WWE Spoilers: Does Batista have backstage heat after Alberto Del Rio tweets?

Batista will return to the WWE during the Jan. 20, 2014 edition of Monday Night Raw, but The Animal may already have some backstage heat if a recent report is true.

Alberto Del Rio cut a promo after his match on Raw on Monday in which he said he was sick of all the attention on Batista and promised to eliminate The Animal from the Royal Rumble match on Jan. 26. Batista then responded with the following on Twitter:

"So I hear Alberto Del Rio is talking trash. Just one question... Who the hell is Alberto Del Rio?!!!"

Del Rio then responded with the following tweet, which reference Batista's MMA debut against Vince Lucero, who substituted for Rashad Evans shortly before his scheduled match with Batista:

"I'm the one wining all the major titles while u were getting ur ass kick by your plumber (Vince lucero) See u at the rumble... Like we say in #Mexico U can buy muscles but U can't buy Huevos cabron"

For the record, Batista won that match by TKO in the first round and is 1-0 in his MMA career.

Batista then responded with the following tweet, which PWInsider reports has caused the backstage heat:

"Seems 2 me that some C level stars in a B level star era have bought into their own hype. Don't turn a work into a shoot. #realitycheck"

Batista has since deleted the tweet, but the report states that the WWE locker room has been talking about it throughout the week and the consensus is that he insulted the locker room with his tweet. Furthermore, PWInsider reports that Batista's comeback had already rubbed a few people the wrong way because he would likely just stroll into a WrestleMania main event, and the tweet simply exacerbated those feelings.

What are your thoughts on the Batista/Del Rio exchange, WWE fans? Let us know in the comments below.