As The Rock and Steve Austin hung up their boots as the famed Attitude Era came to a close, Vince McMahon’s WWE were at a crossroads. For too long had they relied on stars coming in from outside the company, jumping ship from WCW or coming in through the territory system. They had set up …
Former WWE Champion and Hollywood actor Batista is rightfully considered one of the greatest World Heavyweight Champions in history. His feuds with Edge, Undertaker and The Great Khali were legendary and he proved his ability as both a face and a heel in his rivalry with John Cena in 2008 & 2010. He left WWE …
Batista is a legend of the wrestling ring and a certain WWE Hall of Famer, having turned down an induction in 2020 due to scheduling conflicts. He has won multiple World Champions in his career, usually with one of his three unique and recognisable finishing moves. He is one of the few wrestlers who won …
Batista was one of the biggest stars in WWE in 2010 when he shocking walked (well, wheeled) away from the company. After defeat to John Cena at Over the Limit 2010, he left the company to the shock of many to pursue other interests. He moved into MMA and also acting, before returning again to …
Batista vs The Rock is another dream match, like Sting vs Undertaker, that never happened. Would you liked to have seen that match? One of the dream matches we never got to see one-on-one at Wrestlemania is Batista vs The Rock. The pair never clashed in singles matches on pay-per-view, and is one of the …
Two of the biggest stars of the mid 2000s in the WWE never stepped inside the ring together. It seems impossible that two giants of the industry would not wrestle each other, given the fact they intersected in (or near) their primes in wrestling. In the WWE, Brock Lesnar vs Batista never happened. A shocking …
Batista vs Triple H was Batista’s last match in WWE, and despite interest from AEW, his entire career. He is now a full on actor in Hollywood, starring in hit movies like James Bond’s Spectre and the Marvel Avengers movies. Batista is a legend in the wrestling ring, and one to take as much pain …
The rivalry between Undertaker and Batista helped make Smackdown in the late 2000s the premier show in WWE. Alongside other stars like Edge, Rey Mysterio and Jeff Hardy, Smackdown was the show with incredible wrestling and characters that people loved (and without John Cena) Batista vs Undertaker was the match that took place at Wrestlemania …
12 Years ago today, WWE Legend Finlay wrestled his last match on TV for the WWE. He has had a long, storied career in wrestling, starting out in the British wrestling scene alongside William Regal. He wrestled all the big stars of the era, including the legendary face of British wrestling Big Daddy on numerous …
When Batista won the 2014 Royal Rumble to a chorus of boos, nobody knew it would be CM Punk‘s last WWE Match. And definitely, nobody knew that it would be the last time he would step into the ring for another 7 and a half years. CM Punk is one of the all time greats …
Wardlow and Batista have drawn comparisons in recent months, as Wardlow’s storyline as MJF’s hired goon draws similarities to Batista’s eventual turn on Triple H in 2005. Both men were booked similarly very early in their careers, with both men being the silent enforcer in their respective wrestling factions (Wardlow in The Pinnacle and Batista …
If you go back to the 2014 Royal Rumble, nobody had any clue what the plan was for Wrestlemania 30. Whilst the original plan for Wrestlemania seemed to not involve Daniel Bryan in the main event, nor The Undertaker in a marquee in match defending the Streak, WWE’s hand was forced when CM Punk walked …