5 Wrestlers Triple H didn't put over

Triple H will be remembered as one of the biggest heel acts in WWE history and a true legend of the industry. He has led multiple epic stables like Evolution and D-Generation X and has been a 14 time World Champion.

He was the biggest star in wrestling for a considerable period in the 2000's and is now the virtual heir to the throne after Vince McMahon. However, one doesn't become so powerful without making a few enemies. To maintain political clout, many wrestlers are known to keep others from blossoming, and HHH is one of the biggest names to do so.

In this list, we will be looking at 5 wrestlers that were not given the rub by Triple H even when they should have gone over.

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#5 Scott Steiner

The animosity was very real between these two

Scott Steiner is probably one of the most anti-Triple H people alive on the planet right now. Steiner has never minced words while expressing his absolute hatred and distaste for the accomplishments of Triple H and believes that WWE would be a better company if he and Stephanie McMahon weren't around.

This hatred may stem back to 2003 when Steiner and HHH were in a feud over the World Heavyweight Championship. This feud was essentially based on who is stronger and they had multiple 'test of strength' challenges.

Most people thought Steiner would go over, as the time seemed right for him. However, in their matches at Royal Rumble and No Way Out, HHH walked away with the belt, pinning Steiner clean at the second event.

#4 Rob Van Dam

This will go down as one of the biggest missed opportunities in WWE

RVD was a rocket full of momentum since he debuted in WWE in 2001, and was poised to become the next big star of the company. He instantly became a main event fixture and started feuding with Triple H for the Big Gold Belt towards the final quarter of the year. This feud saw a very odd build, as Triple H did everything possible to verbally eviscerate Rob Van Dam and all his accomplishments.

Indeed, this feud would absolutely kill the momentum of the up and coming star. He lost his championship match at Unforgiven 2002 due to shoddy interference from Ric Flair. Even though a loss like that can be explained away, RVD botched one move which would sever his ties with HHH.

In the inaugural Elimination Chamber match at the 2002 Survivor Series, RVD accidentally crushed HHH's throat after botching a Five Star Frog Splash. After that, both HHH and RVD would fight to be number 1 contenders to Shawn Michaels, but HHH would win and send RVD packing to the mid-card.

#3 CM Punk

The Summer of Punk will always be one of the biggest blotches in the history of WWE Creative.

What Triple H did to the Summer of Punk is a travesty. Punk was easily one of the hottest stars in WWE during the Summer of 2011 and he had shattered the glass ceiling. He was given the rub by John Cena in two consecutive PPV's and was absolutely on fire.

The second PPV, however, was a sign of things to come. Punk won via Triple H missing that Cena's hand was under the rope for the winning pin. This saw Kevin Nash come out and lay out Punk and Alberto Del Rio cash in. After this came the month of September, which saw Punk convincingly lose all his heat and momentum.

Punk and Triple H faced off at Night of Champions 2011 in a match where everyone expected the part-timing Triple H to lay down for the hot Punk. HHH hadn't wrestled since Wrestlemania 27, so everyone safely assumed that Punk was going to go over.

However, HHH and Kevin Nash decided to take the spotlight, and Punk added another ill-deserved loss to his portfolio. Triple H wouldn't wrestle again till Wrestlemania 28, and Kevin Nash's run was cut short when he blew his quadriceps out.

#2 Goldberg

Triple H won this match despite having a groin injury.

Goldberg debuted in the WWE in 2003 as an absolute megastar that everyone was behind. he attacked The Rock on the post-Wrestlemania 19 Raw and went on a tear over the roster, defeating the likes of The Rock and Chris Jericho in the next few months. However, he eventually ended up feuding with the big man with a shovel Triple H.

Goldberg was part of the Elimination Chamber match at Summerslam 2003 for the World Heavyweight Championship in a match that included the champion Triple H, Kevin Nash, Shawn Michaels, Chris Jericho and Randy Orton. Goldberg went on a tear the second he was introduced in the match, swiftly eliminating Michaels, Jericho and Orton.

He was undefeated at this point, so one would assume it would be a herculean task to defeat him. But no, Triple H just tapped Goldberg on the head with a sledgehammer and won with ease. Even though he did drop the strap later, it was a month too late as Goldberg's aura had been hurt.

HHH would also later defeat Goldberg to win the belt back, giving the dominant Goldberg a middling reign of just 87 days, 83 days short of Jinder Mahal's WWE Championship reign in 2017.

#1 Booker T

One of the worst decisions that ever graced the WWE stage.

Booker T was pushing super-stardom in early-2003 and a win over the biggest heel in the WWE at Wrestlemania 19 seemed perfect for the star. Booker had enjoyable programs with Steve Austin, The Rock and a host of other superstars from 2001 to 2003 and it was finally time to pull the trigger on the final WCW World Heavyweight Champion.

The build-up to Wrestlemania 19 was not comfortable viewing, as Triple H made racial slurs towards Booker, stating that 'people like him' don't win such matches. His character was verbally being assassinated by Triple H, and all that Booker needed to do for redemption was deliver comeuppance to the arrogant heel that was Triple H.

It was the only logical conclusion, as Wrestlemania is where storylines culminate with heartfelt crowd responses. However, Booker T lost to Triple H clean after a pedigree which saw HHH take his sweet time before pinning Booker, making him look weak. This still stands as one of the worst decisions in company history and one of the worst examples of backstage politicking by Triple H or anyone else ever.