WWE News: Batista reveals major WrestleMania segment he rejected

What's the story?

WWE veteran Batista recently appeared on Chris Jericho's Talk is Jericho podcast and shared an interesting tidbit from WrestleMania 32.

Batista revealed that the segment involving three Hall of Famers (Shawn Michaels, Mick Foley, and Stone Cold) originally had him penciled in, but he refused to be a part of it, resulting in Foley getting the spot.

In case you didn't know...

WrestleMania 32 saw the largest crowd in the show's history, with over 100,000 fans flocking in to witness the action unfold inside the squared circle.

The annual extravaganza was headlined by Triple H vs Roman Reigns, with The Big Dog winning the WWE World Title by defeating The Game.

The event also featured a segment involving three WWE Hall of Famers, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Shawn Michaels, and Mick Foley.

After The New Day lost their match to The League of Nations, the legends came out to save the day and fended off the villains.

This led to a celebration involving the three veterans and The New Day. Austin wasn't too thrilled with the prospect of dancing with Xavier Woods though, as he hit the New Day member with a thunderous Stunner.

The heart of the matter

Batista opened up on the original plans for the segment, revealing that he was supposed to be involved in it, but rejected the offer and asked where was his match against Triple H. Batista says that WWE didn't show an interest in the match at the time.

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. Hunter was there and I said, 'When are we going to start talking about Hunter at Mania?' They just never really showed any interest in it.

Batista did get his match though, when he faced Triple H three years later at WrestleMania 35.

What's next?

Batista wrestled in what was his final match against Triple H at WrestleMania 35 in a losing effort. The Animal's new movie, Stuber, is all set to release on July 12th.

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Would you have liked for Batista to be in the legends segment at 'Mania?