7 Ups And 9 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (April 1)

4. Batista Wins By Saying Next-To-Nothing

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As anyone who’s watched a Triple H WrestleMania feud knows, The Game loves his long promos. We typically are treated to long soliloquies that can run on and on and on.

Last week, Hunter delivered a rather succinct (for him) promo that included some jokes before getting serious. It was one of his better big-match promos.

But Monday, Batista upped the game (pun intended). The Animal came to the ring in his hometown Washington D.C. and simply pointed at the Titantron. A video played of Batista beating up Triple H throughout their careers, which included bouts at WrestleMania 21, Backlash and Vengeance in 2005. Throughout the video, Batista’s voice repeated: “There’s nothing this man hasn’t done… except beat me.”

When the video ended, Batista removed his sunglasses and simply said, “Hunter, kiss my a**.” He put his glasses back on and he left.

It almost made you forget how Batista started this feud – by beating up 70-year-old Ric Flair on his birthday.

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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 fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.