It's no secret that Batista didn't receive the warmest of welcomes from WWE fans upon his return to the company early this year. Fans made no bones about not wanting to see Batista vs. Randy Orton at WrestleMania XXX for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship or Batista winning the title whatsoever. Plans were changed because they ultimately had to be, Vince looked like he was completely out of touch with what & who fans were interested in and Batista's glorious return ultimately comprised jobbing to Daniel Bryan and The Shield.
Batista left WWE after the Payback ppv in order to begin work on promoting Guardians of the Galaxy. Soon after, various reports began circulating about Batista's unhappiness with his return, that he wasn't booked the way was initially supposed to be, that it was supposed to be different, etc. Some reports say he didn't wanna job to Daniel Bryan 2 ppvs in a row, which is why Kane went against Bryan at Extreme Rules, while other reports say he had no issue jobbing to Bryan. So who knows what the real story is?
PWInsider.com released a report earlier today suggesting that Batista MIGHT be willing to return to work a WrestleMania XXXI program in a retirement match against Triple H. The report says that there's been no word on whether or not it's a direction WWE will be moving in. It's still a long way off, so anything could develop between now and then.
Personally, I've ZERO interest in Triple H vs. Batista, yet again, and I don't think I'm alone in that opinion. I don't think the notion of these two being given so much time to build a match between them at WrestleMania XXXI will be any more appealing than Batista vs. Orton was this year to most fans. Fans didn't want one of the top matches of the biggest show of the year to be between two guys who feuded throughout the late 2000s, nor do I think they'll want one of the top matches for next year's biggest show to be a "retirement match" between two guys who began feuding all the way back in the mid 2000s.
I can understand Batista being disappointed by his last run in WWE. I mean, I can't blame the guy as it'd only be natural to be disappointed by how it turned out. At the same time, I also think that Batista needs to realize that it isn't 2005 anymore and that the opinion of a LOT of fans aren't the same. When it comes to promo work, in-ring ability and fan interest, there are a lot of younger guys on the roster that are just flat out better than Batista. If given a preference, fans are more into Bryan, Punk, Ambrose, Rollins, Reigns, Ziggler, Cesaro, Wyatt, Harper, Rowan, Swagger, Rusev and some others in the spotlight. Fans have moved onto younger and fresher faces more so than the nostalgia of a 45 year old wrestler turned actor who many feel was never all that good in the first place.
Besides, there's a strong possibility that Batista's acting career is taking off. Guardians of the Galaxy is, domestically, the highest grossing movie of 2014 with $262.1 million as of yesterday. Worldwide, it crossed over the $500 million mark earlier this week. To top it off, critics are in a full out love fest over the movie. As a result, Batista's no longer gonna be someone that'll be in indie films or straight to DVD low budget action movies. Which means, major studios are gonna be looking at him, which means he has the same problem as The Rock. Major studios are going to be hesitant to hire him for a big project if he insists on wrestling, even every so often, considering the risk of injury he'll be taking.
Batista left WWE after the Payback ppv in order to begin work on promoting Guardians of the Galaxy. Soon after, various reports began circulating about Batista's unhappiness with his return, that he wasn't booked the way was initially supposed to be, that it was supposed to be different, etc. Some reports say he didn't wanna job to Daniel Bryan 2 ppvs in a row, which is why Kane went against Bryan at Extreme Rules, while other reports say he had no issue jobbing to Bryan. So who knows what the real story is?
PWInsider.com released a report earlier today suggesting that Batista MIGHT be willing to return to work a WrestleMania XXXI program in a retirement match against Triple H. The report says that there's been no word on whether or not it's a direction WWE will be moving in. It's still a long way off, so anything could develop between now and then.
Personally, I've ZERO interest in Triple H vs. Batista, yet again, and I don't think I'm alone in that opinion. I don't think the notion of these two being given so much time to build a match between them at WrestleMania XXXI will be any more appealing than Batista vs. Orton was this year to most fans. Fans didn't want one of the top matches of the biggest show of the year to be between two guys who feuded throughout the late 2000s, nor do I think they'll want one of the top matches for next year's biggest show to be a "retirement match" between two guys who began feuding all the way back in the mid 2000s.
I can understand Batista being disappointed by his last run in WWE. I mean, I can't blame the guy as it'd only be natural to be disappointed by how it turned out. At the same time, I also think that Batista needs to realize that it isn't 2005 anymore and that the opinion of a LOT of fans aren't the same. When it comes to promo work, in-ring ability and fan interest, there are a lot of younger guys on the roster that are just flat out better than Batista. If given a preference, fans are more into Bryan, Punk, Ambrose, Rollins, Reigns, Ziggler, Cesaro, Wyatt, Harper, Rowan, Swagger, Rusev and some others in the spotlight. Fans have moved onto younger and fresher faces more so than the nostalgia of a 45 year old wrestler turned actor who many feel was never all that good in the first place.
Besides, there's a strong possibility that Batista's acting career is taking off. Guardians of the Galaxy is, domestically, the highest grossing movie of 2014 with $262.1 million as of yesterday. Worldwide, it crossed over the $500 million mark earlier this week. To top it off, critics are in a full out love fest over the movie. As a result, Batista's no longer gonna be someone that'll be in indie films or straight to DVD low budget action movies. Which means, major studios are gonna be looking at him, which means he has the same problem as The Rock. Major studios are going to be hesitant to hire him for a big project if he insists on wrestling, even every so often, considering the risk of injury he'll be taking.
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