10 Wrestlers Who Completely No Sold Finishers

8. Ultimate Warrior

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At the top of his game during a WrestleMania 2000 pre-show retrospective on every WrestleMania that had come before it, Triple H made no secret of the negative experience he'd had working with The Ultimate Warrior.

Considering him one of the most unprofessional wrestlers he'd ever faced, 'The Game' was willing to eat sh*t that night for political reasons, but the size and stench of the pile was something that even shocked him. A 99 second squash win wasn't enough for the returning star - he successfully campaigned for killing Hunter's finisher in the process.

On re-watch, it's hard to argue his point, or the rationale for McMahon bringing him back. It was a cold product, WrestleMania XII was a cold show, and Warrior's arrival brought with it a heat few at the time were able to summon. Outside of the two main events on the show, nothing was clicking beyond Roddy Piper beating Goldust within an inch of his life.

The Pedigree kick out, nonetheless, was wholly unnecessary. Luckily for Hunter, just about every wrestler that came through the door after 2002 helped him rehabilitate it.

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