Batista vs Triple H is one of the hotter angles heading into WrestleMania. On this week’s X-Pac 12360, Sean “X-Pac” Waltman makes the case why neither Triple H nor Batista is likely to end up playing the villain in their feud.
Batista vs. Triple H: Who Is The Heel?
After laying out Ric Flair at his television birthday party, it would seem that the WWE creative team’s idea is for Batista to play the bad guy.
Not so fast, says Waltman.
“People who want to cheer Batista, there’s no reason why they can’t,” says Waltman.
“We’re not pigeonholing him in a way where if he’s not cheered, there’s a problem.”
Waltman recalls that Batista’s last run with the company saw him brought in as a babyface, right in the middle of Daniel Bryan’s ascent.
While fans were clamoring for Bryan to be positioned as the top good guy, they were instead treated to a Batista Royal Rumble win.
Ultimately, there was a change of direction, and Batista ended up playing the bad guy.
“Remember what happened last time?” Waltman asks. “And that’s not his f—ing fault. And I felt really bad for Dave.”
Reality-Based Batista vs. Triple H Feud
This go-around, Waltman says that by playing off some tension between the two that are based in reality, WWE will end up with a more realistic feud, not one where there needs to be a traditional good and bad guy.
“This is really smart,” Waltman says. “And if you don’t try to tell people who to cheer for, it will usually work out okay.”
“Triple H is a human being. That’s his character,” says Waltman. “The feud is a personal beef. There’s no total good guy, total bad guy.”
“Imagine that. It’s kind of like in real life… It’s always shades of gray in relationships.”
Regardless of the storytelling device being used, X-Pac says that he thinks WWE hit a home run, and he looks forward to Batista vs. Triple H.
“It’s a very nice way of doing it,” says Waltman. “It’s a really smart way of using Dave [Batista].”
Check out this week’s X-Pac 12360 below.
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Do you agree? Does there need to be a traditional babyface/heel dynamic in Batista vs. Triple H?
