5 Worst wrestling matches of 2003

#1 Triple H vs. Scott Steiner – Rumble 03

Sometimes the best part of a feud is the part when the rivals are NOT actually wrestling

In November 2002, Scott Steiner returned to WWE to a thunderous ovation, and looked like he was on his way to a world title match with Triple H. Unfortunately, this match ended up being one of the biggest trainwrecks in Triple H’s career.

This was mainly due to Scott Steiner’s work in the ring. For reasons known only to him, he kept doing different suplexes over and over and over again. He hit a ridiculous twelve suplexes in this match, ten of them being Kurt Angle-style overhead-belly-to-belly suplexes.

This became annoying fast, as those moves lost their meaning due to how often they were used (kind of how Brock Lesnar using only German Suplexes doesn’t get as much of a reaction as it used to).

Triple H wasn’t innocent either. His in-ring offense here was so simple and basic that a trainee could do more complex moves. Nothing in HHH’s arsenal stood out here, and he wasn’t even doing a good job of hitting big strikes either.

Ultimately, this will go down as the single-most boring main event match in Triple H’s career. Even his WrestleMania main events that got booed out of the building at least had fans reacting throughout. This match had…crickets.