What purpose did Batista serve interfering in the Bret/McMahon segment?

[BillAlfonso]

What was Batista doing there last night? It really didn't make any sense for him to assist in the attack on Bret. To be fair, there isn't anyone else I would've thought of other than D-X to come in for the attack but Batista didn't really do it for me. And why didn't the Hart Dynasty help, I'd have figured they'd want to back up their mentorslashuncle. If they weren't they could've had Bret say that he wanted to do this alone.

 

[Lexy]

Hart Dynasty wasn't there. Trust me, I was there and they were no where to be found. But to be brutally honest, everyone was shocked that Batista was there. Batista's involvement is an attempt, most believe, to set up the 'Mania match with Bret and Vince.

 

[atkinson1717]

well maybe the involvement of batista will involve a shawn michaels bret hart tag team match. If you think about it batista cost shawn the chance to wrestle undertaker when he eliminated him in the rumble and now he is getting involved with bret. this way both of them have some reason to go after batista and maybe after all the years of resentment towards shawn maybe this is the way to get both of them on the same side.

Its just an idea but iit could be that

 

[Brent Hart]

The way i see it, Cena invited Bret back. And from the looks of things Batista has taken Vince's side. In my opinion, neither Cena or Batista are going to be headlining the Big Dance this year.

A Wrestlemania tag team match with Bret and Cena versus Vince and Batista would take the performance pressure off of Bret and Vince and give Batista and Cena a reason to be on the card.

Why would Batista choose Vince's side? What better way to get back in the championship picture than to work with the guy who can get you the match.

That's my take anyway...

 

[klunderbunker]

Really?

How many years have you watched Vince? How many hired guns has he had? Let's see: the Ministry, the Corporation, the Rock, Lesnar, Umaga, Kennedy, Murdoch, Cade and I could go on. This is Vince to a T. What's the big surprise here? Vince hired another guy to fight his battles for him. This wasn't a surprise in the slightest and fits Vince perfectly.

 

[neildittmar]

Hired muscle... nothing more, not much less.

Batista/Rey is pretty much done for now I think. Given how much WWE is dragging out how bad Michaels wants a rematch with the Undertaker at Mania, I doubt they will reintroduce an Undertaker/Batista feud in the meantime.

On the other hand, there has been a consorted effort to get Batista over as a heel lately. Of course, McMahon/Hart simply can't just be McMahon/Hart and they need to get others involved. Following losses to Rey and Undertaker being "busy", Batista isn't doing much right now. Hence he gets to be McMahons muscle. The whole thing is eerily reminiscient of the "Battle of the Billionaires" angle from a couple years back, without the money angle of course.

I'm not trying to take a pot shot here, but it was very visible that Hart had problems just cutting his promo in the ring last night. I'm sure multiple concussions and a stroke will do that to you. Added to which, both Batista and McMahon were very soft on Hart last night for obvious reasons. Nevertheless, I firmly believe Bret is in no condition nor position to be stepping in the ring again in any sort of physical capacity. Of course, last night proved that neither Hart nor the WWE agree with me.

This whole thing is building towards Hart actually getting in the ring again at Wrestlemania. At this point in time, Hart is very, very limited in what he can do by himself. Now that McMahon has Batista, it won't be weird when Hart "recruits" someone to even the odds. Whether that "someone" will be the Hart Dynasty or not is anyones guess.

 

[avi01]

Obviously Vince had him to protect himself and this also set up a possible Cena-Batista fued which I am not for. I think it would a step backwards if what comes out of the Hart-Vince fued is a Batista-Cena match

 

[legacymember]

The whole with last night's interference of Batista will led to his match with Cena @ 'Mania. I think that Cena/Batista feud will be a part of Vince/Bret feud. I thought that Cena will make the save on RAW, but anyway this will be interesting to see until Wrestlemania.

 

[TheChristmasCreature]

How about 1) it was unexpected, 2) it helps set up a storyline for Batista @ Mania, and 3) It helps beef up the Raw roster if/when TNA makes a permanent move to Monday.

Just a side note and I hope not to offend anyone, does every move/decision have to be negatively critiqued? If there is nothing liked about the E, why are you still watching?

 

[lfranco11]

in my opinion on smackdown it will be revealed that vince hired batista to attack bret and that way vince would give him an automatic spot in the elimination chamber...or something like that....don't think cena v batista will happen...but it could

 

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I will probably get a spamming notice for this, but if i were to guess, it would be more for a "representative" style match like we saw a couple of years ago, where Donald Trump had Bobby Lashley and Vince had whoever he had. Sorry, it escapes me at the moment.

Anyway, Bret is old, has had more concussions than Troy Aikman, and had a stroke a few years ago. Maybe he can take little bumps, but I very much doubt you would see him in the wrestling ring again, since he is such a perfectionist, and he couldn't perform to an adequate level. He is Bret Hart not Brett Favre.

True, he went out terribly, and probably would like one more good one. But I think it will Batista representing Mr. McMahon, vs someone Bret chooses as his rep.

Who knows who that will be. Probably Shawn Michaels.

 

[theHeadliner]

I thought it was bait to set up a Batista/Cena match at Wrestlemania since Cena was the one who "talked Vince into having Bret back". Or maybe Michaels will defend Bret since Batista screwed him out of the Rumble and Shawn can avenge Bret.

 

[Big Nick Dudley]

I don't see Shawn being involved with this. Shawn is kind of going nuts right now, after losing at the Rumble and not getting his shot at the Undertaker, whom he seems obsessed with. How would that fit into him joining sides wiht Bret Hart?? I don't see it happening.

I see this setting up Cena/Batista in some fashion. At least I hope so, seeing I think Batista and Cena are both terrible, and I love when they work together (I can fast forward on my DVR). I really don't want to see Vince and Bret "hire" people to wrestle for them, but then again, if Bret's not healthy enough to even have a street fight, I wouldn't want to see him risk his life in there. But why Cena and Batista? I guess I have a problem with this because I dislike those two so much, I really don't want them anywhere near Bret Hart. That man had more talent in his left nut than Batista and Cena combined.

 

[BigLuther]

Think back to Mania 23. This is the same thing. Batista will represent Vince. Cena will represent Hart. Bret obviously isn't safe to get in the ring. You could tell how very careful both Vince and Batista were being with him in the ring last night.

I really like the idea. It adds a new dimension. With Hart not being able to wrestle, you can only do so much with this angle for the next 2 months. But when you throw in Cena and Batista, it opens up your options. Plus, putting Hart with Cena might actually get him cheered at Mania for once. Unless Batista goes back to being a badass like in 2005.

 

[GenMe]

me personaly i dont want to see wat happend a couple of years ago in mania when vince had umaga as his wrestler and donald had lashley the hair vs hair match...cause if the try to do another angle like that it wont work for me, cause i really wana see vince vs bret in a really good match in mania i dont want to see vince/batista vs bret/cena that will be a stupid match...let vince and bret go at it in a street match or a hardcore match one on one

 

[RawIsRamsey]

It's just leading to Batista/Cena at Wrestlemania, nothing more. Possibly a tag match with Bret and Vince, but I think they are saving that for a whole match in itself.

This is fine, since it keeps BOTH of them away from the title, plus they get their proper heel/face rematch from their Summerslam bout.

It's the Smackdown! title situation I'm currently interested in...

 

[JBSMan]

Batista's a heel, and Vince is the boss with a lot of money and power. I can't understand why so many people are puzzled by it. I would assume storyline wise, Vince called Batista a few days ago (or maybe at the Rumble) and bought him a flight to Raw in case anything happened.

 

[latinoheat8979]

The only reason I can think of Batista interfering in the Bret/Vince segment could be to plant the seeds tomake the WM 26 match a tag match. Bret/Cena vs Batista/Vince. I'd hate too see that happen but it's a possibility. We've heard rumors about Cena vs Batista at WM so maybe they just deceided to scrap the streetfight and make it tag match or tag streetfight match.

 

[matt_hud]

I will say this plain and simple...

I think we are all being worked... It has been 8 years since Brets stroke... I think Bret is healthier then we all think he is... I am not saying he is as good or even half as good as he once was... However I think he is healed more then he is letting on which will get us our street fight...

Simple put I think Bret & Vince are making everyone including wrestlers think Bret is still fragile and in the end Bret will have a match to show how much he has progressed since paralization...

If he wasnt somewhat healthy I dont think he would be doing any physical contact...

 

[HHHDiedForOurSins]

What purpose did it serve? You mean apart from setting the stage for the main event of Wrestle Fucking Mania?

Cena w/Bret v Batista w/ Vince will be the biggest Mania main event in years, and I suspect Austin will be inserted as referee to make it even bigger.

It all makes perfect sense, Batista is Vince's hired gun and has probably been promised a World title shot for his help. In storyline, Cena was the one responsible for Bret returning last night and said himself he wanted to see him get his revenge on Vince, so logically next week he'll be none too pleased with Batista's actions, and then we're off.

Bret isn't going to be around every week on Raw for the next 2 months, so Cena & Batista will do the work week to week promoting the match with Vince and to be honest, Cena-Batista would be a huge draw in itself anyway without being attached to this angle.

 

[Rated_R_Superstar2010]

its just building on last week. cena came out and got vince to let hart back. batista came out and backed up vince. now cena will back up bret and we have cena v batista n sometype of thing with vince v hart

 

[Kinghaspoken]

OBVIOUSLY, this is the setup for cena vs Batista at Mania its been rumored for months. Also Its fitting for a guy that has become huge heel to help vince out. I dont have a problem with the wwe using this to be the platform that sets up cena and batista. The hart dynasty is no where near ready for a huge spot like this maybe they can be used in some capacity down the line but not at that moment NO WAY. im sure something is being worked out

 

[Tenebrous]

I think the angle will set up Cena vs Batista II at WM26. Cena invited Brett back and eliminated Batista at the Rumble. Batista get some kind of promise from the boss (ie future title shot, automatic entry into the EC, etc) while taking shots at Cena for ruining his Mania title match opportunities. Somehow, Hart and McMahon will have a streetfight with McMahon taking the brunt of the punishment.

As for Shawn Michaels, I think he will use the Unified tag title as his ticket into the Smackdown Elimination Chamber to eliminate the Undertaker or cost him the title during match to set up the Mania rematch.

 

[bowdring123]

just an idea, on smackdown, Batista comes out and says he did what he did for a spot in the elimination chamber, therefore it gives the hart, mcmahon, segment a reason why batista was there

 

[Achilles4]

Batista vs Cena we all agree would be huge. i mean these two have great chemistry and work well togather. they havnt been over used togather EX: Cena/Edge or Batista/Taker...they have had brief run ins with eachother since their careers started and every time was great. just to name a few times, batista eliminates cena in rumble '05 to win it, tag team title run (even though very short), matches before WM24, and cena eliminates him in this rumble...Point is Cena vs Batista would play out well and be a fresh rivalry in wwe.