When it comes to wrestling, there is one common factor that wrestlers will never overcome. That one particular aspect is time. In wrestling, time is extremely valuable, especially for wrestlers who know that their in-ring career is coming to an end.
Typically, wrestlers in their retirement matches often give their opponents the win for various reasons. Some include a part of the storyline or feature younger stars. Due to the latter, as a reason, veterans do it to give back to the business. Here are some wrestling stars who lost in their retirement match.
Batista
Batista’s wrestling career was on and off as he sought other ventures. In his first run, he lasted eight years in the WWE before pursuing a career in MMA. Although he returned to WWE a few years later, he left again as his acting career began to take off. No matter how far away Batista is from wrestling, he still acknowledges his time there.
Even with his acting career, Batista still showed interest in coming back to the place that put him on the map to become the household name that he is.
When Batista came back to WWE one last time, he inserted himself in a storyline with someone instrumental behind his wrestling run: Triple H. Batista’s final match was a full-circle moment, as Triple H was around at the start and finish of his wrestling tenure.
Acknowledging that this was his retirement match, he went on to suffer a loss to Triple H at WrestleMania 35. Triple H also completed his own story as he never defeated Batista in a singles match until that night.
