1. Triple H Put Over Batista Clean At WrestleMania 21
The entire concept surrounding Evolution was to make the two "new" guys into top guys by the time it was over. That's exactly what happened. Orton broke free from the group in the summer of 2004 as he became the World Champion, yet it was Batista that benefited from things even more than Orton. It may not have been the plan from day one to have Batista become the biggest star in the group, but that's how it turned out. The best thing about it is that there was a slow burn. They didn't rush anything. Things started to become obvious at the New Year's Resolution event in 2005 when Batista helped Triple H retain his World Title even though Hunter had sacrificed Batista earlier in the match. The Royal Rumble was a big turning point where it was as if that was the night where Batista really grew up to become a main event player. He won the Rumble over John Cena although that finish was a bit messed up. Then on Raw, Batista had to pick what title he was going to challenge for. Hunter assumed it would be the WWE Title on Smackdown. Instead, Batista did the famous thumbs down symbol and went after Hunter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5RioKQTajo Batista went from a guy that the fans barely paid attention to as the "muscle" in Evolution to somebody that was really popular as one of the biggest faces in the company. He was slotted as the opponent of Triple H in the World Title match in the main event of WrestleMania 21. In the biggest match of his life, Batista put on a good showing and won the World Title. It was as if Evolution was complete at that moment. Like Ric Flair always said, "to be the man you've got to beat the man" and that's exactly what Batista did as he defeated Triple H at WrestleMania. There were several rematches that Batista won too. In the end, Batista's the one that benefited the most from the group, which is just another example as to why Evolution was the greatest stable in WWE history.
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