10 Predictions For John Cena’s WrestleMania 34 Opponent
8. Dave Batista
Dave Batista's career in Hollywood has pleasingly gone from strength to strength since his scene-stealing effort in Guardians of the Galaxy signalled his intent to follow The Rock's trajectory as a mainstream big screen adonis.
It'll have been particularly gratifying for 'The Animal' too, having been so profoundly rejected by a core section of his fanbase during a troubled 2014 return to the ring.
Brought back as the company-selected babyface in a failed effort to distract the audience from the hero they really wanted, Big Dave was caught in the crossfire of a battle of wills between the crowd and the company over Daniel Bryan's WrestleMania trajectory.
When it became painfully apparent at Royal Rumble 2014 that Batista would be the one to face dishwater-dull WWE Champion Randy Orton at the 'Show Of Shows', a vocal majority turned on the former Evolution monster, and never turned back.
Better as a heel anyway, Batista steered into the disdain, but the verbal thrashings clearly took a toll and he was gone again in under six months.
Now charting his own course into films and television, John Cena's recent career move has caused the continuation of comparisons between the two. As both WWE and box office giants, a WrestleMania XXVI rematch would offer lucrative promotional gains should the company convince Batista to don the trunks once more.