Dave Bautista (Batista): I Will Go F*cking Broke And Be Poor Before I Ever Go Back To Wrestling
Batista will never wrestle again.
Dave Bautista put a bow on his in-ring career back in 2019, when he wrestled Triple H in a No Holds Barred match at WrestleMania 35. Since then, ‘The Animal’ has kept a firm grip on retirement, often saying that he thinks he ended his career on a perfect note.
Speaking with Cale Owen for a new interview, Batista talked about walking away from WWE in 2010.
“I left the company, I left on good terms. I left at the height of my career, but it was for the right reasons. It was hard as fuck to walk away because I walked away and I went broke. It was nice having that check come in every week, man. I walked away because the company was heading in a direction that just wasn’t right for me. It worked out, I was lucky that it worked out. I walked away as champ, I walked away on top.”
Batista went on to say that he will go broke and be poor before he ever goes back to wrestling.
“It’s hard to walk away. Most people don’t walk away. It’s almost like a running joke when wrestlers retire because they never retire. They retire like five times. People always thought throughout these years that I would come back, I would come out of retirement. I told them over and over, I had a fucking storybook ending and I won’t shit ok it. I’ll go and do manual labor before I tarnish that. If I go broke again, I know what it’s like to be poor. I don’t like being poor, but I know what it’s like. I will go fucking broke and be poor before I ever go back to wrestling. I will never wrestle again.”
Bautista continues to thrive in the entertainment world. His upcoming film slate includes titles like ‘Ally’, ‘Roadhouse 2’, ‘Alpha Gang’, and ‘Highlander’.
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