#2 You were supposed to be my friend!
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Rey Mysterio and Batista were always close friends.
First teaming together in 2005, the pair bonded like brothers, even holding the WWE Tag Team Championships together.
But when the pair shared the ring at Bragging Rights 2009, things were different. This time they were opponents, and along with CM Punk, wanted to dethrone the World Heavyweight Champion, The Undertaker.
Ultimately, neither Batista, nor Rey, nor Punk did that, but it was the Animal's actions post-match that made headlines.
Resentful of Mysterio, who he saw as standing in the way of regaining the World Championship, Batista said he was tired of being stabbed in the back, before demolishing his so-called friend.
A heartless act by the Animal, Mysterio, and Batista would feud for months before Batista turned his sights on the Deadman.