WWE wants Batista to take WWE championship from the Miz at Royal Rumble

WWE reportedly reached out to former WWE Champion Batista on Thursday.

The pitch? Come back to WWE in time for the WWE Royal Rumble next month and the WWE title is yours once again.

Internal polling at WWE allegedly shows enormous interest among WWE fans to have the Miz drop the WWE Championship in a brutal, bloody fashion - a perfect scenario for a match with the "Animal" known as Batista, who parted ways with WWE earlier this year for a stint in MMA.

* WWE FANS WANT THE WWE CHAMPIONSHIP OFF THE MIZ

WWE has witnessed a dip in ratings and overall viewer interest since the Miz won the WWE Championship three weeks ago from Randy Orton.

Sources inside WWE say that there is "no chance" Brock Lesnar will return to WWE any time soon and rumors of a Brock Lesnar WWE comeback are being intentionally leaked by WWE to throw the WWE Universe off the trail - the trail of Batista's inevitable return to WWE programming.

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