There have been reports recently that Batista was offered a role at WrestleMania while he was visiting WWE at a Smackdown taping in Tampa Bay last week. It's now been reported by PWInsider that Batista was offered to be a special referee, likely for the planned Roman Reigns/Triple H main event.

Batista turned the offer down, as he does not want to return simply for a WrestleMania appearance, but rather a storyline that would work for him.

Batista has been very outspoken since leaving WWE in 2014 that the creative team should have listened to him and had him return as a heel, rather than a babyface in midst of Daniel Bryan's red hot run.