5 Worst Wrestling Matches Of 2002

3. Hulk Hogan vs Triple H – Backlash 2002

I never thought I’d ever type these words, but…poor Triple H. He was stuck wrestling a man who simply could not wrestle for two minutes, let alone 22. He must’ve known just how immobile Hogan was at this point, and that the only reason Hogan was facing him was because of the volcanic reaction he got a month prior at WrestleMania (thanks, Toronto).

So, Triple H did what he could to make this match exciting, but boy did he struggle with that. Hogan couldn’t really do anything exciting or high-risk, so HHH had to rely on ‘safer’ moves like wrist-locks, tests of strength, and leg submissions to try and tell a story. And believe it or not, he actually did tell a very interesting one. That story goes, “Now I know how the Undertaker felt at WrestleMania IX.”

As much as he tried, Triple H could not get a decent match out of Hogan, and it shows. This match was glacial, with almost nothing of note happening for over twenty minutes. Even the referee took more punishment than Hogan did, and that was due to outside interference from Chris Jericho and the Undertaker.

Perhaps the only silver lining in this match was that Triple H could carry another wrestler to a slightly-above-failure-level match…if that other wrestler had the mobility of a mountain.