It was smarks. They turned out en masse to support a guy with a beard, because they felt that common bond of "too lazy to cut this fucking thing" and wanted to live vicariously believing they could be someone without sacrificing their beard, or as they call it, their "identity" - pretty sad.
If your whole being boils down to your facial hair, you're empty inside and without personality.
Regarding Sephziller mentioning revisionist history, revisionist history is trying to paint Batista as a complete heel the whole time, when he wasn't. Typically anyone coming back is a face instantly - remember the great pains Jericho went to to get booed when he first showed up with his little sparkle jacket? He had to come out for weeks to troll people. It's just the way it is. And Bateaster did get a big pop on his return, and a ratings bump. He's a draw, for sure, but he fits best as a heel, you'll get no argument out of me.
RO aren't great at uploading stuff to youtube - most recent is a match from three years ago, hah. He had a good 2/3 falls match with Zack at RevPro's 2013 Summer Sizzler, also had a good match for FCP against Johnny Gargano. I saw him on the CHIKARA pre-show vs Drew Gulak and came away very impressed with his ability, but he doesn't seem to get booked outside FCP, which is a shame.
