7 Times Triple H Buried WWE's Tag Team Division
2. The Spirit Squad - 2006
The Spirit Squad is widely remembered as a joke at this point, but it is easy to forget that, in 2006, the quintet were somehow managing to make the ridiculous idea work. They were getting over by virtue of their athleticism and ability to annoy crowds, and a big push seemed on the horizon when they were drafted into the Shawn Michaels/Vince McMahon feud on the side of the boss.
Triple H was on Shawn's side at the time, and as a result, Hunter and the Squad faced off many times throughout the year. 15 times, in fact, and only once did the match not end with Triple H having his hand raised following the bell. Even on that occasion, the Spirit Squad didn't win; the five-on-one match on RAW was declared a no contest.
Hunter and Michaels frequently decimated the Spirit Squad throughout the summer of 2006 and put the final nail in the coffin of the begrudgingly promising stable when they stuffed all five members into a coffin and shipped them off to OVW. It was embarrassing - humiliating - and killed any chance the cheerleader gimmick had of succeeding.