As it was noted earlier this month (which you can read here), former WWE Champion and star of the new Avengers: Infinity War movie, Batista, had reportedly been in talks with WWE about making a return for WrestleMania. The speculation was that ‘The Animal’ had been in contact with the company about being Ronda Rousey’s partner to square-off against Triple H and Stephanie McMahon, but of course that did not come to fruition and Kurt Angle was Rousey’s teammate.

While doing promotion for Avengers, the Guardians Of The Galaxy star spoke with Chad Dukes of 106.7 The Fan and further explained why his return did not happen:

“This is all insider stuff, and I usually don’t share. I’m really an old-school kayfabe guy. But they reached out to me earlier this year to possibly come back and do that thing with Ronda. And I said that I would be willing to do it only if we teased something for me and Hunter to go to Mania next year. And they said, ‘Yeah, that would be great. I love that idea.’ And I said, ‘Well, that’s great. I’ll come back a few times during the year, and we’ll tease it, and we’ll work it and we’ll milk it. And we’ll go to Mania, me and Hunter, next year.’ Oh, I love that idea. Let’s do it!”

“So, we literally talked for about like three weeks and then they just stopped calling me. I sent a text to Hunter. I was like, ‘Hey man, I don’t know if you put any more thought into what’s going on. I’m really excited about the possibilities.’ And I literally never heard back from them. They just stopped talking to me about it. Man, I don’t know what else I can do to try to … I want to end my career the right way. I’m faithful and loyal to the WWE. I’m proud of being from there and I want to do good business with them, but they just don’t make it easy. You know, they just don’t.”

Regarding a possible return in the future, Batista had the following to say:

“I told them next year would be my last year. I’m turning 50 next year. I’d be willing to… I feel great. Physically, I’m in great shape. I’ve never let up on that. But I just don’t want to be the old guy in the ring and I don’t want to overstay my welcome. I just want to end my career the right way and next year will be the last opportunity, so if we can’t make something happen by next year, then I’m just gonna officially hang it up.”

Quotes c/o WrestlingInc.com

EA’s Take: I’m not really certain what exactly is going on here and why WWE would do that to Batista, especially Triple H since they’re “boys”. Looking back at it, Angle looked awful at WrestleMania so Batista very well may have been a better option. Not to mention the amount of publicity he would bring due to his movie career starting to take off AND the release of Avengers coming three weeks after Mania. Honestly, I don’t get it. We likely aren’t getting the full story here.

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