WWE: 13 Worst Match Stipulations In The Past 15 Years

12. Sledgehammer Ladder Match

The cerebral assassin shows no shyness in using weaponry, and his favorite by far is the sledgehammer, a deadly weapon used at nearly every Pay Per View (and RAW Main Event Match) he has been in, and he seems to have a knack for finding the tool that no one else does under the ring. Triple H also became "The Game" through a series of ladder matches in which he, along with D-Generation X members in some cases, utilized a flurry of offense and weapons on the way to becoming a top powerhouse for years in WWE before taking his current post as an authority. So naturally, if the two match types could be combined, they should have been, right? The match made sense in terms of what Triple H is, but played slow, awkward, and had a feeling of delayed finality as he battled Kevin Nash in a ladder match that had a sledgehammer suspended above it, and the person who obtained the weapon could use it on their opponent. The violence and potential for destruction in this match was high, but in practice, the match led to several problems and inconsistencies with the COO's past tendencies. First of all, why was the weapon atop the ladder when Triple H could find endless sledgehammers under the ring? It had no point having the ladder in the match, especially if there's no reason that one could probably found under the ring on any other night. Secondly, the outcome of the ladder climb does not necessarily matter, because if one competitor seizes the sledgehammer, the win is not guaranteed because the opponent, in this case Kevin Nash, could have probably grabbed the weapon and used it if able to do so; finally, even if Triple H had the sledgehammer, if Nash pinned him somehow, the latter could still win. Sledgehammers are powerful and ladders are entertaining but the two together were just not meant to be.