When is batista coming back 2017

The one off thing, the cheap pop thing, it doesn't do anything for me. It took me a few months the last time I went back, it took me three months to really get in a groove and get people to react the way I thought they were going to react.

I'm just not a cheap pop guy. It just doesn't work for me. It's not appealing to me at all, it actually turns me off. The Guardians of the Galaxy star even said he has spoken to Vince McMahon recently about working together. I've made it very clear that I wanted to go back and run a program with Hunter.

I've been very public about it and I think that's the thing that would get me back. Besides a program with Triple H, who else would you like to see Batista work with when he returns to the ring? Cookie banner We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from.

Boss of The Authority and former DX member has two words for the other guys on this list. We can't reprint them. Pro-wrestling championship belts change hands like grapplers change ring gear these days, though it wasn't always that way. I agree with TheWrap's Terms of Service and Privacy Policy and provide my consent to receive marketing communications from them.

Watch the assault on Flair take place via the video above. See the seeds get planted below. Rank: 31 tie Wrestler: Sgt. Rank: 31 tie Wrestler: Eddie Guerrero of Reigns: 1 Generally considered one of the best ever to have done it held the big-boy belt for days.

Yes, yes we do. Rank: 31 tie Wrestler: Rey Mysterio of Reigns: 1 We're not going to talk about how ridiculous the setup to his finishing move, "The ," became. Rank: 31 tie Wrestler: Buddy Rogers of Reigns: 1 Rogers was kinda-sorta the first champion in the company. McMahon runs the damn company -- of course he made this list. Rank: 31 tie Wrestler: Bobby Lashley of Reigns: 1 Lashley just looks like the guy who should be champion. Rank: 16 tie Wrestler: A. Styles of Reigns: 2 "The Phenomenal One" held the belt for straight days, which is a record for a "SmackDown" wrestler.

I said to them, because I wanted to come back for SummerSlam, "Wouldn't it be great if I came back right when I'm also in the biggest film in the world?

But I wanted to go back for SummerSlam, and they didn't want me to come back. I think because they thought it was such a failure, that run, and it wasn't a failure because of me. Sorry, I'm venting now. You have every right to vent. You walked right into that perfect storm where the fans were just all over [Daniel] Bryan. It was the worst timing ever for your return.

Dave Bautista: Oh yeah, and the first night that I came back, I came out and it was somewhere in Ohio. They wanted me to come back and they wanted me to do this thing with Stephanie and Hunter in the ring.

It was my first night back and I wanted to just be out there by myself so I could have five or ten minutes with the fans. Then, they were talking about me being a baby face. I was like, "I'm not a baby face, I'm a heel. They love me as a heel. I'm a good heel. They're going to love you. Then, creative kept trying to push me down everybody's throat as a baby face. It just kept getting worse every night because the fans kept booing me and booing me. Every night I'd come walking backstage, and I'd look at Vince [McMahon] and I kept telling him we had to change the way we were doing this.

Then, there was one night that he got so frustrated, and this was after a couple months. I walked down the ramp, the fans are just booing me and booing me, so after, I walked right into Vince and I looked at him. He goes, "You know what, you were right. We're going to turn you into a heel, we're going to shove it right down their throats. I think he just didn't want to agree with me.

It was like that the whole time I was there, and then I had to go for Guardians. It was such a horrible experience, and I wish I could have been the guy the fans wanted me to be when I was there.

In case you missed it, check out part 1 of Heather's Sundance interview with Dave Bautista, and stay tuned to Daily Dead for more live coverage of the Sundance Film Festival. Heather A.