5 shocking WWE storyline ideas that were rightly shelved

#2 Batista's initial gimmick idea

Batista debuted in WWE in 2002 as Deacon Batista

Batista debuted on the main roster in 2002 as Deacon Batista, an enforcer for D-Von Dudley, and then went on to become a WWE legend.

But things could have been very different if WWE had gone ahead with their original idea for Batista. In a Talk is Jericho podcast with Chris Jericho, Batista revealed that the WWE's original idea for his gimmick was that he was the child of rape and that he did not who his father was.

WWE's creative team wanted to show that Batista was always angry because of his upbringing and because he was a child of rape.

Thankfully that storyline was dropped by the WWE, and he instead went on to join Evolution, alongside Triple H, Randy Orton, and Ric Flair, and then won the WWE Championship 6 times as well as winning the Royal Rumble twice.