Batista: "Gonna have to excuse me, if I seem... A little grouchy. [Mild 'Batista!' chants] It's been a long week... And I have-- I've had all week... To stew... And think about last week... [snickers and places hand on his face] Last week, my best friend and mentor... [Crowd goes 'Woo!'] Ric Flair, [chuckles] had his head crushed like a grape. 16-time World Champion... [Crowd goes 'Woo!'] Treated like a piece of dirt! And when I tried to help him, that FREAK... Took those things he calls hands and wrapped them around my head, like some giant vice grip! [Mixed reactions]

I've been in a lot of fights, I've been in street fights, I've been in caged matches, Hell in a Cell matches, everything, I've been there, done that! But I've never been ragdolled like that, I've NEVER felt pain like that and I've NEVER... Been humiliated like that! So I'm gonna make a promise, right here in the middle of this ring to myself, to all of you [crowd cheers] and to my FRIEND, Ric Flair! That, at SummerSlam, The Great Khali--" [laughs] ... Read on!