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Worst in the World: Triple H vs Sgt. Slaughter-D-Generation X: In Your House

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When you have a star from the previous generation of wrestling come back to fight a star of the current generation, you run the risk of it being bad. Sure, there are good examples like The Rock vs Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania X-8 or Mick Foley vs Edge from WrestleMania 22,but then there are ones like Bob Backlund vs Razor Ramon at WrestleMania 9 or The Rock vs John Cena at WrestleMania 29 that just didn't strike a chord and fell flat. That's what I was thinking was going to happen for this match, when the 49-year-old Sgt. Slaughter took on the rising star Triple H in a Boot Camp match at D-Generation X: In Your House. Did it meet my cynical expectations? Let's get into it.
So oddly enough, Sgt. Slaughter comes out to what would be Kurt Angle's entrance theme. I know Angle wasn't in WWE yet, but that was still weird. So the match kicks off with Slaughter battering Triple H with a riding crop. Slaughter continues to beat down Triple H before tossing him over the top rope and out of the ring. Slaughter follows him out and throws Triple H around at ringside. Let me just clarify this again; Sgt. Slaughter was 49 years old at the time. And he's absolutely destroying Triple H, who was King of the Ring, not even 30 years old yet, and primed to be one of the top stars in the company. How is this even remotely making Triple H look good?
Slaughter tries to make a cover on the outside, but the referee informs him that he has to make the pin in the ring. After Triple H tries to escape, Slaughter grabs him, throws him back in the ring, and whips him with his belt before choking him with it. Slaughter calls for the Cobra Clutch, but Triple H is finally able to get some offense in, escaping the hold and reversing an Irish whip, sending Slaughter over the top rope and to the outside. Almost 5 minutes straight of Triple H getting beat down by someone 20 years older than him. Although I will say, Slaughter bumped like a boss off that Irish whip, especially for someone who was almost 50 at the time.
Triple H begins to beat down Sgt. Slaughter and goes to grab the ring bell. Timekeeper and expert beer tosser Mark Yeaton won't give it to him, so Triple H hits him with the bell. Triple HU goes to hit Slaughter, but he gets up and clotheslines Triple H to the ground. Terrible camera work ensues, as the camera focuses on Yeaton while Triple H recovers, grabs the ring bell, and hits Slaughter in the back with it. For shame, Kevin Dunn. For shame.
Triple H rolls Slaughter back into the ring and starts whipping and choking him with a belt. Chyna gives Triple H a chain and punches Slaughter with the chain before hitting a fist drop with it for a near fall. Triple H goes for another punch, but Slaughter blocks it and throws a few punches before collapsing. Slaughter grabs the chain and goes to hit Triple H, but Triple H is able to back body drop him out of the ring. Jesus, Slaughter takes some pretty sick bumps for someone his age.
Triple H rolls him back in the ring and goes for a flying nothing, but Slaughter gets his foot up. Slaughter goes for a body slam, but collapses and can't slam him. Triple H goes for a suplex, but Slaughter counters with one of his own. Slaughter goes to the top rope, but Triple H pops up and tosses Slaughter off. Triple H locks in a sleeper hold and Slaughter appears to be out, but he barely keeps his hand up on the third drop. Slaughter fights out and is able to lock in the Cobra Clutch, but Chyna runs in and rakes Slaughter's eyes before punching the ref out. Damn, if it weren't for the interference, this was probably going to be at the top of the list.
Chyna tries to wreck Slaughter with a chair, but Slaughter throws powder in her eyes. Triple H takes off his boot and hits Slaughter with it, but Slaughter counters the second shot and locks in the Cobra Clutch again. Triple H looks like he's about to be out, but Chyna recovers and absolutely punts Slaughter in the dick. That wasn't a normal low blow, that was like an Adam Vinatieri kick right there. Triple H sets the chair below him and Pedigrees Slaughter into the chair, getting the win.

The Verdict

To be honest, I was not looking forward to having to watch this match after seeing it was almost 18 minutes long. I never remembered Slaughter being a good wrestler, so watching him go 18 minutes was something I was not looking forward to at all. However, this match was far better than I expected. In fact, it was almost the best I've seen for this series. The action was fine, Slaughter bumped like a boss for Triple H, and they told a good story with Slaughter selling his age and exhaustion. If it weren't for the interference from Chyna, it would be the best. But a high spot will have to do.

Rankings (Best to Worst)

  1. Too Much vs Al Snow & Head-King of the Ring 1998
  2. Vampiro vs Sting-Great American Bash 2000
  3. T&A vs Head Cheese-WrestleMania 2000
  4. Triple H vs Sgt. Slaughter-D-Generation X: In Your House
  5. Konnan vs One Man Gang-SuperBrawl VI
  6. Ultimate Warrior vs Hercules-WrestleMania IV
  7. Rick Rude vs Hawk-Clash of the Champions XXV
  8. Shelton Benjamin vs Viscera-New Year's Revolution 2006
  9. The Chamber of Horrors-Halloween Havoc 1991
  10. The Natural Disasters vs Money Inc.-WrestleMania VIII
  11. ODB, Taylor Wilde, and Roxxi vs The Kongtourage-Genesis 2009
  12. Ivory vs Tori-SummerSlam 1999
  13. Nikita Koloff vs Bobby Eaton-Bunkhouse Stampede
  14. Total Divas vs Other Divas-Survivor Series 2013
  15. The Oddities vs Kaientai-SummerSlam 1998
  16. Hulk Hogan vs Sid Justice-WrestleMania VIII
  17. Paul Ellering vs Teddy Long-Capital Combat
  18. Dusty Rhodes vs Big Boss Man-Saturday Night's Main Event (10/31/1989)
  19. Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Hog Wild
  20. Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Souled Out 1997
  21. Dustin Rhodes & King Kong vs Awesome Kong & The Equalizer-Battlebowl
  22. Finlay & Little Bastard vs The Boogeyman & Little Boogeyman-No Way Out 2007
  23. Jake Roberts vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania V
  24. Yokozuna vs King Mabel-In Your House 4
  25. Sting & Hawk vs Meng & Kurasawa-Clash of the Champions XXXI
  26. Hulk Hogan vs Randy Savage-Uncensored 1998
  27. Al Snow vs Big Boss Man-Unforgiven 1999
  28. Mickie James vs Ashley-Royal Rumble 2006
  29. Christy Hemme vs Big Fat Oily Guy-Against All Odds 2007
  30. Team WCW vs nWo Wolfpac vs nWo Hollywood-Fall Brawl 1998
  31. Vampiro vs Oklahoma-Starrcade 1999
  32. Hulk Hogan vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania III
  33. Junkyard Dog vs Moondog Spot-Wrestling Classic
  34. Hiroshi Wajima vs Tom Magee-All Japan Pro Wrestling 1988
  35. Jim Steele vs The Equalizer-SuperBrawl IV
  36. Edge vs Triple H vs Vladimir Kozlov-Survivor Series 2008
  37. Kevin Sullivan vs Dave Sullivan-SuperBrawl V
  38. Steve McMichael vs Brian Adams-Road Wild 1998
  39. Scott Hall vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl IX
  40. PN News & Bobby Eaton vs Steve Austin & Terrance Taylor-Great American Bash 1991
  41. Scott Steiner vs Sid Vicious vs Jeff Jarrett vs Road Warrior Animal-Sin
  42. Hollywood Hogan vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl 1997
  43. Batista vs The Great Khali-SummerSlam 2007
  44.  Sable vs Tori-WrestleMania XV
  45. Sid Vicious vs The Nightstalker-Clash of the Champions XIII
  46. The 8-Divas Tag Match-Survivor Series 1999
  47. The Fabulous Freebirds vs The Renegade Warriors-Halloween Havoc 1990
  48. Rick Rude vs Masahiro Chono-Halloween Havoc 1992
  49. Mike Awesome vs Vampiro-Halloween Havoc 2000
  50. Bray Wyatt vs John Cena-Extreme Rules 2014
  51. Mabel vs The Undertaker-King of the Ring 1995
  52. Wendi Richter vs The Fabulous Moolah-The Brawl to End it All
  53. David Flair vs Kimberly Page-Mayhem 1999
  54. The Truth Commission vs The Disciples of Apocolypse-Survivor Series 1997
  55. Teddy Long vs Eric Bischoff-Survivor Series 2005
  56. Greg Valentine vs George Steele-Heroes of Wrestling
  57. Abdullah the Butcher vs One Man Gang-Heroes of Wrestling
  58. Hollywood Hogan vs The Warrior-Halloween Havoc 1998
  59. Mr. T vs Roddy Piper-WrestleMania 2
  60. The Royal Family vs Clowns R' Us-Survivor Series 1994
  61. Sting vs Jeff Hardy-Victory Road 2011
  62. Oz vs Tim Parker-SuperBrawl
  63. Ultimate Warrior vs Andre the Giant-Saturday Night's Main Event (11/25/1989)
  64. The Doomsday Cage Match-Uncensored 1996 
  65. Kaitlyn vs Maxine-NXT (10/19/10)
  66. Sabu vs The Sandman-November to Remember 1997
  67. James Storm vs Chris Harris-Lockdown 2007
  68. John Laurinaitis vs John Cena-Over the Limit 2012
  69. Ultimate Warrior vs Goldust-In Your House 7
  70. Los Villanos vs Los Psycho Circus-Triplemania XXIII
  71. Jenna Morasca vs Sharmell-Victory Road 2009
And up next is...

Oh my...the King of the Road match.
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