HHH Vs. Batista At WrestleMania, Couture Turns Down UFC Offer And More

It was announced tonight on Raw that the winner of the Triple H – Jeff Hardy match at Armageddon next week will face Randy Orton for the WWE title at the Royal Rumble in January.

The original plan was for Triple H to face Randy Orton for the WWE title as the main event for next year's WrestleMania, however those plans appear to have changed.

The plans are now for Triple H to be facing Batista for the WWE title and Edge to face the Undertaker for the World title. What appears to be most likely is for Triple H to beat Orton for the WWE title and Batista to win the Royal Rumble, and announce that he wants to face The Game for the title. Or he could win the Elimination Chamber match at the No Way Out PPV on February 17th, which is currently planned to be for a WrestleMania title shot.

As with everything in WWE, those plans could, and probably will change, several times over the next several months.

Incidentally if this is the direction that WWE decides to go, it would be the third time that Randy Orton was scheduled to face Triple H for the title in the main event of WrestleMania, only for it to be changed.

MMAFightLine.com is reporting that reigning UFC heavyweight Champion Randy Couture has turned down an offer to defend his title against Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira at UFC 81. UFC President Dana White had made the offer to Couture several weeks ago. For more on this story, including quotes from Couture, visit MMAFightLine.com by clicking here.