WWE Announce Triple H-Batista Segment For Next Week's Raw

WrestleMania build-up set to step up a gear.

by Benjamin Richardson
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Triple H and Batista's impending WrestleMania 35 clash of the titans is set to escalate on next week's episode of Monday Night Raw, with the pair scheduled for what's sure to be a cordial tête-à-tête.

WWE announced last night that the ex-Evolution pals will meet in ring in Pittsburgh next Monday, after a livid Triple H delivered an impassioned rant in response to Batista laying out Ric Flair during his 70th birthday celebrations.

Big Dave wasn't in Philadelphia last night, but sent a riposte to The Game via an Instagram video. He claimed he'd have happily been there to confront Hunter, but for the fact he can't stand the city. Boo, hiss, etc.

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Batista concluded that he'd meet Triple H's challenge next week if he can get over his distaste for host city Pittsburgh. Apparently he reached a conclusion pretty quickly, as WWE subsequently confirmed the meeting via an on-screen graphic.

Assuming the WrestleMania match does come to fruition - and save for extenuating circumstances, it will - it'll be the Guardians of the Galaxy star's first match with the company in five years. He left WWE for the second time in 2014 following dissatisfaction with a creative direction which had seen him booed out the building on his big babyface return.

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