In an interview with WWE’s official website, Batista commented about his return to the company, working the WrestleMania 30 pay-per-view event and more.
Highlights of the interview are below:
On the fans turning against him: “It was weird, it wasn’t like a normal response, it was almost like a personal attack, it had to do with factors that were not in my control, factors and things that were going on in the company with other people, stuff that really had nothing to do with me. To me, it was a little frustrating, a little confusing and you know, I don’t want to say I completely took it personal, but I did somewhat. What I heard over and over was, “Batista doesn’t deserve this,” and that’s what I took personally, because it’s like they forgot about my 10 years of pain and suffering and sacrifice. When I left the company, I gave plenty of notice, I left the right way, I did everything right and also, my very last match, I broke my back, so I literally broke my back for the fans and for me to come back and for them to say that I didn’t deserve the spot that I was being put in? For one thing, I didn’t ask for that spot and here’s my thing with wrestling and I tell this to everybody. If you get an opportunity, take the opportunity and if you pass it up, you’re a fool and if you hate on a guy just because he’s taking advantage of an opportunity that’s given to him, then you’re an idiot.”
On the return of Evolution: “Evolution was where I got my start, it’s my comfort zone, I love it, the fans love it. Everywhere I go across the world, people still talk about Evolution, so when Triple H started talking about it, I said, that’s very interesting. I loved that and I got with that program real fast, because that’s something I’ve wanted to do for years, I knew it was going to be good.”
On working WrestleMania and Daniel Bryan being added to the World Title match at WrestleMania 30: “Oh, I was super excited, I was super excited because, you know, we needed that element. Even speaking from a fan’s standpoint, for me, it’s hard to get sucked into a bad guy vs. bad guy match, we needed a hero and Daniel Bryan was the biggest hero in the company. I knew this was going to be good, it’s so much better when the fans have an emotional investment and they were so emotionally invested in Daniel Bryan and they were so absorbed in their hatred for me that I knew it was going to be good stuff.”
On the “Bootista” and “Bluetista” comments and his decision to bite back at the fans: “I did, especially with the Bluetista thing, because, you know, we had six guys beating the crap out of each other, but people were focused on me wearing blue, I don’t get that, I just don’t get it.”
The interview is available in full at this link.
