Each of the members represented `` the best in : `` the past '' ( Ric Flair ) , `` the present '' ( Triple H ) , and `` the future '' ( Randy Orton and Batista ) of professional wrestling .
The members of the stable each portrayed evolutions of professional wrestling with Ric Flair being `` the past '' , Triple H being `` the present '' and Randy Orton and Batista being `` the future '' .