John Cena made the following comment about Batista leaving WWE on his Twitter page…
As for batista, I never know how permanent “quitting” really is. The only 2 I’ve seen quit, and truly not come back yet are jbl, and hbk.
Sorry, outpouring of tweets are correct. Hbk did retire, which isn’t as angry as quitting :)
JBL retired at WrestleMania 25 after losing the Intercontinental Title to Rey Mysterio in 21 seconds.
Shawn Michaels retired this year at WrestleMania 26 after failing to end The Undertaker’s streak for the second year in a row.
Batista seemed to have quit the company on Raw this week, although he had been scheduled to appear on house shows for the rest of this month. He had been talking for a few months about retiring from pro-wrestling in order to pursue a career in acting.