Batista and Alberto Del Rio have been exchanging some tweets this week, with Batista warning Del Rio not to “turn a work into a shoot.”
During Monday’s Old School RAW, Alberto Del Rio defeated Sin Cara and cut a promo announcing himself as an entrant into the 2014 Royal Rumble. Baitsta then tweeted:
https://twitter.com/DaveBautista/status/420393440246251520
Del Rio responded:
Really batista hahahahah
— Alberto El Patron (@PrideOfMexico) January 8, 2014
I'm the one wining all the major titles while u were getting ur ass kick by your plumber (Vince lucero)
See u at the rumble— Alberto El Patron (@PrideOfMexico) January 8, 2014
Vince Lucero was the MMA fighter Batista defeated in his first and only professional MMA bout, back in October 2012. Del Rio continued:
Like we say in #Mexico
U can buy muscles but U can't buy Huevos cabron— Alberto El Patron (@PrideOfMexico) January 8, 2014
Batista then tweeted:
“Seems 2 me that some C level stars in a B level star era have bought into their own hype. Don’t turn a work into a shoot. #realitycheck”
The tweet was later deleted. According to a source in WWE, Batista deleted tweet was a big topic of discussion among the wrestlers this week. With Batista expected to be featured in a main event program when he returns to WWE on the January 20th episode of RAW from Dayton, Ohio, the feeling is that his tweet about this being a “B level star era” is a sign that he’s bringing a big ego with him.