Batista-Del Rio feud: Does Batista deserve a better opponent on his WWE return?

“The Animal” Batista will be back in the WWE in a week’s time, and as it appears Batista’s first opponent on his return would be “The Mexican Aristocrat” Alberto Del Rio. These two have been involved in an online rivalry on Twitter, with one of Batista’s tweets causing backroom heat in the WWE. It isn’t clear if this ‘tweet war’ is scripted or not.

How’s the rivalry shaping?

On Raw, Del Rio said that he has been sick with all the attention Batista is receiving, and promised to eliminate “The Animal” in the Royal Rumble match, after Batista’s inclusion in the match was announced. To this Batista replied on Twitter: “So I hear Alberto Del Rio is talking trash. Just one question… Who the hell is Alberto Del Rio?!!!”

Against Batista’s insult came Del Rio’s reply with a reference to Batista’s debut MMA match (which he actually won by defeating Vince Lucero via TKO) : “I’m the one wining all the major titles while u were getting ur ass kick by your plumber (Vince lucero) See u at the rumble… Like we say in #Mexico U can buy muscles but U can’t buy Huevos cabron.”

Batista then responded saying: “Seems 2 me that some C level stars in a B level star era have bought into their own hype. Don’t turn a work into a shoot. #realitycheck.” He later deleted this tweet, which has been reported by PWInsider as the reason for the backstage heat on Batista. What the locker room also didn’t like is the way WWE is giving rarely-appearing superstars like Batista and Brock Lesnar a direct shot at the main event matches and the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.

Anyway, the rivalry has started off well, with both of them taking the heat to Twitter as well, it’s uncertain if the Twitter part is scripted or not. Still, to many this rivalry isn’t looking promising at all, and here comes the question “does Batista deserve more?”

Should there be someone else in Del Rio’s place?

Many thought that Batista’s first feud on his return would be with someone like Brock Lesnar or The Undertaker. A feud with someone like them would have made Batista’s return even more exciting.But, the point is that a big feud like Batista-Lesnar or Batista-Undertaker cannot take place so soon, in January, when WrestleMania XXX is going to happen in April.

All of the fans want to see Batista wrestle against the likes of Brock Lesnar, but it’s important that he first defeats one of the current best superstars, to re-establish himself as a top superstar, with the former World Heavyweight Champion, Alberto serving as a great challenger. Once Batista gets a win over a top wrestler like Del Rio, then he will be eligible to go for the biggest superstars in the industry, at WrestleMania.