

After a long wait, James Gunn came back to MCU for his last film for the studio; Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. The fans are showering praise on Gunn and all the actors in the film. However, recently, Drax ‘The Destroyer’ actor Dave Bautista got a special congratulation for the success of the movie. It was from none other than his former employers, WWE. They congratulated him for the success of the film, years after doubting the success of the first part.
Congratulations @DaveBautista! ❤️
We all miss you. 🥹 pic.twitter.com/fjKu8i8fzy
— WWE (@WWE) May 9, 2023
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In 2014, WWE didn’t allow ‘The Animal’ to promote Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1 because they doubted the success of the film as Batista said in an interview. This point made the fans take a shot at WWE as they shared a post over the last movie in the franchise.
Dave Bautista once said Triple H and Stephanie McMahon doubted GOTG Vol. 1 would be a blockbuster
In 2017, the former six-time world champion gave an interview to Daily Deed. He recalled the conversation with Stephanie McMahon and Triple H, who “laughed” at him for asking for a SummerSlam return in 2014 after Batista claimed Guardians of the Galaxy would be a hit.
The 54-year-old WWE legend said, “And not only that, but here’s how messed up they are. I said to them, because I wanted to come back for SummerSlam, “Wouldn’t it be great if I came back right when I’m also in the biggest film in the world?” Literally, it was Hunter [Triple H] and Stephanie [McMahon] who laughed at me, and Hunter goes, “We don’t even know if it’s going to be any good.”
He added, “I swear to God. But I wanted to go back for SummerSlam, and they didn’t want me to come back. I think because they thought it was such a failure, that run, and it wasn’t a failure because of me. Sorry, I’m venting now.”

Surprisingly, playing Drax in the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise and several other top MCU movies made him a household name in Hollywood. He proved Triple H and ‘The Billion Dollar Princess’ wrong for laughing at him.
Bautista left WWE for a second thereafter and concentrated on a Hollywood career for a while, only to return in 2018 on SmackDown’s 1000th episode with his former Evolution members.
Fans react to WWE congratulating Batista
The Animal has shown the world that he is one of the best WWE star-turned-actors in Hollywood today. A few months prior director Rian Johnson called him the best wrestler-turned-actor and the fans supported the claim. However, fans recalled when WWE doubted the success of GOTG while reacting to their recent tweet.
Back when WWE doubted the success of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1!
WWE were against Batista moving to movies, so much so that when asked to promote the first Guardians, they said no. https://t.co/llo5AK8zcH
— Justin Potter ✊️ I stand with the WGA (@Real_JNPotter) May 9, 2023
This is really sweet, but also really funny considering that WWE doubted that Guardians of the Galaxy would be a mainstay cause no one knew about them pre-2014.
How the turn tables… https://t.co/vMbRpS8mkD
— Chris 🎧 (@Dimadude64) May 9, 2023
Twitter users reflect when Triple H and Stephanie McMahon didn’t want Batista to be in WWE for promoting Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1!!!
Remember when you guys rejected his idea to promote The first one??
— DON TOLIVER #1 STAN ACCOUNT (@rulerofgap) May 9, 2023
Throwback to when Steph and Triple H thought Guardians wasn’t going to be a box office success 😂
— Pav (@WrestlinGifs) May 9, 2023
They didn’t give him a chance to appear at SummerSlam.
That time ya'll snubbed him for Summerslam because you thought Guardians was gonna flop. https://t.co/C1pO3fW1tZ
— Chev (@ThisIsChev) May 9, 2023
WWE Universe wants Dave Bautista into the Hall of Fame next year.
Hall of Famer next year
— Roman Reigns SZN 💥 (@reigns_era) May 9, 2023
Cool, now induct him into the hall of fame next year
— 浪人 (@imzvt) May 9, 2023
Induct him into the Hall of Fame next year!
— Randy N ☮️ (@randyn825) May 9, 2023
The Animal gets love from the fans for his acting skills and GOTG Vol 3.
I’ve seen the movie on Friday, it’s one of my favorite MCU movies I’ve seen in a long time
— ℑ𝔯𝔬𝔫 𝔚𝔬𝔩𝔣 (@IronWolfNetTV) May 9, 2023
Bro that guardians of the galaxy vol 3 is a great movie
— Wiseman (@cichatirto) May 9, 2023
Batista is a national treasure.
— JG ➖DM FOR PROMO (@iamjustingreene) May 9, 2023
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the fact that he’s the only wrestler to switch to acting that can ACTUALLY act and has range. we love @DaveBautista https://t.co/kIXbm0qBx6
— with the maggots now.™️ (@ownin_fools) May 9, 2023
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