10 SmackDown Vs. Raw Matches WWE Got Right

10. Batista Vs. Umaga (WrestleMania XXIV)

Cynics saw this match as a last minute addition to the WrestleMania XXIV card, aimed at giving main event mainstay Batista something to do while more fitting adversaries were otherwise engaged. They weren't wrong, but for what seemed like a total mismatch, he and Umaga delivered a more than serviceable seven minute bout.

The preamble focused less on any personal animosity between the two and more on what the match meant for their respective shows, the prize at stake being "brand supremacy", which in practice meant precisely nothing. Still, it was fun - not least of all because of Raw GM William Regal's insistence on referring to his chosen one as "Youmanga" in the build-up.