As announced via video package on Monday Night Raw 12/23/13, The Animal Batista’s return date has been set for the January 20th episode Monday Night Raw that is just six days before the Royal Rumble.
The last time we saw Batista in WWE was May 2010, when he “quit” WWE on Raw 5/24/10:
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