January 10th's Raw ended with Batista cussing out his "so called" leader Triple H. The night began with Randy Orton opening Batista's eyes to the fact that Triple H only cares about Triple H, and ended with Batista in even more question. The Raw writers seem to have been hinting at a much anticipated Evolution breakup, but is this the best way for them to go with the long and successful faction" I, Nick Marro, in my first ever column ever, am about to tell you.

Over the past year or so, the Raw brand is seemingly doing much better than its counter part Smackdown. One of the main reasons for this is the faction everybody loves to hate, Evolution. When Evolution began it was an all star collaboration of "The Cerebral Assassin" Triple H, "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, "The Animal" Batista, and "The Legend Killer" Randy Orton. After joining forces, these four superstars became more dominant than ever. After several months went by, and the young talent started to push the old, tension began to grow. Evolution turned on Randy Orton and that was truly the beginning of the end.

After Randy Orton's departure both Evolution and "The Legend Killer" himself continued to be successful. Now that Evolution and Batista are about to part ways, will the same success remain"

The first real question of Evolution's breakup will be whose side Ric Flair will take. Many fans of the sixteen time champion are rooting for the breakup so Ric Flair can be "The Nature Boy" again, and have success as a face like he has many times before. It is most likely that Ric will side with Triple H and continue to kiss his ass for the rest of his career, but there is always the possibility that he will continue to "sculpt" the young talent that is Batista. If Ric does side with Triple H, than what happens during the rest of his career can easily be predicted. Twenty-six championships between two wrestlers can only mean one thing for the fans, ego-tripping garbage. If Ric decides to continue to help progress Batista's career as a face, than we may see more, and more of the heavily loved Ric of old.

The second thing everyone will be asking is whether or not Batista can continue to progress as a character on his own. Due to the massive pops he has been getting at recent recordings, the obvious answer is yes. Batista is extremely talented and along with Randy Orton, he is truly the future of this company. On his own, Batista will most likely become very independent under character and use this to make a constant push at a variety of titles. Batista alone also means that we may start to see some excellent feuds between him and various wrestlers from Triple H, to Chris Benoit and everyone in between. With such a great upside there must always be a great downside. It may seem extreme (and it really is), but Batista may become the next Sean Waltman (X-Pac). It's probably not even close to happening but as many have said time, and time again, "anything can happen in the WWE". If Batista became a mid-card jobber after the breakup I myself would turn away from the sport.

One of the last things that is going to be on everyone's mind is if Flair and Triple H do remain together, will Evolution do the same" Currently in OVW there is a lot of talent signed to WWE. It is possible that WWE uses some of this talent as puppets for Triple H on his way to holding the title reign after reign. If new talent does use Evolution to break into the business then it may seem like where listening to the same script we just endured except with Batista, and Orton's names scratched out and replaced by a bunch of rookies. If Evolution decides to search out talent already in the business then we may see names like Maven (highly possible), La Resistance (who needs a gimmick tweak), or even Regal (not as likely) on Evolution T-shirts at WWE events across the globe. This could lead to some great feuds, but would also mean that the ever annoying main event interference we are currently witnessing will continue stronger than ever. If the do stick as a duo prepare for a long line of Triple H vs. whoever matches ending in Ric Flair causing boring and repeating distraction's at ringside, and boring Triple H title reigns.

Overall this breakup will most likely be positive for fans. Most of us are excited to see Raw shook up a little and this should do the trick. Hopefully this "shake up" will lead to new and exciting champions, and feuds, and a little less Triple H.

by Nick Marro ..