WWE Matches That Were PAINFUL To Watch
7. Triple H Vs Shawn Michaels (Bad Blood 2004)
Shawn Michaels and Triple H were never going to top SummerSlam 2002, but the only time they really came close - an unexpected Monday Night Raw classic in December 2003 - ultimately foreshadowed several months of pale imitations.
Their Three Stages Of Hell match at Armageddon 2002 had been grabby enough, but two years later and with a limited number of things they were either willing or able to do to each other, a parade of over-familiar and boring bloodbaths followed. This was best exemplified at Bad Blood 2004.
There, they worked a supposed blood, sweat and tears Hell In A Cell main event to near-silence, adding 47 minutes to the ring time they’d already racked up working multiple other pay-per-view matches against each other that year. The Cell was a holding pen for much of the same stuff they’d been doing, and its main event billing was a reminder that the Reign Of Terror was still very much ongoing even if Triple H had temporarily lost the title.