Slam Speaks: Our picks for the 2024 WWE Hall of Fame
In the past couple of weeks, WWE has announced the first batch of this year’s Hall of Fame class....
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Tag: Batista
Panini drops new WWE NFTs
One of the points made by WWE in the lawsuit that resulted from its “firing” of trading card...
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Wrestlers’ Court: My First Draft
If the RAW following WrestleMania was disappointing, the SmackDown that followed held promise. The...
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Triple H and Batista are the friendliest of foes in WWE/A&E’s ‘Rivals’
It’s neither a secret nor a surprise that Triple H and Dave Bautista have a ton of respect...
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Dave Bautista’s infamous film ‘Enter the Warriors Gate’
I’ve noticed that I have a knack for finding hidden, semi-popular, well constructed,...
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Army of the Dead is dead on arrival
Army of the Dead gets one thing right and one thing only. It shambles just like the blood-thirsty...
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Squared Circle Cinema and Shots: The Evolution of the (Acting) Animal, Dave Bautista
Welcome back to Slam Wrestling’s Squared Circle Cinema and Shots! This ongoing column about...
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Spring fever grips Buffalo SmackDown taping
BUFFALO, NY – Friday Night SmackDown (and also Main Event) performed for its Tuesday night...
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Mat Matters: Has WWE management lost all touch with reality?!?
No matter how you try and spin it, what happened at the 2014 edition of the Royal Rumble was a...
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Mat Matters: Will Batista’s WWE return be a boon or a bust?
By now many World Wrestling Entertainment fans have heard about the impending return of former...
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The Streak: Batista bows down
SLAM! Wrestling’s Blaine van der Griend goes through The Undertaker’s undefeated...
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Afa just Wild about PWHF induction
The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame is in for a wild ride in 2012, as Afa and Sika Anoa’i are set...
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I Walk Alone tells Batista’s tale
Watching Dave Batista’s bio DVD, Batista: I Walk Alone, you really can’t help but feel...
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Batista talks I Walk Alone
A few years back, WWE published an autobiography of David Bautista (or Batista as he more commonly...
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Batista opens up
TORONTO – Autograph seekers of all ages swarmed the Toronto Eaton Centre’s GNC store...
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Mat Matters: More than titles at stake at ‘Mania
The WWE’s ads for WrestleMania once breathlessly touted the event as the birthplace of...
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Batista an atypical ‘animal’
CALGARY – He is 6’5″, 317 pounds of tattoos and ripped muscle. “The...
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Batista, Benoit entertain fans at press conference
CALGARY – It isn’t a secret, but it became official today. WWE RAW is coming to...
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Batista claims the Rumble
By DALE PLUMMER and NICK TYLWALK Even the most die-hard WWE apologist would have to admit that...
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