WWE Batista DVD Review: 12 Things You Should Know
The Animal is unleashed.
WWE's latest DVD release, Batista The Animal Unleashed, is a three disc set which features a short documentary alongside 22 matches. It's the story of why Batista left WWE in 2010, what he did in his time away, and his 'triumphant return' back this year. Well, that was the plan anyway, but as you'll know, Batista's WWE return didn't exactly go how he or WWE envisioned it. Watching this documentary you get the feeling that 'Batista The Animal Unleashed' was meant to be a feature length production about Batista's road to WrestleMania and the heroic win WWE originally wanted him to have there. Given that he was booed and resented beyond belief, leading to a February heel turn, the documentary ends up cut short at 35 minutes - WWE didn't want to detail their top star suffering a decline in his worth. Still, this documentary packs in quite a lot of interesting points and fascinating revelations into its run time. There's substantial filming backstage and Batista is candid in all of his observations. You get the feeling he pretty much tells it how it is. This WhatCulture DVD review feature will detail the 10 biggest insights we got from the DVD, with a range of sensational quotes from the man himself. The actual matches aren't too much to write home about, the best of Batista's work was covered on his 2009 DVD 'I Walk Alone'. In saying that, this latest collection does feature him against the likes of Shawn Michaels, CM Punk, Chris Jericho and even Brock Lesnar back in 2001! Given the rarity of that Lesnar match and the quality of the documentary, there's plenty here to ensure WWE will still do DVD sales beyond the WWE Network monopoly of content. It was a fairly entertaining watch, maybe not the popular project WWE hoped it would be, but full of fascinating insights nonetheless. Let's get into it with 10 things you need to know from 'The Animal Unleashed'.