Originally published on ProWrestlingSheet.

Just one day after we broke the news of AEW expressing interest in Dave Bautista, the "Guardians of the Galaxy" star posed for a pic with the promotion's biggest star.

Chris Jericho shared a photo via Instagram on Tuesday showing he met with Bautista for lunch. Y2J captioned the picture: "Killer hang with my bro [Dave Bautista] today! Had a great chat and some amazing [4 Rivers smokehouse]!"

According to sources, Jericho was meeting with Dave to give him a hard sell on AEW. 

As we first reported ... Bautista has been in talks with WWE regarding a potential match at WrestleMania 35, but All Elite Wrestling has also expressed interest in his services and "The Animal" is listening to what they have to say.

Let the speculation over Batista's future continue ...