20 WWE Royal Rumble Undercard Nightmares
7. Triple H Vs Shawn Michaels (2004)
Another bout of cruel and unusual punishment from two of the all-time greats, Shawn Michaels and Triple H quickly erased memories of their December 2003 Raw classic with a Last Man Standing snoozer that robbed audiences of a both a satisfying conclusion, and twenty-three minutes of their lives.
Falling into the same traps as they would in their glacially slow Three Stages of Hell and Hell in a Cell matches in 2002 & 2004 respectively, the best buddies replaced selling and drama with gory blade jobs and lying around, deciding to forgo any kind of coherent story in place of a series of unsatisfying weapon shots and buckets of blood.
Michaels in particular seemed incapable of dragging emotion from the contest or his opponent, just three months after one of his best ever displays in the Team Austin/Team Bischoff Survivor Series match.
With both men claret-soaked and knackered, the finish came when Shawn caught Triple H with Sweet Chin Music shortly after he himself had sustained a Pedigree, leaving both men out cold for a cop-out draw and gifting them each a ticket to WrestleMania, where thankfully a Triple Threat involving Chris Benoit would vastly improve the conflict.