8 Times Legendary Wrestling Moments Were Reversed

After defeating a certain someone to become World Heavyweight Champion at SummerSlam 2004, Randy Orton wasn’t exactly met with hugs and well wishes from his Evolution buddies.

With Batista lifting Orton up on his shoulders on the following night’s Raw, young Randal Keith was like Leonardo DiCaprio in Titanic for the merest of moments. But The Legend Killer’s time as the King of the World was soon cut short when Triple H gave a sinister thumbs down gesture that saw Big Dave drop Orton. Of course, this was because Hunter saw Randy’s title win as above the upstart’s station, so to speak.

Where these roles were reversed, though, was only six months later. After Batista had won the 2005 Royal Rumble, The Animal was faced with the decision of which champion he wanted to face at WrestleMania 21. And it was on the February 21st edition of Monday Night Raw that Batista decided that he was going to go after Triple H’s World Heavyweight Champion at the Grandest Stage of Them All. How did he make that decision clear?

Why, he spelt his intentions out by mimicking Hunter’s thumbs down gesture before laying out both The Game and Ric Flair.