10 Wrestling Facts We Didn't Know Last Week (June 14)

3. A Sweet Triple H Stat

Undertaker, Triple H, WrestleMania XXVIII
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As promised, here's a Triple H stat that'll delight his biggest fans and fan the flames of hatred amongst those who think he should sod off. Thanks to a dedicated fan on Reddit, we now know that no Triple H match has fallen short of the 15 minute mark since his WrestleMania XXVI bout opposite Sheamus (that ran 12:09).

Since then, 16 of the man's 23 pay-per-view matches have been the longest match on the card.

Yes, it's true. Triple H likes putting in a shift. Of the 23, a further nine have been longer than 25 minutes in length, and his TLC 2011 against Kevin Nash went longer than every match bar one on the same show; it's worth nothing that the user deliberately avoided Royal Rumbles, Elimination Chamber and Survivor Series tag matches, only focusing on singles or tags.

Even with those omissions, this is still eye-opening stuff. It's actually a slight surprise to learn that Triple H has only worked 23 times in-ring since 2010. He worked 134 matches in 2009 alone, so it's clear to see how his role in the company has changed over the past decade.

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