Batista Reveals The Stipulation Match He & Triple H Originally Wanted At WWE WrestleMania 35
No Holds Barred match took place between the pair...
"Give me what I want," Batista said roughly 160,987 times during an episode of WWE Raw in the build-up to WrestleMania 35.
And while, on the surface at least, the company did give The Animal what he wanted in the form of a No Holds Barred match against Triple H, it turns out they didn't actually give him everything he wanted.
Dave appeared on a recent edition of Talk Is Jericho and revealed that both he and The Game wanted a Hell In A Cell match on the Grandest Stage Of Them All. However, Vince McMahon turned the proposal down.
"Originally, we wanted a have a Hell In A Cell, but Vince," said Batista.
"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.”
And while, on the surface at least, the company did give The Animal what he wanted in the form of a No Holds Barred match against Triple H, it turns out they didn't actually give him everything he wanted.
Dave appeared on a recent edition of Talk Is Jericho and revealed that both he and The Game wanted a Hell In A Cell match on the Grandest Stage Of Them All. However, Vince McMahon turned the proposal down.
"Originally, we wanted a have a Hell In A Cell, but Vince," said Batista.
"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.”
Written by Ross Tweddell
Written and video journalist for Cultaholic Wrestling | twitter: @rossonrasslin | instagram: @rossonrasslin
