Nobody saw this coming.
Batista hadn’t excelled in the ring beyond his star-making turn opposite Triple H, and the Undertaker hadn’t yet brought the Match Of The Year dimension to his Streak—but he d*mn well did here.
Nobody saw this coming, and this includes management, who allocated it a midcard duration in a midcard slot. In defiance, Batista and ‘Taker crafted pro wrestling’s version of a heavyweight Vegas prizefight, laying into one another with massive move after massive spot in a could-end-at-anytime, can’t-blink big boy war zone.
On this night, Batista had our attention as a super-heavyweight super-worker.
