20 WWE Royal Rumble Undercard Nightmares
10. Kurt Angle Vs Triple H (2001)
A rare in-ring misfire from Triple H during the hottest streak of his entire career, his WWE Title challenge to fellow showstopper Kurt Angle was fatally wounded as a match thanks to 'The Game's other storylines and apparent refusal to present Kurt Angle as a serious threat.
Disappointment surrounded Hunter and Kurt, after the momentum of their spectacular 2000 love triangle storyline with Triple H's wife Stephanie McMahon was killed stone-dead in their passionless squabble four months earlier at Unforgiven. Since then, Angle had won the World Title but was presented as a paper champion, and Triple H had returned to his heel worst, vowing to rid WWE of Steve Austin.
Subsequently, this clash of villains no longer feuding with each other never came to life, with Triple H gobbling up a huge portion of the match on offence long before Kurt was proficient at playing a babyface-in-peril, and the two limping to an anti-climactic finish in which Hunter's rival Austin would floor him with a Stone Cold Stunner for a cheap Angle victory.
The only item of value was a simmering hatred between Stephanie and Kurt's new manager Trish Stratus. Their skirmish during the match briefly woke the crowd, but nowhere near enough to save the drab contest overall.