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Batista def. Alberto Del Rio

MINNEAPOLIS – Despite a calculated pre-match sneak attack by Alberto Del Rio at Elimination Chamber, Batista roared back to overcome his cunning opponent and set his sights on the main event of WrestleMania 30.   

While Batista came to Minneapolis ready to teach Del Rio a lesson he would never forget, The Essence of Execution had other plans. Donning a neck brace and a crutch, the four-time World Champion emerged to declare that The Animal’s assault two weeks ago had left him unable to compete.

Del Rio’s health seemed to improve in a hurry, though, for when the No. 1 contender to the WWE World Heavyweight Title turned his back to take issue with the referee, the devious Del Rio viciously attacked Batista with his crutch. The Mexican Aristocrat then removed his street clothes to reveal his tights, boots and intent to compete. 

However, that was hardly the end of the story. Once the referee restored order, a hobbled Batista opted to go head-to-head with Del Rio anyway. While his incensed foe continued his malicious assault from the opening bell through the majority of the contest, the resilient determination of The Animal would rise above. 

In the end, Del Rio’s head hit an exposed turnbuckle, allowing Batista to take down The Mexican Aristocrat with a thunderous Batista Bomb.   

With Alberto Del Rio out of the way, Batista will continue to charge down The Road to WrestleMania, ready to clash head-on with the WWE World Heavyweight Champion on The Grandest Stage of Them All. Still, with Del Rio doing noticeable damage to both his knee and arm, will The Animal be able to seize the illustrious championship title.

WWE World Heavyweight Champion Randy Orton def. Daniel Bryan, John Cena, Sheamus, Cesaro & Christian in an Elimination Chamber Match

MINNEAPOLIS – Four losses in three weeks, five opponents with one common goal, and no escape in sight in a match with zero wins to his name? Randy Orton’s got this.

Despite five Superstars looking to rearrange The Face of WWE into an unrecognizable mush, Orton retained the WWE World Heavyweight Championship inside the Elimination Chamber Sunday night – though he certainly has Kane and The Wyatt Family to thank, in part, for hand-delivering him a pair of get-out-of-jail-free cards inside Satan’s Prison.

The match started as a thuggish brawl between Sheamus and Cesaro, who wasted no time resuming their fisticuffs from their tag match two weeks earlier on Raw. In an opening sequence that channeled the ruthless spirit of the Elimination Chamber, a full two minutes of ground-and-pound uppercuts and shoulders passed before anyone attempted something resembling a wrestling move: a neckbreaker by The Celtic Warrior.

The Chamber itself reared its head early on, when Cesaro’s first tumble over the ropes and onto the steel grate robbed him of his imperious swagger almost immediately. The former U.S. Champion slowed down The Celtic Warrior by targeting his surgically-repaired shoulder, then taking the wind out of him with a top-rope stomp to the ribcage. The Real American used his trademark uppercuts to their fullest advantage, backing Sheamus into a corner until the clock finally struck zero …

And that’s when – YES! – Daniel Bryan entered the fray.

John Cena suffers knee injury at the hands of The Wyatt Family

GREEN BAY, Wisc. — John Cena’s knee was left battered and bruised after a vicious attack onRaw at the hands of all three members of The Wyatt Family. Following the brutal beatdown, the 14-time World Champion was taken to the locker room to be evaluated by WWE trainers. 

At this time, WWE medical staff is unsure of the exact nature of the injury. After initial examination, they felt some instability and swelling in Cena’s knee, and recommended that the Cenation leader get an MRI. Initially, Cena refused further treatment.

On Raw Backstage Pass on WWE Network, ringside physician Dr. Chris Amann explained that John Cena felt something shift or give in his knee during the confrontation. While he refused treatment at first, Cena was transported to a local medical facility for more evaluation. Cena is still refusing to have an MRI done on his knee.

Bray Wyatt, pleased with the carnage caused by his monstrous family, ominously tweeted later in the night, "The golden calf has been sent out to pasture ...Can you still see him?"

For further updates on the status of John Cena, stick with WWE.com.

WWE Raw videos: Playlist from Feb. 24, 2014, with Hulk Hogan, Undertaker returns

  WWE Raw videos: Playlist from              2,24,2014, with Hulk Hogan, Undertaker returns

In case you missed any or all of last night's (Feb. 24, 2014) episode of "Monday Night Raw" from Green Bay, Wisconsin, here is a complete playlist of the entire show, featuring Elimination Chamber fallout, WrestleMania 30 build, Hulk Hogan & Undertaker returning, and more!

In case you missed any or all of WWE Monday Night Raw from Green Bay, Wisconsin, last night (Feb. 24, 2014), we have all the videos you need in one handy-dandy playlist, featuring the Elimination Chamber fallout show, the big returns of Hulk Hogan, Undertaker, and Brock Lesnar, and the set up for the top four matches atWrestleMania 30.

Now, here's the playlist. Click here to go back to get full results with the live blog andhere for a complete recap with reactions to all the evening's events.

- Hulk Hogan returns
- Batista vs. Alberto Del Rio
- Big E vs. Cesaro
- John Cena brawls with The Wyatt Family
- Sheamus vs. Christian
- The Shield confront The Wyatt Family
- Daniel Bryan vs. Kane
- Emma vs. Summer Rae
- The Usos vs. New Age Outlaws
- Roman Reigns vs. Bray Wyatt
- Paul Heyman promo with Brock Lesnar
- Undertaker returns
- Raw Fallout (Real Americans)
- Raw Fallout (Del Rio)

Enjoy!

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On this date in WWE history: Vince McMahon says goodbye to Stone Cold Steve Austin on Raw

The year 2002 was a weird one for Stone Cold Steve Austin. He was still extremely popular with the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) fanbase but he was no longer being used as the company's number one guy. In the beginning of the year, he found himself taking a back seat to the debuting New World Order (NWO) and its leader, Hulk Hogan.

Austin had problems with the Hulkster dating back to their days in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and how Hogan had held him back in the company. It turned out to be the best thing for him, as it indirectly helped lead to his escaping off to the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) to become one of the biggest stars of all time, but his resentment stayed. So when Hogan came back and was given the spotlight over Austin once more, it was like pouring a pound of salt in a very old, and now very open, wound.

The initial idea was to have Austin and Hogan meet for a match at WrestleMania, thinking that would be the biggest money maker in history. Indeed, it probably should have happened but because neither guy was willing to do any kind of job, clean or otherwise, to the other, Hogan ended up working with The Rock (and putting him over). That match resulted in Hogan turning babyface and getting a run with the title after defeating Triple H, who had returned earlier in the year to much fanfare, enough that he won the Royal Rumble (over Austin) and went up to WrestleMania to defeat Chris Jericho (who beat Austin to retain his title at No Way Out).

Stone Cold ultimately ended up the fourth or even fifth match down on the card at 'Mania, a singles match against Scott Hall (who was just about out of the company for his various drug and backstage problems) that was given even less time than the women's championship match later in the evening.

This was causing a great deal of strife for "The Rattlesnake" and he actually took an unplanned night off for the Raw immediately following WrestleMania 18. This drew the ire of the powers that be, of course, and Vince McMahon and company were starting to get more and more fed up with the entire situation.

Austin returned to Raw the next week to choose his side for the brand extension that WWE had just implemented. All would go on as normal over the next few weeks until Stone Cold gave an interview to Byte This where he absolutely buried the company for how they were using him and slammed the Creative team for the direction they were taking him. Kevin Kelly and Howard Finkel, the hosts, tried to play it off, but they were caught off guard by Austin being so forthright with his legitimate issues with how he was being treated. Vince McMahon went on the same show one week later and tried to play it off, as well, saying Austin was demanding as a big star but he wasn't producing like one. "It's like a major artist who usually produces platinum records but is now producing gold ones."

It all came to a head the next week on Raw when Austin was informed he would be doing a job for rising star Brock Lesnar in a King of the Ring qualifying match with no promotional build up whatsoever.

During a phone conversation, Austin said he would not be showing up if that was the plan. He then called McMahon at 2 a.m. and when he was told again that he would be jobbing to Lesnar, he said, "okay." Vince thought that meant Austin was on board but it turned out, Stone Cold had said it as a blow off. He quickly booked a flight home and left.

WWE ran Raw and made sure to get its licks in by having Ric Flair acknowledge that he failed to show up. They also ran an angle with McMahon being told by telephone that he was going to show up but later in the evening he was informed that it was someone else. That someone turned out to be The Rock, who cut a big promo aimed directly at Austin talking about how it was bullshit that he would leave. A notable moment of the promo came when he said something along the lines of, "if anyone in the back doesn't want to be here, like the slogan says, get the F out!"

Taking it one step further, WWE continued what Stone Cold would later call "a smear campaign" by releasing an entire episode of "Confidential" on Austin walking out of the company.

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The next episode of Raw happened on this date in WWE history (June 17, 2002) and featured McMahon coming out to give a big speech on what happened with Austin. He told fans that Stone Cold had walked out, again saying he "took his ball and went home."

Not only that, McMahon said he thought Austin was done with the company and toasted him one last time with a drink of beer before leaving it in the center of the ring.

It wasn't until much, much later when Austin was able to tell his side of the story. While it may have seemed as though the bridges between the two sides had been burned, they were rebuilt via Jim Ross correspondence with Austin and he eventually went back and smoothed things out with McMahon and the rest of the locker room before returning in 2003 for another run with the company.

He was never the same as a wrestler, however, and his last match would happen at WrestleMania 19, where he would job to The Rock one last time before retiring from active duty.

It was after his return that he got to tell his whole side of the story in an interview that ran in the Raw Magazine that year, which remains one of its highest selling editions.

Here's a bit of what Austin had to say about that time period. Settle in, folks, it's a long -- but extremely informative -- read:

My problems with WWE had been building for a while, going back to WrestleMania X-7 when I wanted to change the direction of my character. I felt a little stale, and I wanted to switch things up. Maybe it wasn't the greatest idea in the world, but I always think back to that night at WrestleMania when I was whaling The Rock with a chair. I shouldn't have just flipped flat-out and erased the mystique of Stone Cold. Hell, Stone Cold is unpredictable, because you never know what the hell he's going to do next. I should have put the edge back where it needed to be. Instead, it became predictable. Then Rock was gone. Everybody was gone. I didn't have a lot of people to work programs with, and the fans didn't really know how to take me. But anyway, the creative [direction] got real wishy-washy after that, and I wasn't happy with the direction anything was going in.

When I took off for a couple of weeks after WrestleMania X8, I heard and read a lot of people saying it was because I was pissed off about the nWo coming in and because of my match at 'Mania with Scott Hall. I really didn't have a problem with the nWo. Me and Kevin Nash used to be riding partners. He's a damn good friend of mine. When Hall and Nash were in WCW, they stirred up a lot of crap. The only one I heard that was a pile of trash was [Hollywood Hulk] Hogan, because he's a manipulator and does backstage politics; he's proven that to this day. I just didn't think it was going to work out gangbusters like it was planned to be. I knew going into the match with Scott Hall that I was going to go off the next day. I was *bleep*ing fried. I was burned out and frustrated. They had me in a third or fourth main event. It wasn't even a main event; it was just some match on the card. And I wasn't happy with that at all. You can tell me this business goes in cycles, and sometimes you're not as hot as you want to be, but where I was on that card didn't make sense to me. The match wasn't promoted properly. It wasn't built properly. Nothing. People said I had personal problems with Scott Hall, or he had problems with me. I didn't. I like the guy. He's got personal problems; that's stuff he's got to deal with. As far as getting in the ring with Scott, I enjoyed it. But you can't expect that guy to come in here and in three months be in a WrestleMania match. So I wanted to wrestle with somebody different. I got no animosity toward Scott Hall. He's as good as gold with me.

When I went home the day after WrestleMania X8, I was going to get my head together, man. The way things were going, I needed to step back and say, "Man, let me take a breath of fresh air," because when The Rock was off making his movie and Triple H was down with an injury, I was working overtime. When they get me hot and rolling, I'm out doing every single thing they got. I worked my ass off, just like everybody else on the crew. It's a part of being a top guy. I worked every damned show there is. I was burned out physically. Damn it, I'm not a spring chicken anymore. I can go with the best of them, but I was burned out. That's the bottom line. I knew I was going to come back. I just needed some time off, and I didn't need to negotiate it or talk about it with anybody or anything like that. I wanted to go home, and I did.

I go back to that deal with Rocky at 'Mania. That was one of the best promoted matchups in history. To me, it was on fire. It was awesome. And it went down from there. I'll shoulder some of the blame, because I made character decisions that weren't in my best interest. But I wasn't in Vince's ear. His ear was somewhere else. Maybe he was as burned out as I was going to become. When I came back about six weeks later, things were just the way there were. I did an interview on Byte This on WWE.com, and I had a lot of things to say about the creative direction that got me in some hot water. See, here's the problem with creative: You got people writing storylines who ain't never been in the ring, that don't know what the hell's in my head. And here's someone who's going to sit there and write words for Stone Cold? Uh-Uh.

When I came back in 2000 from my neck surgery, it was kind of a different system. I just kind of fell into it because I was insecure. I was worried about getting back in the swing, so I just started going with the new system. But when I was at my very hottest...when I first came around, I started off as The Ringmaster. I came up with my own material. Well, I was coming up with all my stuff myself, and that made me a hell of a hot talent, because I was spitting out all this shit I'd had in Texas my whole life. And that's what made me what I was. All of a sudden you've got someone putting words in your mouth -- you can't do that. The writers are taking the business from the boys, and that's what the problem with creative is. They've got to give the business back to the damn boys. When you got a guy who's been in the business three, six, eight, ten, or fifteen years, it doesn't matter. Asking a damned writer what he's supposed to say? There's a problem.

When I was at my hottest, selling out everywhere we went, no one was telling me what to say. They'd give me a few little bullet points, "I'd like you to cover this or that," and then like all talent should, I'd feed off the crowd and make the rest of. When Ric Flair was at his hottest in the NWA days, he wasn't doing comedy. He was saying what was on his mind, and it came from his heart and his head, because he believed in what he was saying. I believed in what I was doing. Hogan, for what it's worth, when that guy was hot, he was saying what was in his heart and in his mind. He didn't have no one -- some 25 year old, fresh out of sitcom school or whatever the hell it is -- telling him what to say. That's the big problem to me.

I'd made it pretty clear that I wasn't happy, but from where I stood, things had changed between me and Vince. It just seemed like when I had to take a damn year off with my neck -- and that sucked, to be on top of the world and then get shut down and sit there and watch. When I took that year off, that leave of absence, I didn't know if I was going to come back or not, because my neck was a serious deal, and it still is. When I came back, things were different between me and him. When I came back...if I don't see you for a year but you're my friend -- boom -- we're right back on the same page from when I left. That's how I work. Vince, it seemed like he was on a different page from where I was. I know he had to be in tune with the other guys, and that's fine. You can't site there thinking about Stone Cold. I'm at the house. I'm not making money for anybody; I'm not entertaining the crowd. I'm just trying to heal up. But when I came back, in my opinion, things had changed. It seemed like people were in his ear for their own agendas, and not the direction or agenda of WWE.

Man, I'll tell you what, I keep giving it to you and I keep getting tuned out and shut down, I just get fed up. I got so frustrated that I was like, "*bleep* it." That's how I operate. It's probably one of my biggest quirks or faults or whatever -- traits, I don't know. I'm still going to work hard for you, but I know the situation isn't what it needs to be. I know whatever I do at my best, if the situation is dogshit, it ain't gonna work.

And that's where I was in June, right before I went home for what I thought was for good. We were just finishing Knoxville or somewhere in Tennessee, and we were going to go down to Atlanta for RAW the next night. I got to the hotel and J.R. called and talked about my matchup for Monday night, and I said, "Man, I don't like that." He said, "Well that's what we're going to do," and I said, "Well, then I'm not going to be there." He told me I was going to be facing Brock [Lesnar] in an unadvertised RAW match -- no buildup, no promotion, no nothing. I said, "I don't like it." Later that night, at about two in the morning, I called Vince and he ran the same scenario by me. I sat there, listened and said, "Okay." And he's thinking I'm saying okay because I agreed to it. I was saying, "Okay, I'm *bleep*ing fed up. This is bullshit."

I stared teeing the writing on the wall. That's when I decided to walk. Here's the bottom line: I'm Stone Cold Steve Austin. I've drawn more money than anybody else in the business. I've sold more merchandise that anybody in the business, and I've sold more pay-per-views than anybody in the business. I'm not the first in line for Brock Lesnar. I'm the last in line. I'm happy to do business with anybody -- when it's time to do business. That was the dumbest business decision I've ever heard in my life. If you're a stupid S.O.B., you say, "Yeah, Austin, do it." But if you know the business, and you know what is business, then I'm the last one for Brock. That's the money match. That's the promotion. That's the match everyone wants to see. Then whatever the outcome is, it's fine by me. But I'm the last in line, I'm not the first.

So, I packed up my gear and got on a plane back to Texas, and J.R. called me on my cell phone while I was sitting on the plane, waiting for it to take off. He told me to get my ass back to the building. Man, that was a hard day, but I had already made up my damn mind what I was going to do, because I wasn't going to go to the building and negotiate with Vince about working with Brock Lesnar. It's got nothing to do with Brock -- I like the guy. I think he's an awesome talent, and I think he's going to be a big star. But when you sit there and all of a sudden they want me to go to RAW and compete with Brock when it wasn't time, they're screwing with me and the business. They're basically jabbing me in with a stick. And you can't tell me different, because those weren't good business decisions. So I was not going to get off that plane to negotiate. I was going to go to the damned house, because that was the only way I figured I was going to Vince's damn attention and wake him up and say, "*bleep* you, man. This ain't right!"

And everybody said, "That wasn't the way to do it. That wasn't the way to do it." Nobody knows, because nobody back there in the damn dressing room has ever been in my knee braces. I ain't being cocky. I'm just telling you. And then they said, "Okay, well, Stone Cold was holding the talent down, now new guys are going to come up and be big stars." Well, you name me that big star who stepped up that I was holding down. Because I can't think of one. Edge has come up, but when was I holding him down? I helped anybody out there who asked me for an opinion. Could I have gotten off that plane? Yeah, but I wasn't going to go negotiate nothing. I made up my mind. I got a blood mary. I wasn't happy about what I was doing, but I was stubborn. I thought that's what I needed to do, and that's what I did. J.R. said, "That was the dumbest thing you ever did," or "That was the biggest mistake you ever made," and I'm living with it. Whether it was a mistake or whatever, I did what I thought I needed to. And I can't go back in time to change it.

At that point in time, in my mind, I was done. That was it. There was so much in-fighting between these guys jockeying for position, and everybody was saying, "Oh, he's different, he's that, he's not a team player." Man, I saw right through all that bullshit. And when I busted my ass for the company and done what I done, and whenever I said I was hurt -- and I rarely missed shots until I was taken out with serious injuries -- if I tell you I'm hurt, I'm hurt. And I ain't got the sniffles, I ain't got PMS, I'm *bleep*ing hurt. If I tell you something, it's the truth. I busted my ass for that company. I damn near got paralyzed and turned into a quadriplegic -- and that was a very, very lucky damn thing that didn't happen to me. I came back from that. I came back from neck surgery, and I've got bad knees and I've got a lot of other problems. I've given this company everything I got. I'm not complaining about it, because they pay me. They pay me to give that up, and it provides me with income. So I'm not whining about it. I'm just saying, "I give you everything I've got, now you give me everything you've got." I'm not talking about money. I'm talking about the best creative possible. Because I drew you a lot of money and I sold you a lot of shit. Now treat me like it. And not like a prima donna, because I'm not.

And then I got the label of being paranoid. I'm not *bleep*ing paranoid! I mean, Jesus Christ, when I left, people started voicing their opinions and saying I was different or I was paranoid, whatever. I feel what I feel. You can't ask anybody back there. They gave their opinion, but it's not a valid opinion, because nobody back there has ever been in the shoes I'm in.

But that all came during the famous WWE smear campaign, as I like to call the Confidential show and the RAW Magazine article, and all the things that came out right after I left. "Austin took his ball and went home." It was all bullshit propaganda. And, again, it wasn't the whole story, because you never heard my story.

There were some other things that went on while I was gone that pissed me off. Like during the smear campaign when I was sitting at the house and had to turn on the TV and see The Rock making a special appearance on RAW. This was during the "Get the 'F' Out" campaign, when we had to change our name to WWE -- which completely sucks. So all of a sudden, you've got Rock out there saying, "You know, if you don't want to be here, then get the 'F' out!" Well genius, I'd already been out and got out. To me, that was the thing that got my ass the most. Here's a guy who I was a tremendous influence on his career in he ring. He'll tell you the same thing -- and if he don't, he's a liar. Anytime he needed advice for a problem, I'd give him the best advice I could. I always helped that guy out -- I helped everyone who asked. If you wanted my honest opinion, I'd give it. so anyway, the problem was with me and Vince, it wasn't with me and Rock. I thought that was the biggest chickenshit thing I'd ever seen done to me, so far in the business, for him to go out and call me out. That's how he pays me back? That was pathetic.

And the other one -- Triple H's constant reference to me taking my ball and going home. "You want me to pull an Austin?" or whatever. Here's a guy who needs to stop worrying about me -- I"m not even with the company right now. He needs to worry about his own character and drawing big money for the company. "Oh, but the business is in a down cycle." That's very convenient. In my view, he's not where he should be with the amount of TV time invested in him. So, don't worry about Stone Cold because somewhere along the line, in the transition from being a Greenwich snob to being the toughest guy ever to walk in the ring who walks down the ramp all jacked up spewing water, I missed it. And you know what? When I look back at old films from when I was gone in 2000, that was the year Triple H stepped up huge. That was the year Triple H was a hell of a hand. So knock off 25 pounds and go back to doing that and being one of the best. It's *bleep*ing simple.

There are varying opinions on Austin's decision to walk out. On the one hand, it's hard to blame him for wanting more out of his job and thinking he could have had a much bigger program with Lesnar, who was just about to become the top guy in the business.

But at the same time, your job is just that, a job, and you don't get to dictate the terms of it (unless you have creative control written into it, which you would still need to show up for to flesh out).

Ultimately, all was forgiven, by WWE, by McMahon, by Ross, by Rock, by Triple H, by the fans; everyone forgave Austin and he's still revered as one of the greatest ever today.

Stone Cold Steve Austin At WrestleMania 25

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The Undertaker Will Return to WWE for WrestleMania Run

WrestleMania hasn't truly started until Undertakerreturns to WWE, stalking his next opponent.

Circle Feb. 24 and March 3 on your calendars as those are the two most likely dates for Undertaker to reappear.

Looking back: Undertaker slipped into the shadows after losing to Kane at Night of Champions 2010.

Since then, his return has been the moment that rings in WrestleMania season. In 2011, he came back on the Feb. 21 episode of Raw. He strode toward the ring where he soon met Triple H.

Triple H went on to face Undertaker at WrestleMania, losing, but leaving Undertaker unable to stand. The following year, those two met again on Raw.
After the match, Undertaker disappeared again. He was making a habit of defending his undefeated streak and then hibernating. It wasn't until March 4, 2013 that he appeared on Raw again

Stone Cold Steve Austin Speaks Out On CM Punk Quitting.

Stone Cold is so real. You could tell hes speaking from the heart . Hope he comes back for at least a promo at WM30..

WWF The Rock & The Undertaker Vs Stone Cold Steve Austin & Mankind (Raw Is War)

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FULL-LENGTH MATCH - Raw - Triple H & Batista vs. Randy Orton, Cody Rhodes & Manu

5 Things That Eventually Need to Be Included on the WWE Network

The WWE Network will launch on Monday, and it will forever change the landscape of sports entertainment.

As soon as the network launches, fans will be able to go back and watch every WWE, WCW and ECW pay-per-view ever produced, new original shows and hundreds of hours of other programming, but that is not even close to what WWE has available in its video library.

WWE not only owns the rights to several promotions that have gone the way of the dodo, but it has thousands of hours of content from its own DVD releases, past shows and special events.

Even with all the amazing content we will get on Monday, WWE will likely continue to add more content as time goes on to keep things fresh and continue to draw in new subscribers.

This slideshow will look at five things that WWE should consider adding to the WWE Network soon after launch and why they would all make great additions to the already packed lineup of shows.

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Daniel Bryan's Rumored Feud with Triple H Would Redeem Past Booking Mistakes

We'd all love Daniel Bryan getting inserted in the WWE World Heavyweight title match at WrestleMania, but that truly wouldn't be what is best for business.

If he's in the match, the match would be a triple threat with Batista and Randy Orton. If he's in that match, he's not going to win. That's the reality.

Not only would he not win, but he would be presented as the third wheel. Strong booking would center around Batista and Orton.

However, him in a WrestleMania match with Triple H really is best for business. It makes the most sense to storylines and could provide more to Bryan's career.

These two guys have been feuding with each other for a long time. If you ask the Internet fans, Triple H has been burying guys like Bryan since before there was HD television. If you just acknowledge what has been on WWE television, they've been feuding since last summer.

Either way, long runs by today's WWE standards for a feud. Fans actually connect to it because many feel it's art imitating life, which is always a successful formula.

A great aspect of the rivalry with Bryan and Triple H is that they've really not touched each other. So much of the physicality has been done by proxy of others. Triple H gave a pedigree to Bryan atSummerSlam. That's about it.

So when Bryan does get his hands on Triple H in a match, potentially at WrestleMania, it's going to be well worth it.

If Bryan's in the title match and doesn't win, it's another item added to the checklist of bad booking. If you're going to string fans along, that's fine, but do it the right way. String them along with the “Yes movement” and not with continued failed attempts at the title.

Steve Corino made a great point comparing how WWE would string the audience along with Stone Cold Steve Austin on the Shining Wizards podcast. Austin got over, but they kept letting the rally and support grow bigger before finally giving him the title.

Of course, Austin won the title on his first chance. He didn't get screwed out of it a million times. That came later in his career.

Bryan got screwed several times, but fans have stuck with him.

Let him build momentum by going through The Authority. He's beaten the guys in The Shield who play the role of security. Then he beats Kane. Then the showdown with Triple H at WrestleMania.

The showdown with Triple H would be a step in the right direction to properly utilize the star power of Bryan and the “Yes movement.”

Bryan against Triple H with the stipulation of Bryan gets one more chance at the title if he can beat Triple H. If he beats Triple H, then the whole thing provides a more logical storyline payoff than being one of three guys in a title match where he loses...again.

Justin LaBar is a Featured Columnist for Bleacher Report. He also is the creator of the Chair Shot Reality video talk show and Wrestling Reality radio show. He's been featured by various outlets including several appearances on NBC Sports, recognized as a lead wrestling analyst in the country.

Full Odds for Undertaker's Potential WrestleMania Opponent

Brock Lesnar is the leading candidate to collide withUndertaker at WrestleMania XXX.

The promise of a momentous match, requests from either his challengers or Undertaker himself and the word spreading across the Internet by way of backstage reports point to four other men having a shot as well. It's Lesnar, though, who is the favorite.

Undertaker's undefeated streak at WrestleMania has become the company's most valuable—and untouchable—prize.

Lesnar, John Cena, Sheamus, Daniel Bryan and Sting all have a chance to be the next Superstar offered the opportunity to end that streak, but how much of a chance does each man have? The following is a look at each man's odds of being chosen as Undertaker's next opponent at WrestleMania.

Sting: 40-1

Sting may be close to signing with WWE—the deal is "imminent" inNick Paglino of WrestleZone's words—but he's not officially with the company yet. The build for WrestleMania XXX is already beginning without him.

Still, fans won't drop the thought of his dream match until it happens.

Chances are slim for The Undertaker+Sting to meet at #WrestleMania ,but love seeing fan's creative work for it. #WWE

Even Sting has visions of the two dark characters meeting on "The Grandest Stage of Them All." The Wrestling Observer Newsletter (h/t WrestlingInc.com) notes that "Sting himself was hoping for a match against The Undertaker at this year's event."

The report goes on to say that Sting is willing to go to Undertaker's house to work on the match before the huge event.

Even if "The Icon" jumps on board with WWE in the next week, his age is still holding him back as a contender for facing Undertaker. While "The Deadman" is no rookie himself, the idea of pitting a 54-year-old against a 48-year-old won't make WWE officials feel confident about the results.

John Cena: 25-1

Cena's name hasn't come up in backstage reports like those of the other men on this list, but his star power will always make him a candidate for the coveted Undertaker-at-WrestleMania match.

He is one of the last true megastars Undertaker hasn't faced at the marquee event.

Regardless of the story, Cena vs. Undertaker is instantly a huge match. It's a contest that doesn't seem all that likely, though.

The ever-shifting rumored WrestleMania card has one bout continually pop up. According to PWInsider (h/t WrestlingInc.com), it pits Cena against Bray Wyatt.

Wyatt attacked Cena at the Royal Rumble, ending his chances to dethrone Randy Orton and setting up a story WWE can head back to after Elimination Chamber. The company seems intent on pushing Wyatt, as evidenced by his big victory over Daniel Bryan at the rumble.

Battling Cena is a wise next step for him, a plan that puts the Cena vs. Undertaker contest on hold until perhaps WrestleMania 31.

Daniel Bryan: 12-1

Other than putting him in the main event for the world title, the best way to please the vocal and unhappy Bryan fanbase is to pit him against Undertaker.

WWE officials may or may not want that match to happen, but Undertaker certainly does. F4WOnline (h/t CagesideSeats.com) reports that "Undertaker asked to work with him at Mania this year."

With the clout "The Phenom" has developed over his long career, there's little doubt that his requests are earnestly mulled over. Undertaker pushing for Bryan ups the bearded one's chances of facing him, but it's no guarantee.

The company reportedly has other plans for Bryan.

Bryan vs. Triple H is a strong possibility now that CM Punk is gone. The other option is for Bryan to take on both Orton and Batista for the world title. F4WOnline (h/t WrestlingInc.com) reports that officials are discussing both of those matches.

There is no word of WWE giving much consideration to Bryan getting a shot at the Undertaker's streak. It's Bryan's old nemesis who is getting more buzz in terms of that spot.

Sheamus: 8-1

"The Celtic Warrior" is not in a feud with The Authority like Bryan. He has little reason to hunt Wyatt the way Cena does. That could mean he ends up sliding into WrestleMania's most anticipated battle.

Lesnar's roughness and Undertaker's age help his case as well.

The Wrestling Observer Newsletter (h/t WrestlingInc.com) reports the following:

It sounds as if Sheamus is the No. 2 option. If Undertaker bucks against the idea of facing Lesnar, it's the Irish powerhouse who could get the opportunity of a lifetime.

He is a big enough star to warrant being a part of this bout and being in his prime as well as such a dominant force in the ring allows him to carry the bulk of the match—something Sting wouldn't be able to do.

As a former world champ and chest-reddening brawler, he comes off as a man who could put Undertaker's streak in jeopardy.

Another beast of a man does that even better than Sheamus, though.

Brock Lesnar: 4-1

If one has to place a single bet on who challenges the Undertaker at WrestleMania XXX, it's best to put money on Lesnar.

There is a ready-made story for these two foes to tell and their matchup is an intriguing one from a physical perspective. Undertaker's striking and Hell's Gate submission are the perfect complement to Lesnar's new MMA-inspired style.

Their confrontation at UFC 121 and history together make for great animosity, both storyline and real, to build on.

In addition, it's a logical narrative step for Paul Heyman to haveLesnar challenge Undertaker after Heyman's last client failed to stop "The Deadman" at last year's WrestleMania.

All that makes it easy to see why Lesnar vs. Undertaker was once considered "a lock," as touched on by WrestleZone.com. 

It's the match that comes up most often in these kinds of backstage reports, including the one that referenced Sheamus. There have been whispers that maybe Batista and Lesnar would square off, but Lesnaris not booked to be in the Elimination Chamber match that is supposed to decide Batista's opponent.

He could of course steal someone's spot a la Edge in 2009.

Those doubts aside, it feels as if Lesnar vs. Undertaker is inevitable. According to PWInsider (h/t PWMania.com), The Phenom's rumored return date is Feb. 24. That happens to be on a night when Lesnar isscheduled to appear.

"The Beast" remains the favorite to be the latest man to attempt to best Undertaker on the stage where he has refused to be mortal.