Batista mentions that he’s always loved bumping for people, and Edge says that’s rare for a big man. Batista’s always worked hard at making sure he makes his opponents look good in the ring, and that’s why it really bothered him when fans started chanting, “You can’t wrestle” during his most recent run.
He continues by saying that during his last run, he felt like the audience was cheating themselves out of the entertainment in front of them by worrying about things that weren’t there. They were chanting for Daniel Bryan who was hurt, or CM Punk who had flat-out left the company, instead of enjoying the action in front of them. In Batista’s opinion, the fans just felt unfocused and it confused him.
Batista adds that he always liked CM Punk and he thinks highly of him, so he doesn’t want people to think he’s taking a shot at Punk. On the other hand, he admits that he wasn’t happy with how Punk left the company.
Overall, he simply wishes that his last run didn’t happen at all because it was bad all around. He specifically wishes that he would have put more effort into being in better shape for the return, because when he sees pictures of himself at that time it upsets him. He knows that fans expected a certain look from him and he didn’t deliver that.
Speaking about his transition into acting, Batista says he always wanted to be an actor in good films. He actually passed up leading roles in straight-to-dvd films early on, even though he needed the money. He took that advice from Steve Austin, who told him to avoid those movies because he could quickly get caught in a rut doing that.
