10 Wrestlers Who Spent The Most Time In The Ring At WWE WrestleMania

1. Triple H: 7 Hours, 57 Minutes, 25 Seconds

Triple H Randy Orton WrestleMania XXV
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In a priceless development, Triple H has spent longer in a WrestleMania ring than the man who went undefeated at WrestleMania in 21 matches, debuted five years before him, is synonymous with the event more than a man nicknamed 'Mr. WrestleMania' is, and actually worked 'Mania 36 where he did not.

After all, it was difficult to fit an elaborate, masturbatory entrance in the Performance Center, wasn't it?

How has he spent longer than the Undertaker in WrestleMania matches?

Why, by insisting on going five-to-ten minutes too long almost every single f*cking time, of course!

If WrestleMania is purported to be the stage on which legends are made, it doubles as stage that exposes Triple H. The man has worked classics. The "He's overrated" crowd would be acting in entirely bad faith to disregard that. The Undertaker matches were great, and all the more impressive for what they followed. He worked Daniel Bryan's match selflessly and wonderfully at 'Mania XXX, and entered an all-timer of a cathartic selling performance to introduce Ronda Rousey to the world at 'Mania 34.

But the idea that Triple H is a great is ruthlessly undermined by his damning record of mid, overlong bores that the crowd uniformly rejected in near-total silence.

Chris Jericho.

Randy Orton.

Brock Lesnar.

Seth Rollins.

Roman Reigns.

Batista.

Nobody in those stadiums gave a single sh*t about those matches because Triple H wasn't a true, God-tier talent.

If he were, they would have - those men are hardly Eric Escobar - but he wasn't, and they didn't.

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