During the Attitude Era, The Rock and Triple H were two of the biggest stars in WWE, and they went on to have a rivalry that went on for years. Triple H and The Rock had some classic matches, but they never got to have a one on one match on the Grandest Stage of Them All.
On the road to WrestleMania 16 it seemed that things were lining up for a Triple H vs. Rock match at the Show of Shows, but instead WWE decided to go in a different direction by booking a fatal four way. Triple H discussed the fatal four way during an appearance on the Impaulsive podcast, and he explained why not getting a one on one match with Rock at Mania will always be his biggest regret.
“My only regret of the whole thing with Rock is in 2000 we were poised to have a match at WrestleMania one-on-one, and I think that would have been an epic thing for both of us in that moment. The timing of ‘Taker’s return, and Austin’s return, and Austin wasn’t quite ready yet, so they pushed the WrestleMania match.
The year we did this Fatal-Four-Way with Foley, who I had just retired. Coming back a month later with his hair all cut off because he thought he was off forever and going to be a normal guy, here is back, and Big Show.
A couple of months later we would have the one-on-one Iron Man Match that we wanted to have at WrestleMania. Unfortunately for me, I just feel that’s the one thing, we got to this unbelievable, heated long-term rivalry and then never got to pay it off on the biggest platform possible. I think Rock feels that way too.”
[…] Triple H also recently reflected on his rivalry with The Rock and noted that his biggest regret is that he and The Rock never faced off in a one on one match at WrestleMania. […]