40 Years Of Fascinating WWE WrestleMania Facts (Part 3)
5. WrestleMania XXVI - Triple H Learns A Timely Lesson
You could consider Triple H the worst performer in the history of WrestleMania.
He's worked some excellent matches, even some classics, but for the amount of time he gobbled up over the years, he didn't half silence the crowd literally half the time. Profligate is the word.
He should sue AEW for ripping off his Librarian gimmick.
Since becoming a genuine headliner talent, in 2000, Triple H almost invariably worked the longest match on the card - and if he didn't, he went long regardless.
At WrestleMania XXVI, he worked his shortest match since WrestleMania XV (and up to his retirement), where he did a job to Kane (via disqualification) in 11 minutes and 33 seconds. At the University of Phoenix Stadium, he went a positively breezy 12 minutes and eight seconds against Sheamus.
The interesting aspect of this is that, by consensus, the match was one of his more well-received efforts on the Grandest Stage. It wasn't a blow-away great match in and of itself, but it was an accomplished effort that kept the card ticking along nicely and from which his opponent emerged with a degree of credit.
Notably, it was also one of his loudest: it kept moving, and fans weren't left bored stiff by the "worthy main event" posturing and stalling.