Batista Believes Tradition in Wrestling is Gone, Ending Career, Retirement Match and More
WWE superstar Batista got an recent interview with Sun.Co.UK. Here area few brief snippets:
Batista believe the tradition of wrestling is going to be forgotten:
“I always say that it is absolutely the best way, and I don’t know any old timers who disagree. I think a lot of that tradition, sadly, is being lost.
“You learn the most after the show. Driving down the highway with the guy who has been in the business ten, fifteen, twenty years — it’s sad but you just don’t see a lot of that anymore.
“You see these kids coming in out of developmental camps, all they do is hang around each other, they don’t hook up with the guy who has been in the business a long time and try to pick his brains. To me it’s heartbreaking.
“The tradition of storytelling in the ring is being lost. The psychological part of sports entertainment is being lost.”
Batista thoughts on his retirement from wrestling:
“I have just under a year on my contract. I’ve just come off this injury and I turned 40 while I was out.
“I realize that I am closer to the end of my career than I am to the beginning. It’s something I’m really going to have to take a look at.
“I don’t want to hang around past my welcome. I also don’t want to hang around to the point where I’m so beat up that it’s hard for me to get out of bed.
“I don’t want to be that guy.”
In closing, we asked that before he hangs up his boots, who he would like to step into the ring once again with. No prizes for guessing the two names he conjured up.
Batista would like to have his retirement match against John Cena:
“I wouldn’t mind ending my career with John Cena.
“He’s an icon already in this industry and he really hasn’t been around all that long. He’s going to be around for years, long after I’m gone.
“He’s someone I’ve not had a long, drawn-out programme with, so I think that’s definitely there for both of us.
“And also definitely Triple H. I believe he’s the best wrestler who’s ever lived.
“I’ve improved so much since we had our last programme together. I think we’d be magic in the ring. I think it’d bring a lot more viewers into wrestling.” Read the full interview here.
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