5 WWE dream matches that didn't live up to the hype

Roman Reigns and John Cena at No Mercy 2017
Roman Reigns and John Cena at No Mercy 2017

#3. Triple H vs Seth Rollins - WWE's mentor vs student match doesn't deliver

Triple H was the catal
Triple H was the catalyst for Seth Rollins' face

Again, this is probably a case of a match in WWE that would have fared better at a two-day WrestleMania. Triple H vs Seth Rollins was the rumored direction for WrestleMania 32 in 2016, but WWE's 2015 superstar of the year, Seth Rollins, suffered a devastating injury that kept him out of the biggest WrestleMania of all time at AT&T Stadium.

Seth Rollins returned to WWE as a heel in 2016, only to turn babyface a week after SummerSlam when Triple H turned on him and cost him the chance to win the Universal Championship. It was a slow-burning build that culminated in a "mentor vs student" type of match at WrestleMania 33.

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It was a dream match on paper, but minus the spot where Stephanie McMahon went through a table, the match didn't deliver as expected. Vince McMahon seemed happy with the match backstage but, when watching it live, it didn't set the crowd ablaze.

Perhaps a refreshed crowd with a shorter runtime over two days would have changed the perception towards this WWE dream match.

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