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Batista, he was a sponge and he was hungry and he wanted it. I saw enough

he was moldable.

You know, still trying to find my way.

Definitely wasn't at that time, wasn't a future world champion.

Everything you have, everything you are, I gave you.

You are starting to piss me off.

The master versus the student.

The student feels like it's time for me to step aside and it's time for me to

take over.

You need me.

A whole lot more than I need you.

The beast has been unleashed!

It's a student -teacher rivalry on every level. Every time Batista gets better,

Triple H has to be that much better, which makes Batista even better.

Batista went to hell, and he survived!

I win!

We're always excited to see our favorite superstars make it in Hollywood,

Everyone wanted to see one more run in WWE.

I want you at WrestleMania!

I mean, I couldn't write it any better. This is a storybook ending.

This rivalry has just escalated into a war!

When two legends collide, their rivalry stays pinned in our minds forever.

This is where we break down the legendary stories behind the greatest

of all time.

I'm Freddie Prinze Jr., and this is WWE Rivals.

You think any one of these people even knew your name before you met me?

We're going to talk about Triple H and Batista.

This story and their rivalry.

lasts a long time, but the way it starts is one of the coolest rivalries ever.

Triple H, he's as deadly as they come.

The cerebral assassin.

Triple H is very unique because not only is he a superb in -ring performer, one

of the very best ever, I think that he has the best wrestling mind of anyone

that I've ever met.

I've got the talent and I've got the brains.

His vision doesn't just extend to the ring. It extends outward to the entire

industry. He sees things from miles away.

You know, his foresight is pretty wild.

He's always looking for ways to elevate younger talent.

Batista just loaded with muscle and speed and power. About 6 '6", 313. Look

the face on this dude, man.

My first ever match with Batista was before he got to WWE when he was with

Valley Wrestling.

He still needs some polish.

He was kind of stiff as far as his movements, but that's just because he

new.

By the time he got to WWE, he was put with Devon Dudley and was Devon's

enforcer.

But,

of course, there was a limit to how high that would go.

I hated everything about it. I didn't like the suit. I didn't like the box.

Uh -oh, this is not good.

I was

so tense and so nervous and so afraid of messing up, and I just put all this

pressure on myself, and I just wasn't progressing.

Definitely wasn't at that time, wasn't a future world champion.

I was still trying to find my way.

He hadn't had a lot of opportunity to shine, but he was a sponge, and he was

hungry, and he wanted it.

and I saw enough that he was moldable.

Take a guy like Batista, who really is an unknown quantity at this point. You

know, I've heard he's a very good talent.

Hopefully he is. He's going to get the opportunity here to shine a little bit.

Hunter was the first guy to see something special in me, and he started

encouraging other people to see it.

I haven't seen something like you come along in this business in a long time.

Flair and I had started to do a few things together.

That's nature boy, Ric Flair. He has apparently aligned himself with Triple

I came to the idea of like, what if we did this group? What you see in this

before you is the greatest example of evolution you will ever see.

The group was aptly named Evolution.

Triple H presented Evolution as the past, present, and future of WWE.

Ric Flair, 16 times heavyweight champion of the world, a living legend.

Started with Ric Flair, of course, Randy Orton, amazing young talent at that

time. Randy Orton is the coal that will be squeezed into the next diamond.

Dave Bautista, 6 '5", 325 pounds.

Randy and Dave just throw automatics.

Randy, you know, you're a second generation.

Dave just loved the business.

This kind of super group that's going to showcase the past, present, and future

of the industry.

They were all different, yet they went together perfectly.

Evolution has arrived.

Randy and I are very giddy about the idea of us being paired with them.

Hey, hey, hey, what's up, man? What's up, guys?

Until then, I didn't really have the cool factor, and I wanted the cool

And I knew that the pairing of all four of us was going to be the cool factor.

These guys are on top of the world now. That's what it's all about in this

business. Evolution.

Evolution was set up for one reason. It was to get over Randy and Batista.

They made it pretty obvious, okay, well, if Triple H and Ric Flair think these

guys are important and they want to help them, then I want to pay attention to

what they're doing.

linking up with them and they're taking them in as their brothers and riding

around in limousines and going to the strip clubs with them, then, you know,

want to pay attention and see what they're going to do.

The four of them being together, it was just magical. It was magical chemistry

and they all came off as like stars.

What a night for evolution!

They're all champions! They are all of evolution!

Evolution on top!

Gonna have that Rat Pack feel to it.

We have all the gold, so we make all the rules.

They had this energy, this air about them. If they walked into a room, even

you didn't watch WWE, you'd know, oh, those guys are important.

One of the best things that happened for Dave is being aligned with Triple H.

You could tell that Triple H was mentoring him, not only on what to do in

ring when the camera was on.

but also how to act and how to carry himself behind the scenes.

There was a lot of times when Randy was doing his own thing in Evolution,

because of his position, because of how good he was, that Dave got to sit with

me and Rick more.

If I hadn't had access to their brains, I never would have made it to the level

that I did. I picked those guys' brains.

Go out there, know who you are.

If you don't know who you are going out that door, you're going to get lost.

If we ever get to the ring.

Look at you, Dave.

What caused all that?

The biggest guns of all time.

He'd make a mistake, whatever it was, and you'd tell him something, you'd give

him some advice, he'd apply it. You know, it was just there.

Well, I can say personally I would have killed to have an opportunity like that,

to be with Triple H week in, week out, and even Rick.

Batista really had all the ingredients to become great.

And Batista, oh, man.

Look at Foley, he doesn't know where he's at.

Dave has come to be the muscle of the group, but so much more than that. Like

guy that was having great matches.

And, you know, that we were carefully crafting as the guy that no one could

stop. This Batista is a powder keg.

We started to plant just little things in promos and stuff.

You know, I've been thinking, man.

See,

that's your problem right there. You thinking, I thought I smelled smoke.

I'm just kidding. Lighten up. God, what's the matter with you?

You were like, man, I really wish Batista would turn on Triple H. They did

many teases, I remember, and really developed that story, built that story,

did it to absolute perfection.

The problem is you've got a million -dollar body and a ten -cent brain.

They did a great job of building the moment when Batista decides that it's

to step out of Hunter's shadow.

You are starting to piss me off.

So now we finally get into it.

Batista is in the Royal Rumble. It's my favorite match in the Royal Rumble.

Batista, Evolution's animal, has won the Royal Rumble.

Batista will be in the main event at WrestleMania 21.

Batista, Batista, Batista.

Batista has won the Royal Rumble. He is getting an opportunity at the WWE

Championship at WrestleMania. The question is, which champion is he

Will Batista be the next World Heavyweight Champion?

At this time in WWE, there was a brand split. You had Raw and you had

And each brand had its own champion. On SmackDown, there was the WWE champion,

JBL. And on Raw, there was world heavyweight champion, Triple H.

He gets to choose between our wonderful panelist here, JBL, or his

partner slash mentor.

I mean, why shouldn't he go to SmackDown and wrestle JBL for the WWE

Championship? I mean, hell, that's a championship he could win.

Rick and Hunter are just trying to like, okay, obviously you're going to pick

the SmackDown guy, right?

You're going to go after JBL because you can't go after your mentor.

Triple H was posturing and planning behind Batista's back.

There's always going to come that time where the student is always going to

think that he should beat the master.

At some point, it's inevitable.

Sometimes Dave is not smart enough to know what's good for him.

Dave being outside of the room and hearing the conversation, I think I'm

outsmarting him, but he's outsmarting me.

You know, the more you did that stuff, the more it built.

Tonight, we make history.

Dave Bautista is going to sign one of these two contracts.

let's let them be begging for this guy to turn around and punch me in the face

before we let him turn around and punch me in the face.

Really drew that out, that big turn.

You could tell that they were just waiting for this to just pop off.

Hunter, I've done what I was going to do for a long time.

Knowing where it's about to go and just milking getting there and taking your

time and, oh, here comes your gun. Oh, not quite yet.

I think that speaks to Batista's ability to tell a story. Look at the amount of

time that goes by that Dave Batista is not saying anything.

And look at the fact that it's a simple gesture.

Does the thumbs down.

And Flair's reaction is as Ric Flair as it can be.

And Hunter's reaction is paralysis and shock.

And then Batista goes off.

They had learned from Triple H, who is a cerebral assassin, what you do is you

wait for your opportunity when your opponent least expects it, and that's

you strike.

It was a

wonderful storyline played out. And then when Batista has the opportunity, he

turns against the two made guys and takes them when certainly everybody

that he was going to take me.

I like it any time I don't see it coming.

You know what I mean?

This is one of the best moments in the history of WWE as far as the reaction to

one small thing goes.

Hunter, I'm staying right here on Raw.

WrestleMania,

I'm taking the world championship.

Once he made that decision, that moment in itself made Batista a bigger star.

Like, now is my time.

Just such a badass way to get us into an incredible WrestleMania rivalry.

It's like the song goes.

It's all about the game and how you play it.

Well, last week, the game got played.

The master.

Versus the student.

Suddenly, the boy thinks he has what it takes to be the man.

The student feels like, okay, it's time for you to step aside. And it's time for

me to take over.

I'm bigger, I'm better, and I'm smarter, baby.

And I think there's a lot of people that say, absolutely, Dave's winning at

Mania. You ungrateful piece of crap.

But the promos on the way in were good enough to make you think, like, maybe

not. Everything you have, everything you are, I gave you.

I plucked you from obscurity and made you a star.

You were absolutely nothing when I found you.

And in six days, I'm going to put you back.

Where I found you.

They physically looked awesome together.

And at that time, there weren't a lot of people who looked like they could match

up with Triple H.

You are an ass.

WrestleMania 21, the world's heavyweight champion.

Hunter, he would say to me, I want this to have a big fight feel.

I always remember going into that week, we sat down and we watched older videos.

Listen to the ovation, Jasper, the Ultimate Warrior.

Hogan and Ultimate Warrior is one that really stands out to me.

Watching them come into the ring, watching the crowd react.

Champion again. It's champion title for title.

This is what it's all about. This is what has brought 68 ,000 strong here to

Sky Dome. And they are ready.

Watching them face off, everything about it felt like a big fight.

And he really wanted that for us.

That's exactly what we got.

Welcome, ladies and gentlemen.

This is WrestleMania.

WWE fans have been waiting for months to finally see a showdown between

Batista and Triple H.

The number one contender, Batista, the ten -time champion, Triple H. The main

event is next.

It was a very surreal moment to be walking down that ramp at WrestleMania.

It was special.

It was very special.

I think Batista's got to have butterflies in his stomach the size of

Now it's WrestleMania.

and the entire world is watching, and your first WrestleMania match in a big

spot, there's a lot of pressure on you.

It is an intimidating proposition.

You go, okay, I'm in there with Triple H, so I'll be all right.

But you want to step up to his level.

Either you're going to crack and crumble and be left by the wayside, or you're

going to step up and be remembered forever.

It was something that was terrifying, but at the same time, just extremely

exciting.

Visually, you have these two mountains of muscle, and who doesn't want to see

that? Who doesn't want to see the clash of the titans?

I mean, those two gigantic guys stepping into the ring, looking at each other,

and know we're about to rip each other's heads off.

Oh, my God! Look out! High back body drop.

Easy as high as I've ever seen Triple H launch into the air on a backdrop.

Dave was definitely the young, strong bull.

But the young, strong bull had to go against the cerebral assassin.

He took a guy named Dave Batista and made him into the animal. Now,

unfortunately, he's going to have to destroy that animal.

Look at this great big double -A spinebuster.

You know, I think you can feel it going back and watching the video, but I don't

think you really, unless you were there, you wouldn't really know how special

the energy was.

Oh, my God!

is the

new

heavyweight champion of the world. The winner of this bout is...

I legit broke down when that match was over.

Like, broke down. I think I cried for three days.

The passing of the torch, in a way.

There weren't a whole lot of people that beat Triple H back then.

I was in the crowd for that match. It was a big crowning moment for him, and

crowd was ready to accept him as the champion.

The beast has been unleashed!

Dave wins, and he wins big, and it's a huge moment.

Triple H put everything he had, the whole group, and Batista walks out the

champion.

That's some of the magic is that Triple H was willing to give and to elevate

Dave Batista.

It was a dream come true. It was very, at that time, still very surreal. I was

falling out of the cloud a little bit.

I was holding the world title, going home with it. I was like, I can't

this is happening.

This is crazy.

My bag's so heavy now.

It shouldn't be this heavy. What the hell's going on? Oh, there's a world

championship title on there.

Please welcome the animal known as Batista!

Batista becomes our champion, and then Hunter's playing the selfish bad guy so

well. You are wrong if you think this is the start of the Batista era!

You are wrong because Batista was great one night.

WrestleMania, sometimes it is culmination and the conclusion of

lot of times it's actually the beginning of something, and that's where it was

there.

So what are you going to do to top what you did at WrestleMania?

Batista! Batista!

Oh,

my God, no!

No!

The better friends you are with an individual, the more respect you have

each other, the harder you hit each other.

What's so fun about the Triple H -Batista rivalry is it's a student

rivalry on every level. Every time Batista gets better, Triple H has to be

much better.

A sledgehammer.

Which makes Batista even better.

They brought the physicality during that period.

They brought the intensity even in the interviews.

The final step is hell in a cell.

It's going to get nasty. It's going to get ugly in this environment.

It was one thing for Batista to get the win at WrestleMania.

But then for him to win again. And now inside hell in a cell.

Oh, man!

A bloody, nasty battle.

No, no, no!

Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Oh, my God!

No!

The Hell in a Cell match, I remember that was one of my favorite matches of

year.

No!

The pizza went to hell, and he survived!

What an amazing display of courage by both men.

It wasn't just one time. It was time and time and time again that Batista was

able to defeat Triple H. That's 3 -0 for Batista over the game.

And it's putting him at a higher level and cementing his legacy more and more.

That's how you build people and you pay it forward.

Batista came out stronger and it takes guys like Triple H to be able to pass on

that knowledge and that equity and go, hey, I'm fine with losing because we're

going to have a great match and we're going to tell a great story and

everybody's going to win because the audience is going to be entertained.

Ladies and gentlemen, there you see the world's champion.

It's hard not to take so much pride in seeing that come, especially for

that you like so much and that you think so much of and that you know has worked

so hard to get there.

I wanted to help someone that was going to take it and run with it and be

aggressive and try to be everything that they could be, the biggest star in the

business. And Dave had that.

He made me a star, single -handedly. He put me over and put me over and put me

over. I mean, he made me who I was.

After he was able to get three victories against Triple H in a row, he was a

main event guy.

You now have Batista headlining WrestleManias and Triple H still at the

the card.

The game is looking to compete here tonight and become a 12 -time WWE

But they're not crossing paths.

By all accounts, being the guy on top of the WWE is a physically, emotionally,

and mentally tasking job.

And by 2010, there were a lot of rumors that Batista was kind of done with it.

In 2010, coming off an absolutely grueling match against John Cena,

comes out to the ring. And you assume he's going to be a typical bad guy and

just complain and whine. But instead, he hits us with something very different.

I quit!

I quit.

And he does.

There's no way. And then it was.

And then, like other greats in this business, he gets the call from

The whole business of filmmaking is my obsession.

I love everything about it.

I'd done a few acting bits when I was with WWE.

You know, bit parts and this or that.

Your blood must make you strong.

I should taste it now.

And I just left there with this uneasy feeling that I was just mortified at how

bad of an actor I was and I wanted to get better. So that's when I started

looking for opportunities within the company. And there just weren't any for

And so I wanted to do stuff outside the company, and I did.

His people are completely literal. Metaphors are going to go over his head.

Nothing goes over my head. My reflexes are too fast.

I would catch it.

After Guardians of the Galaxy was released, I became a working actor.

And action.

Hey, everybody. Kamel Nanjiani here with my good friend Dave Bautista.

Dave worked his ass off to make it in Hollywood. And he makes it. And he makes

it huge.

Big as you can make it in Hollywood.

Everyone was so thrilled to see Batista get one awesome role after another.

But everyone also wanted to see one more run in WWE.

He started talking about, you know, down the line, down the line. And he said, I

want to do one more. I want to do one more big run. I want to do it with you.

I knew it was the way I wanted to end my career. I've always known.

You know, the idea of this coming full circle, as melodramatic as that may

sound, Hunter started it for me, and I'd like him to end it for me.

When SmackDown 1000 came around, he was really engaged in, hey, do you think

that's a possibility?

So in 2018, it's the thousandth episode of SmackDown, and we're going to get

Evolution back together.

Oh, dude.

This whole thing started at SmackDown 1000.

Evolution music will

get in the ring. We'll all line up in there. Whatever.

My stuff's short.

It was Hunter. He said, they've seen Randy. They've seen Rick. They've seen

They haven't seen you. I talked to Hunter about it, and he said, what do

want to do? And I said, well, I want to tease our match. This is what I want to

do.

And he said, that's great. I love it. Let's do it.

Standing ovation in D .C.

One of the greatest factions of all time.

To reunite evolution, we've got such a history together. We've got so much

history together.

Evolution. Do you realize how special this is?

Randy Orton.

The crowd loves it. Everybody's cheering.

All the faces are in there. It looks great.

But we get a little bit of tension between Hunter and Batista.

There is nothing that this man hasn't done in this business.

Except beat me.

They start teasing a match between Triple H and Batista.

which would be iconic.

People reacted huge, and I knew that people were still hot for it, and Hunter

knew it as well.

When we came back, Dave was like, oh, my God, how good was that, you know?

It was talking about that night of, let's see if we can make this work.

I think you always feel like they're going to come back.

Nine times out of ten, they come back because Triple H was his mentor.

I think he helped create Batista.

When you think back of all the guidance, Triple H gave to Batista.

There's like something inside of, I want to say, almost every wrestler.

Things coming full circle is like an obsession for us, I'd say.

You always want somebody you have a lot of history with.

For a professional level, but I think also just on a personal note, it's just

nice to be able to go out with someone you have a very strong bond with.

And, you know, for Dave, that was Hunter.

It's the perfect swan song.

I mean, I couldn't write it any better. This is a storybook ending.

You've got this amazing moment on SmackDown where, after all these years,

Batista and Triple H have this tension.

What is going to happen?

When you see a match this big tease, you can only assume that WrestleMania is

where it's going to happen.

But, of course, you have Crown Jewel, a pay -per -view in Saudi Arabia a few

weeks later where things don't quite go as planned for Triple H.

Four icons about to do battle in a tag team match for the very first time at

sold -out King Thought Stadium at WWE Crown Jewel.

And Triple H. Oh, my God. Up over the top. Carter hit hard.

I got injured right in the beginning of the match and just, oh, my God.

In my head, like, it's all I could think about was, oh, I got to, like, let Dave

know. Like, geez, I don't know that I'm going to make Manium.

At Crown Jewel, Triple H tears his pack, and all of a sudden, that match is

completely in question.

Crown Jewel, with Shawn Reigns, Undertaker, and Kane, I went over the

backwards.

At Triple H, oh my god, up over the top!

As my arm went up over my head, I just felt my pec just come off, and I felt it

shoot across my chest.

I knew what I did as soon as I did it.

Dr.

Dugas will do the surgery. He's one of the best in the world.

So this is a super high -energy injury. We're going to pretty quickly get into

his hematoma.

Thank you, and thank you.

The procedure took about 30 to 40 minutes.

We'll start the strengthening process somewhere after the six -to -eight -week

point, if everything looks good.

And I would expect him to be back in the ring somewhere between the three - and

four -month point.

We've tied it down at about 45 degrees.

And he's around the corner, so we'll see. It gives me something to shoot for.

You get back to work, and you're on day one of the road to recovery.

I spoke to Dave, and I was like, keep working on it, like, in your mind, like

might happen.

And I'm going to try to do everything possible to be there.

I'm 49 now. I'm not 30.

Injuries, they take longer.

Dave kept saying, if it doesn't happen this year, I'm done, man.

I know it's just because, you know, my time is running out.

I'm getting further and further removed from being in the ring.

This is my priority.

WrestleMania is my focus and my priority.

WWE is my focus and my priority.

Just became a race against the clock.

Three, two, one, time.

Called Dave and said, I think I'm going to be able to do this.

They probably know that Hunter and I are great friends.

They know that I really owe him a lot. They know how I feel about him, how I

look at him and his career, and what I owe him. But at the same time, they're

buying into this rivalry because they're suspending their disbelief.

They want to see this.

We're going to do this on my terms, and you're going to give me what I want.

I'm not going to give you a damn thing, Dave.

Batista wanting one more match, and he wants it against... Hunter, give me what

I want.

You know what I want. You just don't want to give it to me because you're not

control. I'm in control.

Now, Hunter, give me what I want.

Give me what I want.

Which is one of the greatest lines Batista's ever cut in a movie, in the

on the ramp, in a backstage segment, anywhere.

I want you at WrestleMania.

Give it to me.

Give me what I want. Give me what I want.

That one lives forever.

I still use that meme sometimes when I'm texting.

Give it to me! Give me what I want!

Man, it was as simple as it got, right? Because he repeated it, he screamed it,

he was adamant.

You want me in WrestleMania?

Give me what I want! You're on!

Thank you.

When I was leaving the arena that night, the last thing I gave Hunter a big hug,

and he said, get in shape.

So I knew that meant get ready for WrestleMania.

It's been for the better part of nine years I've been out of the ring.

There's a certain durability, there's a certain conditioning that comes with

professional wrestling, and it's not something that you can get unless you

ring time.

I got to get in shape.

I got a month.

I can do it.

It's one of those things when you train for something, you usually don't feel

great while you're training.

And that's all a part of getting in shape.

This requires 100 % of my attention and my focus.

What pisses me off, like when people, you know, say, you look good for 50.

Yeah, you.

Just look good, period.

He wanted it so bad, and he just wanted to go out in the right way. He wanted to

be able to do that match with Zed Elvi and say, and now I'm done. I wanted to

out on my terms. I did. I had a blast doing it, and I'm done.

I heard today, I heard tomorrow.

Hopefully I'll feel good.

I feel like it's the only craft where

artists can pay back those who made them.

Where one artist says, you helped build me.

You helped make me. Without Triple H, I don't know if Batista's even in

Guardians of the Galaxy.

The wonderful thing about WWE is, You can do movies all day long, but you

have the allure of performing in front of 100 ,000 people at WrestleMania.

And if you're going to do that, you're going to want to do it with the best

possible opponent, and in his case, that was Triple H.

Okay, cool.

This whole match was a thank you. It was a thank you, and it was also Dave

wanting to put a button on his career. You're like, hey, I want that final

stamp, and who better to do it with than Triple H?

how much I feel like I owe him. He knows how much I respect him. It's weird

because sometimes we have our moments where it's just like it was, you know,

10, 15 years ago driving down the road.

You know, we're just buds. He's not like this guy who's heading this massive

company. He's just my boy.

This is what we're going to witness next. The latest chapter in this

It is Batista versus Triple H.

My storybook ending would be us just tearing the house down.

The latest chapter in this rivalry, it is Batista versus Triple H.

You have Triple H, who is coming off of major surgery. You have Batista, who's

returning after not being in the ring for years.

Batista, of course, all fired up. He understands what is on his plate.

Batista!

Does Batista feel any added pressure seeing as how he came back to WWE from

Hollywood world and demanded this matchup?

Triple H, in many ways, the mentor for Batista.

One of the reasons Batista reached the heights he did in his career.

Triple H, Batista, match underway.

No hold barred.

Batista wanted this. He asked for this. He drove Triple H to this point.

Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Are you kidding me?

Here we go. It's already getting ugly.

Triple H driven on top of the table.

Batista takes out the game.

I kept going back to we need to create some moments, things that are so

different. It's the stuff that sticks with you.

the teeth is helpless he's pinned under the chair thick smile that's a nice nose

ring this is 50 year old muscle head with a nose ring but it's one of the

that kept staring at me in the face and i was like what would my character do my

character would rip his nose ring out he got it

I think it's hilarious just because you look like an idiot with this thing, kind

of like you Hollywood douchebag.

Triple H is maiming Batista's face.

He'll be able to be guardian of the galaxy after this. I can't believe

still moving forward.

Batista bomb.

Oh, my God. Are you kidding me? This could be it. It could be over.

Almost had him near fall.

That's it.

The game vanquishes the animal.

We gave them the match we wanted to give them. We went to war. And I think it

was a good storybook ending.

It was what the guy wanted to end with. I mean, the crowd was hot. They loved

it. I could tell.

And I could feel that they appreciated it. And that's what I wanted.

Closure, you know, that's a respect factor that I needed to close my curve.

He got to go out on his terms with Hunter, such a close friend, the one

brought him up to that superstar level.

It was just awesome to be out there with him.

Your head flashes back through all of it, through the career, through meeting

each other, to evolution.

to everything that we did and went through, and then his success in his

then he becomes his moose. It's just all of it, and now he's kind of wrapping up

this chapter of his life here in front of the world.

It was awesome.

It's been a hell of a career. I'm very proud of it.

I feel like I can retire in peace.

You know, most of the rivalries we've discussed here have been two people at

height of their game, either elevating one another or challenging one another.

This is one of the few where it...

One person who's made making another. And I just think it's a beautiful story

even beyond the rivalry itself.

Triple H and Batista is one of the true modern day rivalries that really

mattered. There's a real story. The tutelage of Triple H to the emerging

Batista. Six foot five, three hundred and twenty five pounds.

The story of the teacher and the student and the mentor who becomes jealous

of his creation. And that's really timeless.

Batista and the game will meet in the main event at WrestleMania.

It ended up being a rivalry that bled over into years and years of WWE

programming. By God, this is a showdown.

When you look at rivalry, what stood the test of time is Batista was made.

That's 3 -0 for Batista over the game.

It's a feather in Triple H's cap, and history should remember that, that he

this individual.

I could do a whole thing talking about how much I love Hunter and how much I

Hunter. This is evolution, baby.

He made my career.

People are going to remember evolution, and they're going to remember the fight

that Batista and Triple H had.