How could WWE miss out on a Brock Lesnar vs Batista match?

[hijuko]

Neither in 2014 or in 2019. It would have been the perfect match to book in the style of Goldberg - Lesnar after WrestleMania 30 to consolidate Lesnar even more. This is a poster that any WWE fan will dream of! We had 2 Powerhouses ex world champions who would have got into the bacon! We would have had "The Animal vs The Beast" as a poster!

[4real]

Timing was never right I guess. Shame because it would have been a big match for sure.

Maybe if Batista had stuck around in 2014 we might of got that match at Summerslam? But Brock was clearly being set up to face the WWE Champion at Summerslam after ending the streak. And you can’t really blame Batista for going after the reception/booking he got and well Guardians became huge so he really didn’t need to come back.

[hijuko]

Jul 28, 2022 6:12:09 GMT -5 4real said:

Timing was never right I guess. Shame because it would have been a big match for sure.

Maybe if Batista had stuck around in 2014 we might of got that match at Summerslam? But Brock was clearly being set up to face the WWE Champion at Summerslam after ending the streak. And you can’t really blame Batista for going after the reception/booking he got and well Guardians became huge so he really didn’t need to come back.

We could also have had this match at Payback instead of the useless rematch between Evolution and The Shield.

[bluebeach25]

If it ever was meant to happen it should have been pre-wm 30. After Lesnar became the one there was no way anything other than Lesnar vs Cena was in the plans at Summerslam 2014. Mabye if Batsita stayed longer and Bryan never gets injured, Brock vs Batista or Brock vs Bryan would have been the Summerslam Match, mabye.

There was that one Raw which Punk walked out were Brock, Randy, Batista, Heyman and Maddox were involved in that weird segment, nothing ever came out of it. They should have actually done the match at that Raw Show or at Elimination Chamber instead of that boring Del Rio vs Batista Match!

[Mozenrath]

It would have been interesting, but I feel like there's a decent chance it'd have been like Perfect vs HBK where they were too similar in some respects to mesh well.

[XIII]

There’s no way that match would be good for anything other than the spectacle. I say this as a fan of both guys, that match would suck.

[Feyrhausen]

It would have been a huge match if Brock had stuck around in 2004.

Plans were already set for Mania in 2014. And with how Batista was received it would have been heel heel and not in a fun way.

In 2019 Batista came back to work with H. It was that and done.


Edit. If Brock had stuck around in 2004 who knows how things would have developed with the butterfly effect and all. But I would have loved to see a feud between 2008 era Douchetista and current ponytail cowboy Brock.

[Instant Classic]

2003 Brock vs 2005 Batista would have slapped.

[floundertime]

While perhaps a bit past there physical prime, imagine if Douchetitsa took on Cowboy Brock. Would of had a couple interesting promos from it

[A Platypus Rave is Correct]

Jul 28, 2022 6:31:23 GMT -5 bluebeach25 said:

If it ever was meant to happen it should have been pre-wm 30. After Lesnar became the one there was no way anything other than Lesnar vs Cena was in the plans at Summerslam 2014. Mabye if Batsita stayed longer and Bryan never gets injured, Brock vs Batista or Brock vs Bryan would have been the Summerslam Match, mabye.

Allegedly they were planning Brock to destroy Bryan at summerslam which would not have had the same effect as doing it to Cena did.

[Ben Wyatt]

The only time this might have worked is had Brock stayed on longer the first time. Brock vs Big Dave circa late 05 would have been tremendous

[The Heartbreak TWERK]

Brock vs Batista in 2014 would have ended in Dave being super injured.

[Eunös ✈]

The closest we ever got was the 2003 Royal Rumble I believe.

[Ozman]

Jul 28, 2022 12:45:22 GMT -5 Eunös ✈ said:

The closest we ever got was the 2003 Royal Rumble I believe.

I believe that this was the only time Brock and Batista ever crossed paths in WWE.

[tirtefaa]

Jul 28, 2022 6:55:48 GMT -5 XIII said:

There’s no way that match would be good for anything other than the spectacle. I say this as a fan of both guys, that match would suck.

Yeah, say what you want about Goldberg, but he was at least capable of taking just about anyone's offense. Batista I doubt is capable of taking a dozen or so German suplexes or some of the stiff impact of some of Brock's offense. That isn't a knock on Dave, but I just consider the match itself to be mostly a disaster unless you decide to gimmick it up greatly.

The promos and feud itself? Man, if Batista was a heel I think you'd have a great build to a lousy payoff, but I digress.

[Banjo Is Broken]

I know this isn't the exact same thing you're hoping for, but they did have a match way back in the beginning of their careers in OVW.

Brock vs. Batista in OVW

So maybe it would have been kinda like this, just minus Jim Cornette's wife.

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

Batista was extremely injury prone. Brock would have snapped him by mistake.