 What's good Josh boy watch back again with another video serene check out the legendary rivalry of Batista and Triple H from 2005 all the way to 2019 this was a pretty good rivalry in a sense of WWE building up a new star now Batista had been around in WWE. I believe he was like at one point like like a Priest or something like that like it was it was it didn't work He had gimmicks before prior to him being in evolution and it wasn't really working It wasn't until he got into evolution and then things started to ultimately Fallen a place for him and once he started going against Triple H That's when the mega star in him started to arise and people were just really big on Batista I remember at one point but Tista was pretty much He was the face of Smackdown at one point man And and his rise with Triple H and their feud really Cattle poached his career as a main event star main event player and it's crazy how just One booking decision can change someone's career because the gimmicks he had prior to evolution It just wasn't working for him. So we're gonna check out this legendary few legendary rivalry and It should be a good one. I've been looking forward to this video. It's been in my list of videos for those who don't know I Have like at least 30 plus videos right now on my phone that I have to check out So anytime someone sends me a video idea or I see something in the cell box I want to check out at a later day. I put it down in my notes And I try to get to everything in order and when I find it So I've been wanting to check this video out for quite some time, but there's a lot of other videos I've been trying to get out to you guys Beforehand so this should be a good one shout out to super kick studios. I know this is gonna be a great one Let's get right into this one. I'm excited Crosby versus Ovechkin Yankees Red Sox Madrid, Barcelona guys My headphones weren't even on in time the entire time guys. I'm so sorry about that Crosby versus Ovechkin Yankees Red Sox Madrid, Barcelona Celtics Lakers the Leafs versus the first round legendary rivalries which are Unforgettable and will forever stand the test of time Rivalries which brought out the best in one another rage animosity a drive to be and stay the best in WWE a timeless rivalry depends on a lot. What were the circumstances like was the story? Enjoyable was it memorable didn't love up to the hype where the match is enjoyable We've seen a ton of great rivalries in the WWE But the greatest slow burn story the story that from point A to point B in the ruthless aggression era has to be The best is that of Batista and Triple H the legendary thumbs down Triple H making Superstar and the unforgettable segments in between when I tell you this story was legendary It was flat out godly it all began in 2003 where Triple H was riding high as the world heavyweight champion He wanted to build a group reminiscent of the four horsemen his vision involved Rick Flair Who was lost and just kind of sick of things at this point a young upstart by the name of Randy Orton Who was destined for success and the most bodyguard looking dude? You'll ever seen the WWE and that was Batista at a later age than most he went from a life of crime to a Bouncer to a pro wrestler and he had a ton of upside to him now It was all about putting things together Rick Flair scouted him out and started accompanying him to the ring for his matches And here he just tear through everyone fast forward after multiple injuries gotten the group's way Evolution captured all the gold that Armageddon 3 in a very short time They became the hottest act on Monday nights and while all of them had separate stories They were the best when they were together fast forward to the summer of 04 Randy Orton was kicked out of the group the night after SummerSlam and he was pegged to be the breakout star 24 years old naturally gifted third-generation blue chipper The company wanted to strap the rocket to him immediately and he just wasn't ready for it wasn't at the time Some work to do on screen and an attitude to fix behind it So now it was the three amigos Rick Flair triple H and Batista by unforgiven Oh for the Randy Orton World Championship experiment was over and the championship was back around triple H's waste We're just a few months until 2005 our story begins It was November of 2004 and Batista had just lost to Randy Orton later in the night Triple H tells him that he's got to have a talk with Edge and snitski He leaves a world title behind Batista picks it up looks at the title and then just looks off into the distance to signal That it's coming but and that's that's what you call just I like when WWE does the long-term booking At some point, you know when it didn't really work with Randy Orton They had an idea that Batista he has to look he has the intensity He's gonna be at some point the next guy and the long-term booking storylines work for example Let's let's use this as an example of something recent you guys remember and we're going to another company AEW you guys remember Wardlow was of the Batista type He was the bodyguard didn't really say much was impactful there to pretty much protect MJF remember that slow burn they was building with him just at some point turning on MJF and how people wanted that how people just they wanted to see him Break free from his chains and go crazy and attack MJF. That is the same thing here with Batista You know, it's just you was waiting for the moment when it was gonna happen Not yet and our slow burner had the flame ignited at survivor series Batista was eliminated by Chris Jericho and the team Orton versus team Triple H match After that Triple H offered Maven a spot in evolution and Batista went to Triple H And he was just like what are you doing man? Batista questioned this saying that he was thinking about this and Triple H is like you thinking I thought I smelled smoke The next week the game was getting pissed at Batista for not having his back against Maven in the main event and things We're looking like they were about to come to a head out of nowhere Triple H said that he put evolution together So he didn't have to jump through hoops every single week and he made a bet with Batista saying hundred bucks says that you lose Your next match to all the while Rick flares trying to get everyone to relax Batista decided to take on this bet. He went out and left Chris Jericho laying like he owed He told Triple H that he walked out of the ring and Jericho is being carried out of it And Batista and storyline was showing aggression but Triple H told him to win not to show aggression So he asked for his hundred dollars and that gave us the line that Batista had a million dollar body and a 10 cent brain That he wasn't the smartest of the bunch. Keep this line in mind for the rest of the video So, alright, this is happening. Batista is done with evolution He says screw you to Triple H and Triple H is like maybe I need to find someone to replace you You guys remember that one episode of raw where Triple H and Batista had like five segments in one night over the course of it Rick flair goes to Batista telling him that Triple H was his paycheck telling him that when Triple H was done with the company This was Batista's industry and that he should apologize Meanwhile Triple H was all paranoid that he had to put his world title on the line at the end of the night against Benoit before that match is supposed to happen It's panic backstage because Triple H has been laid out guy looks like a truck ran him over Motion walks Batista so you can kind of link the pieces together that Batista is the one who did this Triple H is knocked out cold and the match is called off at the end of the night Batista comes out calls out Triple H and Triple H his shirt is ripped. He's a wreck He has flair trying to hold him back, but he makes his way down to the ring to confront Batista They're about to come to blows face-to-face and Triple H tells him that he's only got one thing to say to him Well done, man. The whole thing was a plan a plan to get out of the match with Benoit They were just swerving everyone but in this the reaction to Batista was pretty good So basically Triple H wanted to play the long game here They showed us something and then they took it away only to give it back to us later on Outcomes Randy Orton who is gonna be the GM of raw the next week since team Orton wanted survivor series He booked a battle royal for the world heavyweight championship But then it got turned into a number one contenders battle royal Which gave us a double finish with both edge and error 404 landing at the same time Meanwhile, Batista and Rick Flair That was a good one, bro, I just realized that Rick was mad that they didn't win the battle royal and and Batista is slowly showing signs of turning on Triple H Rick's like I got your back, but Batista stays quiet He doesn't say anything Orton put Triple H into a triple threat match against both Benoit and edge when we got to that match It was another screwy finish edge tapped out at the same time Benoit shoulders were pinned to the mat So the world title was vacated the next week Vince McMahon comes out to address the controversy But triple H is like Vince. Just just give me the title man. This isn't really a conversation Vince instead puts the decision on Bischoff saying that he's gonna figure it out So naturally Triple H went insane. He's flipping out at Batista for not being mad Calling Bischoff on the phone to just hand over the title to him all the while it was gonna be Triple H And Batista in a tag match against Jericho and Benoit after the match ends with a DQ Batista gets hit by a chair shot by triple H by accident Of course the next week Bischoff returns and doesn't award the world title to anyone triple H is on the verge of tears Like please just just make the right decision. Give me the world title back If you want to make it feel special triple H was a fiend for the world title Like he could not live life if he didn't have the world title Like he it felt like he was he was having withdrawal symptoms like he was a tweaking for the world title Just give it to me. This man made it feel like the end. I'll be all say whatever you want Big man triple H was reciting the line that this was best for business all the way back in 2004 Bischoff came to the decision that with New Year's approaching at the first ever New Year's revolution It was gonna be a chamber match for the World Heavyweight Championship in this match It was gonna be Edge, Chris Benoit, Randy Orton, Chris Jericho, Triple H and Batista So now all the questions had been answered how the world title will be contested where it was what the Stipulation was and who was in the match, but now we had to see who'd enter last and here's where the story between triple H And Batista really started to get going the rules were defeat your opponent and set a time lose to that set Opponent and they're in the match your spot is gone Both them had beat the clock matches and Batista's orders were simple Don't beat the time so that triple H has more of a chance of entering last What does Batista go on to do? Well, he beat the time So they're starting to get in each other's face and triple H says that 100 bucks I beat my guy faster than you do yours Alright a nice little bet again triple H was losing his mind on Batista because he wasn't supposed to beat the clock Night he faces Shelton and the time to beat by Batista is three minutes and two seconds Well triple H won his match, but he couldn't beat the time Batista asked triple H to cough up the money saying you said a hundred bucks if I beat my guy faster than you so triple H Is like Rick give him a hundred bucks and but he says like nah, he didn't make the bet you made the bet I want your money triple H brought out a hundred dollars Just chill I'm kidding This was the slow divide that they were making between the two by having Batista be quicker than triple H It established that he was a threat that he could do things better than triple Love this match and triple H is set to face Orton on the go-home rob He's like I don't want Batista out there at ringside. So Batista is like, alright, I'll hang back Unless you know, he really starts kicking your ass out there, but we all know that's not gonna happen He started bit by bitches really letting it be known I'm coming for your spot. I love this fantastically utilized backstage segments I know a complaint of this era is the show being centered around triple H in multiple segments But the story they built here was just special in retrospect These slow seeds of descent between Batista and triple H and triple H Really having it get to him is a brilliant job by Brian Gowertz and the riding team at the time Randy Orton got the win over triple H, but at New Year's Revolution It was triple H getting the last laugh as the new World Heavyweight Champion The next night on raw triple H is running everyone down saying that he's the greatest of all time that he's the god Every single person in the arena was useless But there was one man who was far from useless and that man was Batista He came out and so did Randy Orton But he came out with some footage that he thought that the animal should see Orton said that triple H Didn't really care about Batista and didn't have his back Triple H didn't really want to see this footage But Batista did and lo and behold it was exactly that a chance for triple H to save Batista But triple H didn't so he just goes that I was in the match for 45 minutes I was tired. I was beat down and honestly I love this segment the quick zoom into Batista using that little nuance that would have gone unnoticed from this match That was so good Now Randy was putting deception into the two's mind Batista looked pissed and triple H was like nah, I would have saved you Minutes later Batista paraded him around on his shoulders Randy Orton was kicked out of evolution the same way if you remember and Randy told Batista that when the time is right That thumbs up becomes a thumbs down and perfectly as you guys know That thumbs up did eventually become a thumbs down WrestleMania was months away and the plan was for Orton and triple H that dynamic as I said didn't work The night after New Year's Revolution Bischoff made it Batista versus Orton number one contender for triple H's title Rick and triple H are all paranoid that Batista is leading towards what Orton said earlier in the night with the footage And then to end the night Orton won the match after triple H attempted to help Batista with a chair But it all went wrong for poor Batista and they made us wait again The Royal Rumble was a few weeks away and triple H's plans were set in stone But Batista's his weren't He forgave triple H saying that yeah accidents happen It's okay He then says that he has to go talk to Bischoff about the Royal Rumble Batista had a qualifying match for it if he wanted it and triple H was reluctant Like nah, you don't need to be in the Rumble That's gonna be hard for the team evolution needs you It's selfish, it's self-centered, you're basically gonna become the next Randy Orton And Batista's like yeah, no one likes a selfish self-centered egomaniac Wink wink nudge nudge The next week Batista decides to take the qualifying match And when he said it there was a big reaction from the crowd But Batista was making it seem like he was doing all of this for evolution Beat law resistance two on one to win his spot into the Rumble When we got there triple H retained and to cap off the night It was the battle of WWE's next two top stars John Cena and Batista in a legendary botch Batista had the Royal Rumble when it was restarted Now it was all about Batista Who's he gonna choose? What title is he gonna go after? Raw or Smackdown? JBL or triple H What started happening was triple H secretly started playing reverse psychology with Batista Planting videos of JBL on the titantron talking shit on Batista's name So triple H pretended to care saying that he wants to know who's playing these tapes GM's were going back and forth over where Batista should go And this just made the Royal Rumble win feel so much more valuable Footage kept playing of Smackdown stars like Big Show Calling out Batista after his matches and during his segments Ric Flair and triple H were gaslighting Batista to go over the Smackdown Like yeah these guys are making funny you they're calling you dumb You should go for the WWE title so that we can run everything Remember that 10 cent brain comment from earlier Yeah, they were leaning into the fact that he's a Neanderthal That he's gonna believe whatever's in front of him Batista goes to bish off and asks him to find out who's playing these clips Later on evolution meets up in the back and triple H is like listen I wanted to talk to you we saw the thing with Big Show and JBL And triple H continues to gas like Batista Ric Flair was like this is bigger than DX it's bigger than the horsemen It's evolution On screen Batista was slowly buying into the idea that he was being screwed with By the Smackdown guys Batista is like yeah yeah they're screwing with me but I'm still gonna think about it and triple H looks at him like bro I'm painting this as clear as you possibly can The Smackdown guys are screwing with you And you're still only just gonna think about it At the end of the night it's triple H versus Edge for the world title At the end stages of the match both guys are going for a steel chair With the ref out Batista grabs the chair and triple H nails Edge into Batista Just as Edge is about to hit a spear Batista catches him with a spine buster and helps triple H retain the world title After the match we get the look With triple H raising his title and Batista raising his hand Batista looks up at the world title and the crowd gets it We at home get it and triple H he definitely gets it Batista was coming for the gold Next week triple H and Ric Flair are strategizing And triple H is like JBL JBL is coming to fight Batista Triple H is making it look like he's ready to stick up for Batista Even though he couldn't care less Triple H tells everyone that JBL coming to Raw Is like people spitting in evolution's face Cause in storyline he was doing that reverse psychology thing Where you try to convince someone that you're looking out for their best interest But it's in your best interest Ric goes to Batista and he's telling him that JBL is coming to Raw But Batista was on phase He tells us next week that he's gonna make the decision He's gonna finally choose who he faces at WrestleMania The whole thing here was to make it look like Batista wasn't scared of JBL But triple H then looked at it like damn He's actually not scared of him Because in actuality JBL was never there Everything was hearsay from he and Ric and it was a red herring After his match with Edge a limousine appears on the titantron And it's apparently JBL flair comes rushing down Batista says that he's gonna handle it And just as Batista gets to the parking lot This man JBL apparently attempts to run over Batista with a limousine But avoids it because triple H makes the save Onto some perfectly placed part where I might add So Batista goes to Smackdown destroys JBL's limo I remember this Yo what's Batista doing up here Cry was going crazy He suited and booted and then just starts destroying that limo Oh that was so cool To no way out after JBL's title defense And takes out all of JBL's goons But the next night on Raw It was decision time Tonight was the night It was the contract signing All signs pointed towards Batista choosing Smackdown And going for the WWE title But triple H was still paranoid Near the end of the night Ric Flair is calling Batista And triple H is all pissed Because they can't get a hold of him Saying that on his biggest night He's nowhere to be found And then everything comes out Triple H tells Ric Flair That he's done more than Flair knows He said he was the one behind the footage He was the one who found a white limo And got those big horns put in front of it He was the one secretly orchestrating this plan Ric Flair's face That Batista wouldn't challenge him For the world title And triple H says that Batista Doesn't know what's good for him The camera slowly zooms out And right outside the door Batista is stood there Listening to the entire conversation Now it's 41 days out of WrestleMania Two contracts, two titles One decision up to one man Both GM's offer their case As to why Batista should pick them And then triple H takes Batista's side And he tells Batista to do what's best for him Triple H had even done the thing where he's like Yeah, if you want to face me, that's cool Batista holds two contracts in his hands Looks at both of them One for the WWE title One for the world title And he tells triple H That he's known what he wanted to do For a very long time He drops the raw one on the ground Holds a smackdown one in his hand Gives a thumbs up Symbolic because this was the thread The entire time When they attacked Randy when triple H Was on Batista's shoulders at New Year's Revolution And then the expression changes So good That same thumbs up goes down The crowd goes absolutely berserk Batista lays out triple H and Ric Flair And I'll never forget how iconic this moment was Batista bumped to triple H through the table Signs the raw contract And it was official One of the best slow burners in history Now leading to WrestleMania 21 Batista triple H World heavyweight championship The next week triple H comes out and he's pissed He's like, I'm not afraid of Batista Screw that guy Calling him a child Saying that he's gonna beat him within an inch of his life Doing his formulaic promo Saying so much But barely saying anything at all Batista arrives to the arena And he's like, I'm gonna thank triple H For unleashing the animal Triple H is watching Batista come into the arena And he tells Ric Flair that he has an idea Outcomes Batista tells everyone That everything was always about triple H And he's sick of it Evolution has always been about triple H And Raw has always been about him too Said it was just like the song It's all about the game and how you play it And last week the game got played Saying that it was evolution To be the man you gotta beat the man And that man was triple H He knew that he was gonna stay here Since he won the rumble Out came triple H and Ric Flair Triple H decides to send Ric Flair into the ring He gets his ass beat And then triple H retreats The next week Ric Flair is gonna wrestle Batista And Flair was pissed that this match Was made in the first pace Batista gets the win And triple H tried to hit him with a sledge hammer Batista catches a sledge hammer And breaks it over his knee A few weeks out of Mania And both guys picked their poison for the other Batista chooses Benoit What made this segment even better Of course the entire time J.R. on commentary With a big powerbomb through the table And J.R. selling it And then him cracking open The sledge hammer And triple H selling it J.R. selling it Jerry King Law They're selling like Bro, what is this guy This made it that much better Triple H since he tapped to him at last year's Mania And triple H chooses Kane in a lumberjack match Batista in this match was made to look Like a monster by beating all the odds Six days out of Mania It was time for a face to face between Batista and triple H And naturally it ended with a pull apart brawl With security guards holding them back This felt huge But now here we were Hollywood, Los Angeles, California The main event of the show Triple H vs Batista World Heavyweight Championship This was a slower encounter between the two That was more of a vicious brawl Than anything else I actually don't think it's as bad as Some people make it out to be Both men bruised and battered slugging things out Batista fighting through low blows And title shots being down two on one Dodging a pedigree But with one Batista bomb It was over and a new star had been made The beast had been unleashed And the legend of Batista Was born Over the past six months Everything they did was all worth it One of the greatest Mania stories Of all time was now complete A billion dollars worth of pyro blaring It was a storybook ending in Hollywood But this chapter was closed This story wasn't over yet Triple H came out the next night Saying that Batista was great on one night But the Batista era Wasn't gonna come so quick The next week Triple H told Batista That he was on borrowed time The rematch was gonna happen at backlash Saying that Batista was afraid of one thing And that wasn't him It was his pedigree This was the direction that they wanted to take With the story now because Triple H Didn't actually hit it in the match He vowed that by the end of the night He was gonna hit him with a pedigree He tried at the end of the night But Batista avoided it Then in a confusing situation Triple H told everyone That he was gonna face him At MSG next week Not him though He was talking about JR He really started showing sympathy for others The next week Bischoff makes the match official But with no DQs Triple H paid off the limo company To make sure Batista couldn't get to the arena Triple H just bullies JR At the end of the night He's completely bloodied Senior citizens have been assaulted everywhere But not as bad As the apparent assault done by Batista to the limo driver Apparently this man jacked a limo zine To make his way to the arena He just looked like a badass He left him laying to the point where JR Got to pin Triple H The next week Batista brought out JR And honored him Triple H came out calling everyone In London sheep shaggers Batista was pissing off Triple H Calling JR the number one contender And replaying that same clip of Triple H Eating the pin For a guy everyone calls selfish In 2005 Triple H ate so many Pins Everything Batista's trolling was top tier Triple H got the last laugh though By hitting a pedigree at the end of the night The two had a rematch at backlash Which was another slower pace match But quickened when Batista mounted the comeback There was a close near fall Where Triple H tried to use the title To sneak out the win But it was again Batista standing tall After this an eight man tournament Was started to name a new number one contender Which was called the gold rush tournament Triple H at the end of the night Took on Chris Benoit Batista came out to even the odds And he pulled back the ring rope Forcing Triple H to tap to Benoit Triple H was just pissed Cause everyone was making fun of him Everyone's chanting you tapped out The poor guy was depressed Calling the tournament BS Batista comes out they both tell each other How much they hate each other And then Triple H is just like yeah Screw this I'm out of here I've had enough He's questioning himself Something you didn't see much with the Triple H character Because essentially He's just the final boss of the WWE The finals of the tournament was going to be Kane vs Edge Edge got the win here Batista beat Edge on Raw And retained the world's title Ric Flair helped Batista get the win Cause early in the night these two shook hands And it looked like these two were actually on good terms But just as Batista was celebrating Triple H returned He was away for two weeks And Ric Flair's just hair hanging out with Batista Hits a low blow And they beat Batista into a pulp Hit Batista in the head with a sledgehammer And Triple H simply said Four words, hell in a cell Triple H was undefeated in that match And it was going to happen at vengeance Signed the contract it was done and delivered Now it was time for them to deliver Triple H says that Batista just signed his own death warrant To which Batista went You're going to have to kill me to take this Triple H pinned Batista After hitting a pedigree in a tag team match And now the question was How would this end? If I were to tell you my favorite Hell in a Cell matches Lesnar and Taker is the first one I think that match is criminally forgotten But This one is a close second This is not a battle either It's supposed to feel like this demonic unforgiving structure That you're supposed to go into war in Reserved for robberies that are so vicious And violent that they can only end Inside this cage This was it man, this was the best match That these two have ever had A bloody unforgiving war With Batista standing tall as the world champion Three straight pay-per-views Triple H lost to Batista And Batista was a made man After the war there was a DVD exclusive Of both guys meeting in the back Shaking hands and hugging And Batista simply said that it was over And that this was evolution What a completely legendary Story man From here Batista moved to Smackdown in the 2005 draft And these two didn't meet again For 14 years They had tag matches against Legacy And even had an evolution reunion to take on the Shield in 2014 But they met one final time This time ending things Once and for all And that was in 2019 at WrestleMania 35 See, for Batista He had returned in 2014 Not cut short because Daniel Bryan caught fire And what was supposed to be the final run And a world title run at that Ended with him abruptly leaving Following him originally leaving In 2010 So to get that closure on his career He returned in 2019 After there was a tease in 2018 Where Batista said that triple H has done everything Except beat me So here it was one last time It was Ric Flair's birthday celebration And everyone's waiting for Flair to come out But instead the camera cuts to the back With a man dragging Poor Ric Flair on the floor And that man was Batista Here for the attention of triple H He was back and the story was quite simple He asked triple H to give him what he wants Giving us a legendary meme in the process And what he wanted was to end triple H's career At Mania Triple H accepted this And there wasn't much of a deep rooted story here It was simple, it was Batista's retirement match I will say though Their match here was better than the one At WrestleMania 21 in my opinion No holds barred They just went out there and they just went crazy For the best they could at their age And with it And with the loss came the end of the legendary Career of Batista With it he stated that he'd rather go broke Before having another match And yo, legendary rivalry I don't know many stories that have taken the time out To meticulously plan out segments And hit a home run in almost all of them If there was ever a blueprint On how to build a star It was this one If there's ever a rivalry worth watching back This is definitely one of them Yeah, the matches were a lot weaker than anticipated But the stories and segments made up for it It was perfect, it was iconic That contract signing is one of the biggest moments Ever The wildest part about all this is I don't know how no one's ever made a video About this rivalry It's just iconic Many times this is the best slow burn In WWE history in my opinion Sure there were no wild home invasions Or chucking people off of ladders Onto two tables But they did the talking in the ring You can say whatever you want about Triple H But he made Batista with his star power And Batista became one of the biggest Stars of all time Two guys, one story One word to describe it Unforgettable So I hope you guys This rivalry One of the best Man I love this feud I love this rivalry And it made a new star In Batista That's what you really want That's what you really want You want to be able to make a new star Out of a group or a faction The person that's doing all the heavy lifting Making sure that the healer is protected Ultimately finally says you know what I want to shout at that championship And then they ultimately return Into a baby face And they become the guy that everyone wants to see win Like that's You can't beat it It's a story that people will always Love and gravitate to If it's done correctly So comment down below What's your favorite Triple H Batista match Ever out of their entire feud What's your favorite match Between these guys Thanks for your support You guys have shown on the channel Road to 150k And I am still in the speedy YouTube resident champ of the world Appreciate you taking me to your next one Peace