It is amazing that nobody admits....

[tru_overdose]

how terrible HHH/Taker at WM27 was. i rank it as the 3rd worst WM match of all time. certainly one of the worst WWE matches this decade. i feel bad for taker, it was HHH trying (and failing) to outshine HBK the entire match.

It officially started in his build with taker. HHH took the advantage in the entire build, making taker look weak the whole way. taker had 1 show, out of the 38, over the 3+ months of build where he looked strong.

He made taker change his theme to some ignorant johnny cash song (which taker admitted was not his idea), therefore robbing the live crowd of his traditional entrance. HHH then had some ******edly overblown staged entrance to take shine away from taker.

HHH worked offense for 99% of the match, which absolutely killed the crowd.

HHH hits 13 (thirteen) chair shots on taker, for no reason at all...then he randomly takes off 4 whole minutes in a row while taker recovers, then he hits 3 more chair shots after taking time off for another WTF moment in the match.

He also no sold two chair shots from taker to hit a pedigree, when it was unbelievable. crowd was silent.

Then he taunts taker for another 4 minutes, does a tombstone for no reason out of nowhere, along with takers signature pinfall pose. Then he no sold takers kick out.

After taker being beat down for nearly 15 minutes straight, takers locks in hells gate which HHH no sells by grabbing for his sledgehammer. he no sells it for nearly 3 minutes. then randomly taps after grabbing the sledgehammer and holding it up for a minute, after being locked in a submission for nearly 3 minutes.

THENNNNNNNN HHH rolls out of the ring, but somehow taker cannot. does HHH leave? no he gets back in the ring and hangs out in front of the hard camera for 4 minutes looking beat up when he took a total of 4 (four!!!) of takers moves the entire match. after it gets awkward the ref comes over and whispers in his ear to leave and taker gets carried out.

what a pile of shit man, what was once a match i thought at the time that was good, was just atrocious the 2nd viewing. offensively bad. the only thing worse is that miz/cena followed this up as the 2nd worst main event in WM history.

/end rant

 

[ThePhenomLives]

It wasn't a five star match, true. Their fight at WM28 was awesome though. In all, WM27 was average at best. Also, HHH has the biggest ego in the business.

 

[BestWrestlingOpinions]

I tried to believe that this match was good and I enjoyed it the first time I saw it. I marked out when Taker kicked out of the tombstone. The ending was horrible though, a random tap out of nowhere. When I saw the match for a second and a third time, I realized how slow it was and how two part timers can't really work a 5 star match (except if it's Jericho vs RVD). 2 minute break after a chair shot, then some taunt, some offensive move, then again 2 minute break, which killed all the buzz from the crowd. I hated how HHH seemed to be beaten up since the beginning of the match (if I remember correctly, he took a back body drop outside and he sold it like he was 30 minutes into the match). Then, there was some announcers' table spot, along with the steel steps and that's pretty much all the offense Taker was able to dish out. I don't remember any time he used any of his other offensive moves, apart from probably a chokeslam, the tombstone just so it adds that excitement and a chairshot to the head (which I believe he was fined for afterwards). The only important thing about this match is that Taker kicked out of the Tombstone. That's the only thing I remember from that match and, although it wasn't horrible, it was certainly luckluster, considering the last 6-7 matches Taker has been in at WM.

 

[George Steele's Barber]

how terrible HHH/Taker at WM27 was.

I think you mean "is". You later admit that you thought it was a "good" at the time. I assume that was when the match was in context of the feud and the night and not just watching a dvd or YouTube.

i rank it as the 3rd worst WM match of all time.

Is Hogan/Andre worst or second worst?

certainly one of the worst WWE matches this decade. i feel bad for taker, it was HHH trying (and failing) to outshine HBK the entire match.

Please elaborate on this. Don't we want our wrestlers to go out and put on a good show? To look strong? To tell a story? I'm really confused by this statement. Isn't part of HHH's character that he is hung up on living in HBK's shadow? I like that layer of him, it adds depth to him.

It officially started in his build with taker. HHH took the advantage in the entire build, making taker look weak the whole way. taker had 1 show, out of the 38, over the 3+ months of build where he looked strong.

And "at the time" we all bought it. It made the match more believable. Otherwise there is no way we were going to think they would let HHH break The Streak. We had to believe the death of UT was upon us and HHH would be the guy to have the honor because he is an ego maniac with tons of sway. It worked at the time.

He made taker change his theme to some ignorant johnny cash song (which taker admitted was not his idea), therefore robbing the live crowd of his traditional entrance. HHH then had some ******edly overblown staged entrance to take shine away from taker.

Johnny Cash may be dead but I don't recommend you fuck with him.

HHH worked offense for 99% of the match, which absolutely killed the crowd.

Don't mistake silence for boredom or disinterest. Being left speechless is not a bad thing.

HHH hits 13 (thirteen) chair shots on taker, for no reason at all...

I think he was trying to win the match.

then he randomly takes off 4 whole minutes in a row while taker recovers, then he hits 3 more chair shots after taking time off for another WTF moment in the match.

He also no sold two chair shots from taker to hit a pedigree, when it was unbelievable. crowd was silent.

Again don't mistake silence with boredom. And if you think HHH is big on "no-selling", then UT must the "no-selling" champion of the world.

Then he taunts taker for another 4 minutes, does a tombstone for no reason out of nowhere, along with takers signature pinfall pose. Then he no sold takers kick out.

"No sells a kick out". Huh? What is supposed to do? It was a kick out, not Owen dropping from the rafters.

After taker being beat down for nearly 15 minutes straight, takers locks in hells gate which HHH no sells by grabbing for his sledgehammer. he no sells it for nearly 3 minutes. then randomly taps after grabbing the sledgehammer and holding it up for a minute, after being locked in a submission for nearly 3 minutes.

He had enough and gave up. It was great drama at the time. I remember thinking HHH had the sledge hammer, he found a way to get out. Now that you know he isn't of course you're not going to appreciate that moment.

THENNNNNNNN HHH rolls out of the ring, but somehow taker cannot. does HHH leave? no he gets back in the ring and hangs out in front of the hard camera for 4 minutes looking beat up when he took a total of 4 (four!!!) of takers moves the entire match. after it gets awkward the ref comes over and whispers in his ear to leave and taker gets carried out.

Which is all consistent with the story and lead to WM28.

what a pile of shit man, what was once a match i thought at the time that was good, was just atrocious the 2nd viewing. offensively bad. the only thing worse is that miz/cena followed this up as the 2nd worst main event in WM history.

/end rant

I'm not going to argue with you regarding you're feelings on Miz/Cena.

But I will say that Citizen Kane's ending wasn't that good when I watched the last five minutes on YouTube. Not everything is meant to be watched over, some things have to just exist in the moment. HHH/UT WM27 is just one of those things. Not everything is Caddyshack.

 

[yourdamnluck]

it was probably a build up for their next awesome match and may be trips thought he had more matches left in him than taker so he didnt put him over......
i dont think he has problem with puttung people over hell he even made bubba rey look good when he was heavyweight champ he has put a lot of guys over kris benwah shelton benji scot stiener he even made flair look good tapped out to cena......

 

[MMK]

What's really amazing is that nobody realizes that every Triple H match in the last 5 years or so has been exactly the same.

Triple H knows he can't put on a 5 star wrestling match, so that's why every match he is in has to be a street fight. His matches with Undertaker, Lesnar, Kevin Nash, all street fights. All pretty much exactly the same.

Every Triple H match has to have a Hell In A Cell or a Sledgehammer or a ladder or a chair, or something to cover up the fact that Triple H can't really wrestle.

Bret Hart definitely exaggerated when he said Triple H wasn't in the top 1000 wrestlers of all time, but his basic premise wasn't wrong. Triple H is not one of the great wrestlers of his time. He thinks he is. And he's booked to look like he is. But he isn't.

 

[JoeyJoeJoe]

What's really amazing is that nobody realizes that every Triple H match in the last 5 years or so has been exactly the same.

You can say this about virtually any established wrestler. The same thing used to be said about Hart, Benoit, Booker T. It's still been said about Cena. Michaels as well. This is the modern wrestling formula: Five moves of DOOM. Mix and match with an occassional minor move like a body slam, clothesline or armbar thrown in, and you've got a fully fleshed out wrestler capable of telling any story with anyone.

 

[d_henderson1810]

What's really amazing is that nobody realizes that every Triple H match in the last 5 years or so has been exactly the same.

Triple H knows he can't put on a 5 star wrestling match, so that's why every match he is in has to be a street fight. His matches with Undertaker, Lesnar, Kevin Nash, all street fights. All pretty much exactly the same.

Every Triple H match has to have a Hell In A Cell or a Sledgehammer or a ladder or a chair, or something to cover up the fact that Triple H can't really wrestle.

Bret Hart definitely exaggerated when he said Triple H wasn't in the top 1000 wrestlers of all time, but his basic premise wasn't wrong. Triple H is not one of the great wrestlers of his time. He thinks he is. And he's booked to look like he is. But he isn't.

I think Triple H was one of the best in-ring performers in the world, especially in 2000, but he was never as good after he did his quad in '01. I have said that the great wrestler Triple H died in 2001, his last match was SCSA & Triple H v Jericho and Benoit, and his last words were "I've done my quad!".

When Triple H returned in 2002, he was much bigger in the upper body. This, combined with his dodgy quad, slowed him down considerably. Let's face it, he is not a "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, who could adapt his ringwork from a technical style to a brawling style, and still be great in the ring. Triple H used shortcuts because he was being outwrestled and outrun (not a justification, but an explanation).

I get the impression that Triple H is probably a very insecure person (like a lot of wrestlers). He thinks winning and losing defines his legacy. He could have lost some of those matches and he would still be HoF-bound.

Anyway, karma may get Triple H one day (and I don't mean the former Awesome Kong). Triple H will run WWE, and will have to build stars. If he continues to cut the legs out of upcoming talent (Ziggler, Bryan, Punk) then there will be no-one left to take over from Cena, Orton and others when they retire. Triple H's past may come back to haunt his future job prospects.

 

[HeenanGorilla]

I think you mean "is".

The only thing worse than someone that corrects something so insignificant is someone that does so incorrectly. "Was" is correct--it happened in the past, stupid. Nice try though! I can see how you could think the match is still happening to this day. Idiot.

To the OP, worst 3 WM matches is just a foolish statement. 29 WrestleManias and THIS is in your bottom 3? Exaggerating for effect is fine, but going so far makes the exaggeration sound dumb.

Trips is always involved in an interesting storyline.

Who cares why? You people would rather argue that he's boring or that he married into power or blah blah blah. Just try to enjoy the show. It's theater, jerks. Cry that new actors aren't getting "pushed" in Hollywood, then cry about wrestling. Get a life.

 

[George Steele's Barber]

The only thing worse than someone that corrects something so insignificant is someone that does so incorrectly. "Was" is correct--it happened in the past, stupid. Nice try though! I can see how you could think the match is still happening to this day. Idiot.

Holy crap, do I have to draw you a map? The OP states that when he watches the match "now", it sucks (present tense). He later states that he "used" to think it was a good match (past tense). In the present ("is") he thinks it is a shit match, in the past ("was") he thought it was good. The point of my post wasn't that the OP's opinion was wrong, it was to point out that it doesn't seem fair to judge a match as bottom 3 of all time when he admits that he thought it was good when he originally watched it. But I'm the idiot?

I'd tell you that you're a giant douche who can't understand a simple concept and to go fuck yourself and then after a couple days of you trying to fuck yourself and finally coming to the realization that you can't fuck yourself to just die and rid the world of your stupidity but I'm not going to do that because flaming is against the rules of the forum so I'll take your unwarranted insults and wish you a good day.

 

[Rvdrvd]

Who's not admitting anything? Undertaker has had to be carried through watchable matches his entire career and as Jim Cornette said HHH has always been the person a star wrestles, not a star himself. I wouldn't even have to take my shoes off to count the great matches HHH has carried lesser wrestlers through because to the best of my memory there has never been one. if he wasn't fucking princess McMahn HHH would have been relegated to jobber status years ago. He's incredibly boring on the mic and less then average in the ring.

 

[The Brain]

how terrible HHH/Taker at WM27 was.

I'm confused by your title. I believe this match has received quite a bit of criticsim.

i rank it as the 3rd worst WM match of all time.

Really? Uncle Elmer vs. Adrian Adonis, Tenryu & Kitao vs. Demolition, The Kat vs. Terri. I could go on but that's three matches right there. According to you at least one of these matches was better than Taker vs. HHH. Could you please tell us what are the only two matches that are worse?

It officially started in his build with taker. HHH took the advantage in the entire build, making taker look weak the whole way. taker had 1 show, out of the 38, over the 3+ months of build where he looked strong.

I remember the challenge was issued on 2/21/11 so there was not more than three months of build. I can't honestly say I remeber every show between then and WM27 but I highly doubt Taker and HHH were on 38 shows.

He made taker change his theme to some ignorant johnny cash song (which taker admitted was not his idea), therefore robbing the live crowd of his traditional entrance.

He made Taker change his entrance theme? I didn't know that. How do you know that? You're not just making that up because you didn't care for the theme and you don't care for Triple H, are you? By the way, I thought the theme was pretty cool. It was different and it fit. I liked it. If you didn't though you can watch the DVD where that theme is edited out.

HHH then had some ******edly overblown staged entrance to take shine away from taker.

WrestleMania often has big entrances. It's part of the show and it should be. Take a look at this year. There were no big entrances and it really took away from the show.

HHH worked offense for 99% of the match, which absolutely killed the crowd.

Yeah, I wasn't crazy about that. I really didn't care for the match either but some of the stuff you've said is ridiculous.

HHH hits 13 (thirteen) chair shots on taker, for no reason at all...then he randomly takes off 4 whole minutes in a row while taker recovers, then he hits 3 more chair shots after taking time off for another WTF moment in the match.

I think he hit Taker with the chair because he knew it would take something like that to beat Taker. Pretty simple. The rest of this is exaggerated.

He also no sold two chair shots from taker to hit a pedigree, when it was unbelievable. crowd was silent.

One chair shot and he did not no sell it.

Then he taunts taker for another 4 minutes, does a tombstone for no reason out of nowhere, along with takers signature pinfall pose. Then he no sold takers kick out.

What the hell are you talking about? A tombstone for no reason? He's trying to win the match. Does Taker do the tombstone for no reason? How does he no sell a kick out? He backed up and showed shock when Taker kicked out. What's he supposed to do? I don't think you know what no sold means.

After taker being beat down for nearly 15 minutes straight, takers locks in hells gate which HHH no sells by grabbing for his sledgehammer. he no sells it for nearly 3 minutes. then randomly taps after grabbing the sledgehammer and holding it up for a minute, after being locked in a submission for nearly 3 minutes.

Now I know you don't know what no sold means. He grabbed for the hammer because he was desperate to get out of the hold. Randomly tapped out? He got the hammer and because he was reaching blindly he had it by the wrong end. He tried to turn it around but was unable to do that with one hand and dropped it because he was starting to fade away. He then tapped out when he realized he was beat. How in the hell is that no selling? He fought to get out and tapped when he couldn't. You must think selling means to just lay motionless and play dead.

THENNNNNNNN HHH rolls out of the ring, but somehow taker cannot. does HHH leave? no he gets back in the ring and hangs out in front of the hard camera for 4 minutes looking beat up when he took a total of 4 (four!!!) of takers moves the entire match. after it gets awkward the ref comes over and whispers in his ear to leave and taker gets carried out.

Ok you obviously missed the entire point of the match. The idea was to make Taker look weaker than usual so the fans would think he was vulnerable. Nobody thought the streak was going to end going into WM27 but after that match people were wondering if maybe Taker was slowing down and the streak could possibly end some day. Undertaker won the match and was carried out. Triple H lost but walked out on his own. It was all done to set up WM28 which was awesome. It has nothing to do with ego. It was about telling a story. You just don't have the attention span to appreciate it.

what a pile of shit man, what was once a match i thought at the time that was good, was just atrocious the 2nd viewing. offensively bad. the only thing worse is that miz/cena followed this up as the 2nd worst main event in WM history.

If you thought it was good at the time they did their job. Again, I didn't really care for this match but your arguments are terrible.

/end rant

Thank God

 

[Headman]

This thread seems like it was created to bash Triple H. It was no where near the worst match in WM history. It wasn't even a bad match. It's a very polarizing match, but if it didn't immediately follow the two HBK WM matches it would have been better received. As for people "Finally admitting" lots of people complained about this match right after it happened.

 

[Kris Benwa]

Who's not admitting anything? Undertaker has had to be carried through watchable matches his entire career and as Jim Cornette said HHH has always been the person a star wrestles, not a star himself. I wouldn't even have to take my shoes off to count the great matches HHH has carried lesser wrestlers through because to the best of my memory there has never been one. if he wasn't fucking princess McMahn HHH would have been relegated to jobber status years ago. He's incredibly boring on the mic and less then average in the ring.

Post is full of dumb. Undertaker can work but he needs another quality opponent that's fine I'd like to see anyone get a good match out of Giant Gonzales. Triple H worked a great match with Cena at WM 22 before he was a good of a worker he is now along with the triple threat at the next ppv, Batista at WM 21 and the two ppv's after. Triple H has been wrestling for damn near 20 years you don't last that long by being a shit wrestler or getting carried by everyone. Come on bro he had already won the title by time he starting dating her he was already uber over through DX He was already going to win KOTR long before he had even met her. He was already a good heel by time they dated and he continued to be and still is. Triple H is a great well rounded talent you could attribute some of his success to her but to say he would be a jobber, is boring on the mic, and less than average in the ring is fucking asinine

 

[Jimmy Carter]

A lot of valid points here, but the OP is overgeneralizing. Of course people admit to the poor quality of the WM27 match. People admit to the suckiness off all HHH matches on a daily basis. It's what we have been conditioned to expect of HHH matches - they are often designed as plodding, dull affairs.

I have been wrapping my head around how one no-sells a kickout. The best I can muster is if the person holds his opponent down or otherwise acts like it was a 3 count and proceeds to celebrate.

One things to take issue with:

The idea was to make Taker look weaker than usual so the fans would think he was vulnerable. Nobody thought the streak was going to end going into WM27 but after that match people were wondering if maybe Taker was slowing down and the streak could possibly end some day. Undertaker won the match and was carried out. Triple H lost but walked out on his own. It was all done to set up WM28 which was awesome. It has nothing to do with ego. It was about telling a story. You just don't have the attention span to appreciate it.

Admittedly the Hell in a Cell rematch was superior and a pretty effective example of in-ring storytelling, if a bit trite and banal. The idea that the WM27 match served as a "set up" to the following year only confirms its lack of merit and necessity. We did not need to see this as a two-part series where one match would have told the story well enough. If Undertaker had faced a monster villain during WM27 and HHH performed a failed run-in, that alone may have served as a suitable build to the following year.

 

[The Brain]

Admittedly the Hell in a Cell rematch was superior and a pretty effective example of in-ring storytelling, if a bit trite and banal. The idea that the WM27 match served as a "set up" to the following year only confirms its lack of merit and necessity. We did not need to see this as a two-part series where one match would have told the story well enough. If Undertaker had faced a monster villain during WM27 and HHH performed a failed run-in, that alone may have served as a suitable build to the following year.

Sure a failed run in could have served as a suitable build but what actually happend was an exceptional build. Every year people expect Taker to win at mania. We get caught up in certain spots of a match but the outcome is never in doubt. With the way his match ended at WM27 people began to wonder if Taker was wearing down and for the first time the streak seemed like it may be in jeopardy.

 

[Dagger Dias]

Undertaker VS Triple H at Wrestlemania 27 was hardly terrible. That was the only match from that PPV event that was worth spending any money on. Sure, their match at Wrestlemania 28 was superior.... but I really enjoyed their Wrestlemania 27 encounter as well. Going into it I was not sure about it and did not think I would end up liking it.... It exceeded my expectations. Trips' entrance was one of the best I have ever seen, and the match was easily the best of the night. The thread starter is clearly a Trips hater. 3rd worst Wrestlemania match ever? I don't believe that for a moment. Quite the contrary, it's one of the better matches in recent years. It saved Wrestlemania 27 and deserves the positive reviews that it got.

 

[Hollywood Naitch]

if he wasn't fucking princess McMahn HHH would have been relegated to jobber status years ago. He's incredibly boring on the mic and less then average in the ring.

Jesus Christ what a shit post.

Triple H being relegated to jobber status??? don't make me laugh! He had already made it to main event status before starting a relationship with Stephanie McMahon, and while I do think his marriage has definitely helped him in his career, ad he has been protected a lot more than other wrestlers, any serious wrestling fan can see that Triple H has had a lot of absolutely fantastic matches throughout his career!

While you may not enjoy his style of promos, you cannot say he is bad on the mic. To be he is one of the most believable and entertaining guys on the mic there is, both as a face and heel (more so as a heel), and his feuds with the likes of HBK, Batista, Foley, Austin and Rock have produced great matches over the years.

I can see reasons why people don't like Triple H, and can understand them but no one can deny he is good, because he is.

 

[HeenanGorilla]

But I'm the idiot?

I'd tell you that you're a giant douche who can't understand a simple concept and to go fuck yourself and then after a couple days of you trying to fuck yourself and finally coming to the realization that you can't fuck yourself to just die and rid the world of your stupidity but I'm not going to do that because flaming is against the rules of the forum so I'll take your unwarranted insults and wish you a good day.

To answer the first question, yes. And thanks for the proof.

To address your last paragraph, I see what you did there....trying to cleverly dance around name-calling. Ehh. But, regardless of a mediocre-at-best idea, you took way too long to get to the point, which any reader saw coming a mile away.

Poor Uncle Elmer... I agree that match is an all-time bottom 3 candidate, but he and Adonis are resting in peace with their match in the past and now get called out because some noodle makes a silly "bottom 3" remark. Poor Elmer. The George Steele's Barber of the wrestling hillbillies.

 

[d_henderson1810]

Who's not admitting anything? Undertaker has had to be carried through watchable matches his entire career and as Jim Cornette said HHH has always been the person a star wrestles, not a star himself. I wouldn't even have to take my shoes off to count the great matches HHH has carried lesser wrestlers through because to the best of my memory there has never been one. if he wasn't fucking princess McMahn HHH would have been relegated to jobber status years ago. He's incredibly boring on the mic and less then average in the ring.

Jim Cornette? You're quoting Jim Cornette, a bitter, talentless piece of shit human being if there ever was one.

Anything he says is the rantings of a disgruntled ex-employee of every major wrestling company in America (WCW, WWE, TNA etc). He is only in ROH because they are the only ones he has not pissed off yet.

BTW, Santino Marella says "Hi" to Jim Cornette, the man who slapped Santino around in OVW for laughing at the Boogeyman. It seems Santino, while not setting the world on fire, is making waves, despite Cornette's humiliation of him.

Next time, when you quote someone, don't quote the irrelevant.

 

[jameyt2003]

I'll admit IMO that HHH is not a good wrestler and I do not enjoy many of his matches. I haven't watched many because he does not interest me really except for his theme music and his time in DX. He reminds me of a less charismatic Rock. He is able to build a good character and promote, but his wrestling and storytelling is worse than Hogan. I shouldn't say that because I actually like Hogan a lot but I hear he gets knocked on a lot for those reasons. Of the entire set of 4 matches the HHH and HBK had with UT, I have only seen the WM 25 match and thought it was great. UT and HBK can move in the ring while HHH has a better presence than HBK but not UT.

 

[Toron]

THANK YOU!

Nobody has ever bashed this match before. I remember hearing people say at the time it was a match of the year candidate. That used to made me sick! I remember being the only person that hated it. It used to honestly boggle my mind.

The match was terrible! And it is one of the Undertaker's worst WM matches!

It officially started in his build with taker. HHH took the advantage in the entire build, making taker look weak the whole way. taker had 1 show, out of the 38, over the 3+ months of build where he looked strong.

He made taker change his theme to some ignorant johnny cash song (which taker admitted was not his idea), therefore robbing the live crowd of his traditional entrance. HHH then had some ******edly overblown staged entrance to take shine away from taker.

HHH worked offense for 99% of the match, which absolutely killed the crowd.

HHH hits 13 (thirteen) chair shots on taker, for no reason at all...then he randomly takes off 4 whole minutes in a row while taker recovers, then he hits 3 more chair shots after taking time off for another WTF moment in the match.

He also no sold two chair shots from taker to hit a pedigree, when it was unbelievable. crowd was silent.

Then he taunts taker for another 4 minutes, does a tombstone for no reason out of nowhere, along with takers signature pinfall pose. Then he no sold takers kick out.

After taker being beat down for nearly 15 minutes straight, takers locks in hells gate which HHH no sells by grabbing for his sledgehammer. he no sells it for nearly 3 minutes. then randomly taps after grabbing the sledgehammer and holding it up for a minute, after being locked in a submission for nearly 3 minutes.

THENNNNNNNN HHH rolls out of the ring, but somehow taker cannot. does HHH leave? no he gets back in the ring and hangs out in front of the hard camera for 4 minutes looking beat up when he took a total of 4 (four!!!) of takers moves the entire match. after it gets awkward the ref comes over and whispers in his ear to leave and taker gets carried out.

I didn't mind the build-up to the match so much, although everything else you said there about the actual match itself is good- let me just add to it.

The match was just bad right from the get-go. If I recall correctly, within the first couple of minutes HHH and Taker went through the announce table. But then for the entire rest of the match, they worked like they were dead. The match had just started, they were at full strength, having gone through the announce table at the very beginning should not have incapacitated them for the entire rest of the match. The pace just died! Hell, you can play any wrestling video game and smash someone through the announce table at the beginning of a match and you'll find out your opponent still has plenty of life left. This my friends, was just bad psychology.

And then later in the match, HHH was just dominating the Undertaker to the point where it was almost like he could have pinned him anytime he wanted. This is the Undertaker? And this is WRESTLEMANIA? The match should've been a back-and-forth, one-on-one, competitive contest between two of the best wrestlers in the business, leaving everybody wondering who is going to come out on top. Not a match where one man just dominates the other and looks like he can beat him anytime he wants, especially with that man being the Undertaker and on WRESTLEMANIA of all nights, with his prized WM streak on the line. It just didn't make sense. This match was just badly booked. It was stupid. And it got boring after a while.

This was just a terrible match and I'm glad someone finally came out and said it.

 

[Kris Benwa]

It would have been bad psychology to just jump right up after being thrown through an announce table. This match did what it was supposed to do which was make Undertaker look weak. This match told that story well and it set up for the 28 match. Triple H has some of the best in ring psychology IMO I think he's average technical wrestler but his story telling is what makes him good like with Cena. And every year you know Taker is going to win put every year there's a moment where you think the streak will end during the match and this match had a lot of it. Comparing real wrestling to wrestling in a video game shows what you know. The match did it's job which was set up for the next match. Saying it was one of Taker's worst is stupid it's not in his top few but it's definitely right up there and stole the show at WM 27.

 

[Toron]

Jeeze, I didn't say they should get right back up after they go through the table, but they shouldn't have been dead the entire rest of the match spanning 20+ some odd minutes because of this one spot.