I think it would work.
Tomorrow night on Raw, Bischoff gets a notification that a Raw guy is jumping over to Smackdown.
Everyone (Announcers, wrestlers, extras) assumes it's Batista for winning the Royal Rumble.
At the end, Batista reveals he's staying on Raw, leaving a cliffhanger until Smackdown.
Kurt Angle has a match, and out comes Shawn Michaels.