WWE: Batista - 5 Awesome Matches And 5 That Sucked

4. Batista vs Shawn Michaels - Stretcher Match - One Night Stand: Extreme Rules 2008 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J8iklXcXXo At the annual night of "extreme" in 2008, Batista and HBK waged war in a Stretcher Match. The aim of the bout, if you're unfamiliar, is to incapacitate an opponent to the point in which you can put them on a stretcher and push them over a finish line. The storyline resin for the match was Batista being mad at Shawn Michaels for retiring Ric Flair at WrestleMania 24 and believed that it could have been avoided if Michaels would have laid down for Flair. Of course, Flair was a mentor for Batista from the days of Evolution and "The Animal" would punish Shawn Michaels in this gritty match. What makes this match so memorable, outside of the action itself, is the use of drama towards the end and also the inclusion of Chris Jericho. Batista delivered Michaels some bitter revenge, as he transitioned further into a heel.