10 Former Stars Current WWE Wrestlers Are Channelling
5. Roman Reigns / Batista
So, yeah. You're a thickly-muscled, heavily-tattooed and ever-so slightly narcissistic trainee of the Wild Samoan Training Center. You get a seemingly inexplicable push to the top of the card in WWE, being paired with performers who may be light years ahead of you insofar as in-ring talent. However, you have undeniable physical charisma that allows you the ability to connect with crowds in a manner that cannot be underrated. Intriguingly enough, Batista and Roman Reigns were in WWE at the exact same time. Actually, in having Batista work with Reigns (instead of being immediately put in a reformed Evolution), WWE could've gotten a much bigger bang for their buck from "The Animal"'s return. Batista and Reigns as a unit because they're so similar? Amazing. The idea of Batista, Reigns and The Rock wrestling Rollins, Orton and Triple H at say, this year's Wrestlemania could've been fantastic.
Besides having been an independent professional wrestling manager for a decade, Marcus Dowling is a Washington, DC-based writer who has contributed to a plethora of online and print magazines and newspapers writing about music and popular culture over the past 15 years.
