5 Ups And 7 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Feb 25)

2. Batista Gets Hunter’s Attention

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Remember way back at SmackDown #1,000 last year when Evolution reunited (on a show they never previously appeared on) and dissension was teased between Batista and Triple H?

Well, they cashed in on it Monday night.

And they did it in a pretty unique way – by having Batista attack Ric Flair at his 70th birthday celebration backstage. It’s a pretty common fact that Triple H idolizes Flair in real life, so having The Animal demolish Nature Boy did more than get The Game’s attention.

What made this better was that there was an entire celebration with Hall-of-Famers Shawn Michaels, Ricky Steamboat, Kurt Angle and Sting on hand, making the shock ending even more out-of-the-blue.

Just like that, we’ve got our Triple H match for WrestleMania: Hunter versus Batista, with Mr. Hollywood firmly established as the heel. This could be interesting.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fortunately became a fan in time for WrestleMania III and came back as a fan after a long high school hiatus before WM XIV. Monday nights in the Carlson household are reserved for viewing Raw -- for better or worse.