Although Batista is no longer a member of the WWE’s roster, he will always be part of the WWE family. In a recent interview with talkSport, Batista discussed what led to him making the decision to transition from the land of WWE to the world of acting and how his movie career would not have happened if he didn’t make the decision to depart from WWE in 2010 to pursue his dream.
Batista noted that his transition “came about out of spite” as it first came from when he learned that he was a horrible actor but it made him want to be a better actor and do it all when he was under contract with the WWE.
However, they would not give him the opportunity within the company. He disagreed with their position but WWE stood their ground on the situation.
Thus, he came to the decision of ‘Well, I’m going to let my contract run out and I’m gonna leave.’ He continued by stating that’s “exactly what I did and I set out to be an actor.”
Batista admitted that changing careers was a brave move as he took him three years of barely working in acting and knew that he had a nice thing going in WWE in terms of money. He added that he could have stayed in WWE but wanted to do something else.
"It was brave, and maybe a little stupid!"@DaveBautista tells @tSHandJ about his move from the #WWE to Hollywood superstar ?? pic.twitter.com/RI3b7tSOTY
— talkSPORT (@talkSPORT) August 31, 2018
“The Animal” is one of the most successful WWE Superstars of all time as he has won six WWE World Titles, a four-time WWE Tag Team Champion, and a two-time Royal Rumble winner (2005 and 2014).