Batista made his comeback to the WWE during the 1000th episode of SmackDown where the seeds of a potential clash against The Game were planted. Despite Triple H’s injury almost playing spoilsport, the match was booked at WrestleMania 35 as a No Holds Barred match.
However, during the latest episode of Talk Is Jericho, Batista claimed that he and Triple H intended to battle it out inside Hell In A Cell. The idea was nixed by Vince McMahon though. Batista said:
“Originally, we wanted a have a Hell In A Cell, but Vince, because of the pay-per-view, he didn’t want to have a Hell In A Cell, and we really wanted Hell In A Cell. They’re just great matches, they’re violent. We needed bells and whistles.
We’re two older guys, we hadn’t wrestled in a long time and we needed the drama. We’ve already got the history, so we just needed the violence.”
Batista also went on to reveal that he was supposed to be in Mick Foley’s place at WrestleMania 32, where Foley along with Shawn Michaels and Stone Cold Steve Austin confronted the New Day and the League Of Nations after their match. Batista stated:
“Then there was another time where they had Stone Cold, Mick Foley, and Shawn Michaels and they did something with the New Day (WrestleMania 32), I was supposed to play the part of Mick and I said that was something I didn’t want,”
