Ross welcomes Dave Bautista to the show for part one of his interview.
Ross points out that Bautista has been very busy with various movie roles over the past couple of years. Bautista agrees that he’s been busy, but he says that he doesn’t consider the action roles to be his strength at all. He actually considers dramatic acting to be his strength, but he has a hard time locking down those roles due to his muscular build. Nonetheless, he considers himself very lucky and he notes that the big action roles are “…definitely paying the bills”.
Bautista says that he was nearly 30 years old and didn’t have a dime to his name before he decided to give professional wrestling a try. He looks back at his OVW class with Brock Lesnar, Shelton Benjamin and John Cena, and he’s very thankful for the opportunity he was given. Ross says that OVW class has produced multiple future Hall of Famers.
Bautista informs that he was a very introverted individual and professional wrestling forced him to come out of his shell somewhat. He says that his quiet, shy nature actually got him in trouble backstage from time to time. Ross points out that people would sometime ask him, “What’s up with this Bautista dude?”, and Ross would tell them, “He’s just quiet”. He’d also sarcastically tell them that Bautista’s a monster and he’s going to make everyone money, so they shouldn’t worry about his quietness.
