5 WWE Ladder matches that didn't involve a Championship

#3 Triple H's sledgehammer

The Summer of Punk kicked off with CM Punk delivering one of the greatest promos of all time on RAW. Weeks later, he lost the WWE title at SummerSlam, due to interference by Kevin Nash. Nash was featured heavily on WWE TV for the next few months. At Vengeance 2011, Nash interfered in a Tag Team match pitting CM Punk and Triple H with R-Truth and The Miz, leading to the villains getting the victory.

At TLC 2011, Triple H and Kevin Nash competed in a Ladder match, with a sledgehammer hanging above the ring. The brutal contest saw both Triple H and Nash going to great lengths to retrieve the sledgehammer in order to use it on the other. In the end, Triple H knocked his former best friend off the ladder, and through a table, and went on to unhook the sledgehammer. Nash pleaded and reminded Triple H that the duo was a part of the Kliq once, but to no avail. Triple H hit Nash with the weapon and won the match.

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