At WWE Tables Ladders & Chairs, familiar foes will once again clash, as World Heavyweight Champion Undertaker will take on longtime adversary Batista for the World Title in a Chair Match. And both the ominous World Champion and his furious No. 1 Contender will enter the squared circle with a new-found level of intensity.
Just five days after The Animal annihilated his former comrade-in-arms, Rey Mysterio, at Survivor Series, Batista overcame The Undertaker’s brother Kane in a brutal No. 1 Contender’s Match for the World Heavyweight Championship. The hard-fought victory propels The Animal into a sure-fire showdown of destiny with the ominous World Champion.
The Undertaker’s history of legendary battles with Batista has been nothing short of epic. But, with The Phenom’s most recent acquisition of the gold, he has arguably transcended other SmackDown Superstars to reach a plateau of competition all his own. His list of conquests is long and his reputation has become as intimidating as his deadly arsenal of weapons. And now that he holds the World Title as his “holy grail,” is it conceivable that any Superstar will ever be able to overcome his wrath?
SmackDown’s “blue chip acquisition” Batista has shown no sign that he is in any way intimidated by his WWE: TLC nemesis. Since moving from Monday Night Raw, The Animal has been more ferocious than ever, scoring monumental victories over the likes of Matt Hardy and Unified Tag Team Champions Chris Jericho & Big Show, respectively. He unleashed such a merciless attack on his former friend Mysterio that the official was forced to stop the match. His new-found ruthlessness has fused with outrageous momentum to drive this fierce competitor like never before. The rage-filled Superstar claims that nothing would come between himself and the World Championship and on any given day, he is capable of knocking anyone off the mountain so that he can have it all to himself.
Of all the memorable encounters that have taken place between the two mighty Superstars over the years, it was the earth-shattering circumstances of their recent WWE Bragging Rights Fatal Four Way Championship Match that truly demonstrated how close they are as competitors. Golden fate seemed to be in Batista’s corner as he came within a millisecond of pinning The Phenom. If not for The Master of the 619, The Demon of Death Valley may be challenging him for the gold in two weeks. Instead, The Undertaker finished that match with a devastating Tombstone. Could he call on his lethal finish twice in a row? Or is The Animal just a Batista Bomb away from immortality?
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