Edge points out that when you’re involved in these types of storylines it can often follow you around for the rest of your career because unlike professional actors, sometimes fans have a hard time separating professional wrestlers from the characters they see on television each week.
Batista admits that from his first day in WWE up until his final year there he was constantly worried about being fired. During his last year in WWE he began to feel like he had finally become a commodity to the company and his fear of being fired subsided.
He admits that he had a hard time understanding wrestling psychology during his early years in the business. After realizing his shortcomings in this area he became determined to learn, and from that point on all he cared about was having good matches and giving fans their money’s worth.
Batista informs that during his last run in WWE, they let him have a lot more creative control than in his early years in the company. He remembers cutting one promo that he thought was amazing, and when he went backstage Pat Patterson told him it was great. Unfortunately, Vince McMahon completely disagreed, calling it the worst promo he’d ever heard.
