Disclaimer: This is unassociated with any of my other stories, and I do not own any of the members of this story. I simply write this story due to my interest in Raw, especially with the superstars crucially in my dialogue.

Pairings: Some references of Edge/Lita and Kane/Lita, maybe a little RKO/Stacy, and me continuing to leave you wondering somewhere whether Triple H and Trish will get together or not, but highly unlikely unless he ever gets high.

Rating Info: This story is rated PG-13.

The Stones of Raw by Prime Time, Legend Champion

Chapter 11: The Animal and Awesomeness

Following 2/21/05 episode of Raw

Bryce Jordan Arena at Pennsylvania State University in University Park, PA

Tonight, Raw's Batista will have a huge decision to make. Does he stay with Raw and make WrestleMania Evolution's night with a World Heavyweight Championship against team-leading World Champion Triple H, or does he go to Smackdown and make WrestleMania the opportunity for himself to gain the WWE Heavyweight Championship and for Evolution to perhaps control this business? Also, the Artist of Awesomeness and Captain Charisma, best friends since the 1980s or proably late 1970s, are tag teaming tonight against the Legend Killer and the Heartbreak Kid. That's right, ladies and gentlemen: Randy Orton and Shawn Michaels have to contend with the greatest tag team in the exclusive history of the WWE, and my two favorite WWE Superstars (as well as Toronto's, and those of all teenyboppers everywhere), Edge and Christian.

Speaking of Toronto, its Women's Champion, Trish Stratus, has to face the music. She's defending her WWE Women's Championship against Victoria and Molly Holly. The Saltshaker Moonsault was performed by Victoria, the Matrix Dodge was performed by Trish Stratus, but countered by Victoria, and Molly Holly missed the Merry-Go-Round, among other things that happened within the match. Once again, though, Victoria was the one that showed her legs, and part of her ass, with the outfit. She also made the finishing blow, though she didn't win the match. Victoria hit the Widow's Peak on Molly Holly, but she got pulled out of the ring in the midst of the cover by Trish, who made the pin herself, and retained her Women's Title in typical Chris Candido fashion.

In the Evolution room, Ric Flair was inspiring Triple H with great speech about how he molded Batista into a great wrestler, and how the Big Dave was completely influenced by the Game, and how the Leviathan would have no choice but to go to Smackdown and begin the process towards Evolution ruling this business. Triple H had gone on about how Batista blew the roof off the Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh. He then asked Flair if Batista was here, and the answer was no, and Batista hadn't talked to Flair yet. Trips wasn't happy, and Ric tried to keep the morale. They were sure that he was going to make the decision which gave Evolution potential control of wrestling. And you know what that is, right? Smackdown.

Returning to the back after her CC-like victory, Trish Stratus saw a conversation between Candace Michelle and Christy Hemme, and then spoiled it. She called herself the greatest Women's Champion ever and Christy the slut of Raw. She then talked about how she takes care of business and took down the top two contenders for her title just like that. Christy joked that she thought the only one that went down was Trish, who then slapped Candace. The 250,000 Raw Diva didn't like it, so she rammed Trish into a wall before being restrained.

Randy Orton and Stacy Keibler were walking down the hall, talking about something entertaining, when Shawn Michaels came, and asked Orton if they were cool for the match. The Legend Champion answered that they were on the same page here. Then, the Showstopper made a speech to Randy about how WrestleMania was like the rest of the WWE opportunities: don't wait for it. Take it. He said that at every WrestleMania that saw him wrestle, he gave it all out in hopes that people would be thinking about how the Showstopper did it again. He then remembered something and spoke that even he needed to follow his own advice, then went away with the promise that the two would see each other for the match.

Simon Dean came out to bash the fans on campus, and made a joke about Joe Paterno with mention of the Simon System. He was about to mention what tonight's show was "really about" when Chris Jericho, his opponent in tonight's match, finally shut him up. The fans got excited when Jericho got a springboard dropkick which knocked Simon to the outside. However, Dean proved that he had an impressive amateur background. If he could beat Jericho, said Jim Ross, it would be a great victory for Simon Dean's career. Simon and Jericho were both athletic in this matchup, and Simon got his knees up when Jericho went for the Lionsault. However, Simon could do nothing about the Walls of Jericho, not even reach for his Simon System gym bag. He had to tap out.

Theodore Long was talking to Eric Bischoff about how Batista knocked off Smackdown last night at the No Way Out pay-per-view, and then talked about JBL vs. John Cena vs. Batista at WrestleMania for the WWE Championship. Eric Bischoff countered by saying that contracts haven't even signed yet, and he's sure Batista's gotten the Smackdown stuff out of his system, and it will be Batista vs. Triple H for the World Title at WrestleMania. Speaking of WrestleMania, entered Shawn Michaels, it's the one night where Raw and Smackdown superstars come together and compete mano y mano, so he wanted Theodore Long to tell Kurt Angle that the Heartbreak Kid has challenged the Olympic Hero for WrestleMania. Theodore agreed to give Angle the challenge, and the two stood there.

Suddenly, Kane's fire burst when we came back from our commercial break, and the Big Red Machine of destruction, as Jim Ross just said it, came out for a one on one match. Last week, after the show, he and Edge met up with Lita, remember? Tonight, he had somebody's ass to kick. Who? Probably Gene Snitsky. No, wait… it's Tyson Tomko, the other member of the Awesomeness trio alongside Edge and Christian. Tomko had a microphone, and said that all the attention on Batista was pathetic. He also claimed that tonight, he was going to show that he was the real most dominant Superstar on Raw, the Problem Solver, and that his new problem was Kane. The two had a hard match of power. Tomko fired right hands to Kane when he got control of the match, and even applied a neck vice submission. Kane eventually got up from it, and then hung up Tomko on the top rope. He then got the control of the match, even with a flying clothesline. His right hand wants Tomko's neck for a Chokeslam to Hell. But, it didn't get it at that point. The match was powerful and intense between Kane and Tomko. Suddenly, Kane got the Chokeslam to Hell, that slam dunk, as JR called it. He won the match that way. But Tomko's big. Kane's arm is probably broken from the Chokeslam.

Ric Flair saw a limousine, thinking Batista was here, and looking to report the news. But, it was Chris Masters. Batista wasn't in the limousine. Chris introduced himself and actually told the Nature Boy he might learn a thing or two by watching the Masterpiece's match before proceeding into the arena.

Muhammad Hassan and Khozrow Daivari came out to rant and rave about Arab American mistreatment. But first, Daivari introduced Hassan in Iranian crap, getting booed and receiving USA chants. Hassan said that since he debuted here on Raw, he's been met with nothing but prejudice, but he's like everyone else, born in America. Yet they show him nothing but disrespect. Today is President's Day, a day that should remind them that all men were created equal, but if that was so, then why is Hassan the only one being discriminated against and denied on Raw? This, he said, is something no one can deny, which is his undefeated record here. There's no one in his opinion who can defeat him, because "unlike everybody in that locker room", he takes pride in what he does. That's why if Batista goes to Smackdown, he should face Triple H at WrestleMania 21 for the World Heavyweight Championship and get the main event opportunity. Up to now, everything after "Hassan said" is… of course. Hassan said. Chris Benoit cut him off, and then said that he came out to challenge Hassan to a match and to shut him up. Hassan then agreed to a challenge, but not tonight. Benoit cornered Hassan, and Daivari jumped on his back, leading to the beginning of a double team which culminated in that facebuster smash, and a Camel Clutch full of Iranian hate spoken by Daivari. Up next, the greatest tag team in WWE history was facing up against "Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels and "Legend Killer" Randy Orton.

When Randy Orton came out for the match, the cheers started, and he was ready for what should be one hell of a tag team match, according to JR. As Shawn Michaels came out, the camera actually went onto a three paper sign with the letters H, H, and H on it. During Edge and Christian's entrances, the track record has been mentioned about how they have 20 tag team championships in the WWE, 7 of each done when they were together. It was spoken of as possible therapy for Edge and Christian. Anyway, onto the match. Randy Orton got the first punch and posed, as naturally, and then Christian started taking a little control and feeling good about himself. Edge eventually got a tag, but wound up trapped on the other side, as HBK and RKO know how to work together. They've done it before. However, though HBK did get the ten punches at the turnbuckle, he still wound up getting controlled by Edge and Christian for a short while. It's been three months since E&C last tag teamed, and then over three years since the last time before that. The control continued to go back and forth as Shawn Michaels and Christian fought in the ring. At one point in time, Christian kicked Shawn Michaels to ropes that Edge lowered. HBK wound up falling on his head and shoulder to the outside, the same head and shoulder that Edge then hungrily clotheslined, taking HBK down for a while. This is when we came down from the commercial break. Edge and Christian continued to control the action, and they had tagged up eight times in the middle of this control over the commercial break. Christian, upon cornering Michaels, gave him one slap too many, letting Shawn get a small piece of control upon Christian. Randy Orton has been chomping at the bit to get back into this match, while Christian and Edge have thrived off being in this match. Christian tagged Edge, but right before Randy Orton was finally tagged into the match. He now hit the same clubbing forearms to the kneeled body of Edge, and eventually took his momentum right into a hit from Christian to his back. This led to the combination of a sidewalk slam from Edge and a reverse DDT from Christian, the double team maneuver hitting Orton behind the referee's back. Edge and Christian continued their excellent tag team work. They eventually went for a flapjack, countered by Orton, who got in a two-man DDT. Orton got up first to tag in Michaels, who then went on fire all over Edge and Christian. Among the moves included a hit similar to Kurt Angle's Olympic Slam. Anyway, Edge Speared Randy Orton, and the referee wound up knocked down as well, leading to Edge and Christian getting Michaels' penis run into the turnbuckle simultaneously at high speed, then at (Edge's suggestion) going to go for the El Con-chair'to, which backfired via heartbreaking dodge into Edge being taken out of the equation by a Randy Orton clothesline over and Christian being pinned following Sweet Chin Music. As Orton and Michaels left happy, Edge seethed, and Christian tried to recollect himelf, Theodore Long and Eric Bischoff talked about the quality of action they've got on their shows. Eric said that Teddy wished he had this kind of action on Smackdown, and before Long could complete his rebuttal, in came Coach, who reported that he was told that Batista's arrival was imminent and could be within a couple of minutes. Bischoff said it was good, and Long said it was real good.

Maria was about to interview Michaels about his challenge to Kurt Angle, when Edge assaulted him viciously and mocked his nickname. Shawn couldn't even get up before taking a Spear.

Steven Richards was in the ring for a match against Chris Masters, who demonstrated extreme power and masterful craft in his match against Whacko Stevie. Richards tried to fight back at one point, but could not truly do anything to Masters before receiving a thunderous axe handle clothesline, which resulted in a tap-inducing Steiner Recliner. The confident Masterpiece walked to the back, recognized by Jim Ross as something special. A promo about events which led to Dave Batista's upcoming decision came on.

Next, the Intercontinental Championship match between Gene Snitsky and Intercontinental Champion Shelton Benjamin. The Pennsylvania native was not given a home boy welcome. Benjamin and Snitsky were both primed and ready for this match. Shelton, though, drew intense pieces of first blood. He even assaulted Snitsky on the outside before any offense could come. Snitsky suddenly hit a clothesline or something to take control of the match. Benjamin then got up out of a key lock from Snitsky, and then showed a brand new vicious streak, as he baseball slide kicked a steel chair straight into Snitsky's face. Yes, the Narcotic Psycho got the chair himself. But, Shelton Benjamin is the man who hit Snitsky with the steel chair, and though it disqualified Benjamin, he was still Intercontinental Champion, and the steel chair just got bent from meeting Shelton's bad side. Benjamin then stood over Snitsky and raised the chair high.

In the Evolution room, Flair was giving Batista another phone message. All of a sudden, Trips showed up, and started talking about how this is Batista's big night, and he has the guts to be two hours late. The Cerebral Assassin was absolutely disgusted, and the Flair started giving more "yes man" encouragement to the Game. Triple H then admitted that he was responsible for the tapes of the Smackdown comments and the white limousine with the white horns and the JBL logo in order to hype up Batista to go to Smackdown, a fact that my brother "somehow" knew about the entire time, by complaining about how hard it was to do it. Flair looked shocked, then proceeded to strut his stuff and call Triple H a genius. But, there was a greater genius on Raw, for behind the wall of the open door listened and stood the Capital Destroyer himself.

Eric Bischoff and Theodore Long came out, a table set up for the contract signing, and Bischoff spoke of the obvious choices that Batista has. Then, out came the Absolute Animal himself.

Bischoff first said that before making his decision, Batista should hear two things that he will do by signing Bischoff's contract: #1, he will remain on the #1 flagship brand in sports entertainment, the show that made him into the big star that he is today, and he will maintain stability because Bischoff's job is not in jeopardy, and #2, he will face Triple H, who is the man in this business. Theodore Long then cut in and said that he knows that Batista had to feel something when he came out at No Way Out and made his impact. The Smackdown GM then proceeded to talk about the great possibility

Triple H then finally spoke up, saying that this is not a hard decision. Trips then said that there's one person that Batista needs to listen to. It's not about what's best for either brand. It's about one thing: what's best for Batista, and what's best for Evolution. Trips then asks him to picture this: WrestleMania 21 is said and done, and Triple H is still the World Heavyweight Champion, and standing next to him was the new WWE Heavyweight Champion, Batista. Trips then spoke about the Four Horsemen and Degeneration X's inability to do this, and put the picture in Batista's head. Evolution will own the business. So, Batista looks at both contracts, throws down the Raw contract, and ends up taking thumbs up from his fellow Evolutioners. He returned them, only to turn it into thumbs down, give Trips a clothesline, throw Flair to the outside, then dress Triple H up in powerbomb through the table. Batista then signed the Raw contract, took a microphone and said he was staying on Raw to take Trips' World Title. Raw went off the air to Batista's music. He's going for the World Heavyweight Championship. He's staying with us and with WWE Raw. And he's not bringing forth Evolution's night: he brought forth Evolution's end.

Edge and Christian fumed in the back about tonight's events.

"Can you believe this, Christian? Can you believe this?" Edge asked his tag team partner of twenty plus years, looking down whilst crouched in a gazing position. "I'm facing the Heartburn Kid in a street fight next week. Can you believe it?"

"No, as a matter of fact, I can't," Christian answered the question from the Artist of Awesomeness, looking down to him. Edge stood up, noting that there was sarcasm in Christian's voice.

"What's with the sarcastic stinktatude?" Edge asked Christian.

"I should ask you the same thing, removing the word 'sarcastic'. Stinktatude indeed, man. You shouldn't have just jumped Michaels when he was talking to Maria," Christian responded to yet another Edge Question.

"Why, just because you dated her last week on Valentine's Day? Randy told me all about it, back when he didn't give me any reason to get pissed off," Edge countered.

"No, she turned out to be a little boring for my cupid's taste. Looks can be deceiving," Christian verbally eliminated that possibility. "Anyway, it's because of that beating you gave Shawn that you're in this street fight in the first place, so stop complaining. You got yourself into this, and now it's time to fight your way out."

"Um, boys, could I talk to you for a second?" Stacy Keibler suddenly cut in to converse with the Awesomeness Dynasty tag team.

"Sure, go ahead," Edge answered before Christian could make any kind of rebuttal. Captain Charisma looked crossly at his best friend.

"Now, listen here, guys. I know that Randy Orton beat you in that tag team match tonight, and he was partners with Shawn Michaels, but he asked me to come here so I could tell you he means no disrespect from that, but he did what he had to do tonight. And, he wants to know if you'll still be his friends," she explained the picture. Christian had a bad look on his face, though, so expect an outburst.

"Are we still gonna be his friends? Edge, can you believe this?" Christian now asked Edge the first question of this conversation, though about a different subject, leaving Edge with a confused look on his face. "She wants to know if we're still gonna be his friends. Stacy, you know what? No! Listen here, Randy's Little Girl. I can tolerate the man stealing my air time as far as the questions in Japan, that was your fault anyway. And I know about how he beat me whith that RKO of his last week, that was a one-on-one match. I coulda beaten him with my Unprettier just as well, and it wouldn't have done a thing. But tonight, I saw something that I didn't like. Not only was he tag teaming with 'HBCrap' Shame Michaels, which is another tolerable offense, but - and this is what bites me here - he was hailing him! Do you hear me? Your boy hailed Shawn Michaels tonight as he came out, and then as he got those ten straight punches on Edge. He was clapping his hands in respect to the man who screwed everybody in this conversation who has a penis! So, as far as your little boyfriend goes, tell him that Captain Charisma said Orton can kiss my ass!"

"All right, I get the point already! Sheesh, God, help this man!" Stacy yelled out, causing Christian to stop right in his tracks. "If I knew you hated him so much, I wouldn't have even come here!" With that, she stormed away in the direction from which she came.

"Oh, and that picture you got when Orton got that double DDT, the one where all three of us are laying on our backs in the middle of the ring?" Christian mentioned. "Don't even think about looking at it on the tape and getting turned on!"

Stacy now left again, except this time, with shocked anger on her face.

"What's up with that?" Edge then had to ask Christian.

"I guess we're both angry tonight," Christian answered bluntly, in poetic injustice to his charismatic entity.

Meantime, Triple H received a call for someone to meet him on the outside. What the already irate World Heavyweight Champion saw proceeded to shock him out of his systems.

"JBL! What are you doing here?" Triple H asked, acknowledging that John Bradshaw Layfield, with his limousine, just made a surprise entrance.

"Hey, Triple H. Listen to me. I don't appreciate what you did to me," Bradshaw started.

"What are you talking-"

"I'm talking about what you've done to try to pit me in a field predicament with Batista! Now, listen here: I know about how you influenced Batista verbally, and that is simply greatness. But I came here to watch this show because I thought I'd be able to find out something about the Smackdown footage that showed up here. I know I did not bring that limo to run Batista over. But then, all of a sudden, look what I hear. You're responsible for those tapes, and for that limo which looked exactly like mine and almost ran Batista over? How dare you! I am John Bradshaw Layfield, the Stock of Greatness, a wrestling god, and the greatest WWE Heavyweight Champion of all time! Randy Orton's Intercontinental Championship reign is put to shame by my record breaking reign as the WWE Champion! His seven months were the longest with one Intercontinental Champion in seven years, my eight and counting months are the longest with one Heavyweight Champion in ten years! Obviously, my record shames his! And not only does Theodore Long show me no respect, not only does all of Smackdown hate me, but now you, of all people, actually went all out to make me have to face Batista in the defense of my WWE Heavyweight Title!" JBL furiously stormed at the Game.

"Hey, Bradshaw. Let me lay down the law here," Trips cut in to make a point. "First of all, you have a Cabinet willing to help you, and I could never get Flair to help me out against Batista, meaning if you faced Batista, you'd be able to keep your title easier than I would. Secondly, even if he did take it from you, don't you think you would have been proud to end such a great reign at WrestleMania 21 to the dawn of a new era, the Dominion of Evolution?"

"No!" Bradshaw burst out, severely temperamental towards this issue. "And that's exactly why Batista betrayed you! Because you are a shame to the World Heavyweight Championship that is on your shoulder, and the fact that you thought to exploit the both of us for yourself to control wrestling, the sport of the fans that chant JBL, is nothing but a damn shame. Let me counter both of your pathetic little excuses with statements that actually matter! First of all, your match with Batista is one-on-one, while mine would be a Triple Threat because of John Cena and this damn tournament that Teddy Long had to put up to try to screw me out again! I would have more than just your big buffoon to contend with! And next, as far as me being proud that my great reign would be the last thing before the Dominion of Evolution? No! If you can't persuade your partner fair and square, the Dominion of Evolution does not deserve to be! Hell, Evolution itself does not deserve to be, and thank Jesus that it is not! Plus, I love this WWE Title with a passion, my friend. I have gone on record to say that if I lose it, I'm never wrestling again!"

"This World's Championship is my life!"

"Selfish dominion is your life!"

"Speak about yourself!"

"People look up to me because of my agricultural achivements and my stock advice, loyal to America! All people would ever look at you for is, those teenyboppers would look at your physique and probably drool over it more than anybody else's but that new kid, Chris Masters!"

"Hey! Somebody mention me?" Chris Masters suddenly cut into the argument between Heavyweight Champions.

"What the hell do you want?" JBL yelled at Chris, showing complete impatience at this moment.

"Hey, you two may be the Champions right now, but I think that at the end of WrestleMania, that both the Cabinet and whatever the hell is left of any kind of Evolution will both be sans championship belts," Masters said. "But any way you look at it, I'm bound to be the one. I am doomed to being the World Heavyweight Champion somewhere in the future of Raw. Remember: I am the Masterpiece, the Self Made Sculpture, the great self artist known as Chris Masters. I am greater than all the artists who personified the Renaissance, or any other legendary eras in the arts. A penal statue of David is put to shame by my masterful excellence. And soon, so will the both of you."

With that, Masters walked off, leaving both Heavyweight Champions absolutely seething.

"Masters, do not think you can punk me out! In case you have been late since the Royal Rumble, I am a wrestling god!" Bradshaw yelled.

"Shut up," Trips said.

In another area of the arena, we have Randy Orton walking down the hall, looking for someone. You'd think it was Stacy Keibler, right? Wrong. It's Batista.

"Dave, I've been looking all over!" Randy called to Batista once he found him leaning back on a wall somewhere in the hallway between his and Evolution's locker rooms.

"Hey, man. What's the matter?" Batista inquired in recognition that Orton had an issue. It was like they were already friends again. Oh, what a fresh feeling for these two. For the curse of the Future element of Evolution to be broken.

"Look, man. I just want to say congratulations," Randy plainly stated.

"Thanks, but for what?" Batista asked him.

"For doing the right thing, staying on Raw, and finally leaving Ric Flair to kiss Triple H's ass by himself," Randy explained.

"Oh. Well, then. Since Evolution's dead and all, and I know you've got Stace, where does that leave Kristin and me?" the Big Dave pondered out loud.

"You just said it," the Legend Champion responded.

"Bah, man. She's too loyal to Nache anyway. Besides, I didn't ditch Evolution over a girl who doesn't even show up here. I just want the World Heavyweight Title," Batista said.

"Batista, you don't know the half of it, man. I'm glad that you could come to your senses and bring the thumbs down yourself before having to take it and get the hell beat out of you. I mean, now you're free again. You can do your little socialization around. Maybe even talk to Tyson and Christian a little bit, go around and do whatever you want to do. The riches ain't worth the crap, man. That was a good decision."

"Speaking of good decisions, Randy, I'm afraid that Edge and Christian haven't made a good decision," Stacy Keibler suddenly appeared, reporting the news.

"What happened?"

"Christian went on a tirade about how much he hates you. I think he's all bent out of shape because you clapped for Shawn Michaels," Stacy explained the picture to him.

"I'll leave you two alone to talk about this yourselves," Batista decided, walking off.

"Because I clapped for Shawn Michaels. Wow, that's pathetic," the Man of Destiny thought out loud, expecting an answer from Stacy.

"You wanna know what's pathetic, Orton boy?" Christian suddenly burst out of nowhere to confront him.

"Come on, man! When that tag team match against Evolution went down, and I'm talking about when I had that concussion, he's the one who brought me to the medical room and looked after me with Stacy. Not you, not Edge, but Shawn Michaels! Knowing that, and his legendary record, I couldn't keep hating the man over some crap that happened while I was still in Evolution."

"Evolution? Shut up, Orton! You've already forgotten that you can't use Evolution to prove a point against me, cause I feel like kicking your head in right now! So because he takes care of you like a 'Good Legend Samaritan', you're gonna forget about every man he's screwed over the years?"

"You're supposed to be Captain Charisma, the Peep Man, the Show Stealer! What the hell happened to your charismatic attitude, huh?"

"My charismatic attitude has taken a small back seat to the fact that some idiot from the City of the Sunken Rams who's supposed to be my friend is actually showing homage to my worst enemy! You piss me off, Orton!"

And with that, Christian slapped Orton hard on the left cheek. However, before he could turn around to do anything, Edge appeared in just as much an unknown fashion and Speared the kid. Stacy ran away.

"This is what you get for selling us short for that screwball HBK! How does it feel to be sold short, huh?" Edge yelled into Orton's ear as he went down.

Stacy, fortunately for her opinions, was running in Batista's direction. In fact, she was very close to approacing the Big Dave.

"Batista, you've gotta help me! Edge and Christian just showed up, they started talking about how much they hate Randy for hailing Shawn Michaels, then they just beat him up. You just have to show up for-"

"Hey, stop!" he abruptly halted her frantic whining. "Look, Stace. Just because I've broken free from Evolution doesn't mean I've got a new job protecting people's girlfriends."

Batista walked off, Stacy wondering what to do when the Big Dave was met by the Problem Solver, Tyson Tomko.

"Batista. You talkin' to Orton?" Tyson immediately asked him.

"I heard your partners got a problem with him because he respects Shawn Michaels," Batista answered. "Yeah, we just had a little chat, then Edge and Christian showed up. He's in bad condition."

"Well, good, cause that's just the way you should be. Talking to a pro-Michaels freak. You should be ashamed of yourself," Tomko said, continuing the bashing session for the Heartbreak Kid.

"You said all the attention on me was pathetic, and you're the most dominant big man on Raw?" Batista reminded and questioned Tomko on what he had said during tonight's show.

"Yeah, what about it?"

"I'll look forward to a match with you, just to teach you a lesson."

Batista then walked off, apparently feeling his job was complete.

"Hey!" Tomko called, bringing Batista's attention and about to issue him that Big Boot, when the Leviathan ducked and gave the Problem Solver the Decapitation clothesline.

"Serves you right," Batista calmly said, trying again to make his steps in a direction distant from the insane situation.

"What the hell happened to him?" Edge asked Christian, obviously seeing the events after his own and questioning Tyson's decision to confront the Capital Destroyer known only as Batista.

"Beats me," Christian told the man who would be his best man if he had a wedding coming up. "Now we've gotta carry the big guy to the plane. Damn."

"Not to mention that my image in front of Lita has become pathetic," Edge stated, causing his friend to stare incredulously at him with this question spoken from the mind.

"My god, Edge. Does everything have to come back to Lita?"