fair share of aspiring athletes at WrestleMania throughout the course of his career. Chris Benoit, Batista, John Cena, Daniel Bryan and most recently Roman Reigns are prime examples of that.
How ironic then that HHH was himself the victim of a burial on the grandest stage of them all back in 1996.
Mere months removed from his highly touted WWE debut, Hunter Hearst Helmsey found himself in a prominent spot on the WrestleMania 12 card against the returning Ultimate Warrior. It was the ultimate opportunity for WWE to make a star out of the future Cerebral Assassin even in defeat, but it unfortunately had the opposite effect on him.
Warrior refused to give Triple H any offence whatsoever, resulting in a squash match that lasted all of a minute and a half. Warrior was gone from the company a short while later, and HHH was bounced all the way back down the card. Any momentum he had going up to that point went to waste, but as fans soon realized, the career of the King of Kings would pan out just fine.
Still, what a lousy way to debut at The Show of Shows.