WWE: 10 Ways Script & Reality Made Daniel Bryan The Perfect WrestleMania Story

2. No One Likes Batista

HHH may be the corporate heel in this scenario, but Batista is the perfect man to counteract Bryan in the ring. I'm not sure if this was on purpose, but the idea that a unlikable, muscle-bound jerk won the Rumble that Bryan wasn't even in turned out to be a genius move. He's legitimately everything that Bryan is not, and that just might be the ultimate recipe for an impeccable heel. Whereas Bryan has been held down because he's the unattractive, small wrestler that could, Batista has been handed everything because he's exactly what WWE likes to see in a performer. Bryan is an indie darling, Batista pretty made his name in the WWE machine exclusively. A majority of the fans aren't stupid anymore, they can see why some wrestlers get opportunities and why some don't. Batista is, in summation, everything that's wrong with the way in which WWE treats their talent. WWE knew that the fans would begin to rebel against the Batista types, so they brought Batista back purely to antagonize them. The fact that he's the one directly in the way of Bryan's title hopes make his presence all the more cumbersome. We hate Batista just as much as we love Bryan, so his potential downfall at Wrestlemania to Bryan sounds almost too good to be true.