10 Wrestlers Who F***ing Doubled Down On Your Hate
8. Batista
What could have definitely been a heroes' return soon wound up feeling like something of a nightmare for The Animal in 2014.
Despite Big Dave going on record to admit that he felt it was probably the smarter call to step back into the WWE landscape as a heel due to Daniel Bryan's unrivalled babyface popularity around the time of his return, Batista was reintroduced as a face and ultimately rejected by the masses on the back of picking up the 2014 Royal Rumble victory.
But it would still take a few weeks before the penny finally dropped for Vinnie Mac and his ignorant gang, with the former World Heavyweight Champion still rammed down fans' throats as a babyface up to Elimination Chamber; a night that saw the dread "Boo-tista" chants forged.
Thankfully, that infamous evening was the last straw for all involved and the Guardians of the Galaxy star was finally given the freedom to add some fuel to the hatred-infused flames he was surrounded by at the time.
Bryan and the rest of the audience's faves were branded as not "real men" by baddie Batista, the heel-legend promised to take home the big belts at 'Mania XXX, and before long a villainous Evolution were once again causing havoc as they collided with a white hot Shield.