How does Batista vs Brock meet the standards for mania 32? Did we not witness the epic fail Batista brought last time? I mean sure he handled poorly at first, but he didn't do anything but get handed a rumble and then be a side project for the shield. It was so underwhelming.
Batista is alright at best but I'd be happy to see him never face Brock or anyone.
How does it not? You actually need an explanation as to why the feud would be excellent? It's two big stars squaring off who have never squared off before, Batista is a great heel and the people love Lesnar, etc. You can easily build an entertaining rivalry between them if you wanted as long as Batista was around for enough dates to properly do so.
The only thing wrong with Batista's run the last time was that he wasn't brought back as a heel (or brought back with the intention of turning him heel shortly after) from the get-go. Otherwise, his run was just fine. He won the Rumble over Daniel Bryan, drew massive heat, put Bryan over, reformed Evolution to put The Shield over, was supposed to put Bryan over one-on-one at Payback but refused and so helped put The Shield over for a second straight time instead, and then left. Don't know what more could be expected from him given the circumstances (the funny thing is, if he had gotten over as a face when he returned, he would have won the championship and ended up being the one to drop it to Lesnar at Summerslam instead of either Cena or Bryan, but that's a different story.)
My only issues is that Batista returning only to put Brock over in one quick program before leaving again might shrink some of the impact out of it. if Batista were around for a short while prior to the feud getting underway and Lesnar was the one to step up and beat his ass out of the company and send him away again, that would be better. But it is what it is.