5 shocking moments from Raw this week (25 February 2019)

#5 The Animal Unleashed

A heel turns out of nowhere.

Batista is back, and that feels so good to say. The former World Champion has been in the news for months now, as many have speculated whether WWE would actually set up a dream match between himself and Triple H at WrestleMania, and this week on Raw we got our answer. It was the 70th birthday of wrestling living legend Ric Flair, and it is hard to believe that for as long as he has been around, Flair is still quite young.

Flair has done a lot for the wrestling business during his legendary career, and WWE had decided to throw him a party honoring him, but little did we know that WWE had other plans for this birthday bash. As all the superstar's and legends came out to the ring to honor Flair, as the camera cut to the backstage area where we saw backstage personal being assaulted.

And the man that was kicking ass was Batista, it was truly shocking to see the former World Champion back on Raw, as this time the rumors didn't spoil it. Batista then went into Flair's locker room and dragged him out, looked down the camera and asked Triple H if he had his attention now.

Holy kayfabe was this the best thing WWE did with Batista in years, we all knew that WWE bringing Batista back as a babyface was a mistake, as wrestlers turned Hollywood actors are never babyfaces in the eyes of the diehard fans unless your name is The Rock.

This was the best way WWE could have brought the animal back, and while some may complain its hard buying into the fact that Batista would destroy a man he truly loves and respects, it just shows how far he is willing to go to get this match with Triple H.

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