25 Worst Wrestling Moments Of 2024

21. Triple H's Royal Rumbles

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Triple H has managed to prove many of his critics wrong since taking over creative within WWE since his Father-In-Law resigned in disgrace in 2022, but his record is far from spotless and 2024 brought about two more examples of a stipulation he simply cannot seem to master. 

'The Game' just cannot crack a Royal Rumble. 

Despite more over wrestlers in the company than any time since he was at the peak of his powers two and a half decades earlier, Paul Levesque can't executively produce the 'January Classic' in the same way he evidently can several weeks of television. The battle royals lack spice and sparkle save for the stuff he is good at - the money moments.

This year, CM Punk and Cody Rhodes teased a classic within the contest's closing moments, in the same way Gunther and Cody had one year prior, but the women's match, much like the division at large over the last few years, went woefully underserved. Jordynne Grace and Jade Cargill were lone highlights and this was telling for how much punch the rank-and-file from the division were able to offer. 

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