As previously noted, former WWE Champion Batista joined Edge and Christian on E&C’s Pod Of Awesomeness. During the interview, Batista shared his thoughts on his most recent WWE run, CM Punk’s WWE departure, as well as his own departure from the company.
Batista shared that he wished that his last WWE run never happened. ‘The Animal’ said he argued with WWE officials from the outset and he regrets not being in better shape.
“Man, if I could do that whole run over, I know I probably wouldn’t be able to make much difference, but I wish it didn’t happen. It was just bad all the way around.” Batista added, “I argued every day with writers and Vince and everything because, from the first day, I just didn’t like the way things were going. There’s nothing else I could’ve done. I tried everything I could and the only thing I really regret about that whole run, and it sounds really awful, but I just didn’t put a lot of effort into going back in better shape. And now, when I see pictures of myself from then, I know the fans expect a certain look from me, and I didn’t give it to them and I kind of realize it sounds really stupid, but I wish I put more effort into the shape that I was in because I didn’t. I just wanted to go back and wrestle. I wasn’t so concerned about being ‘The Animal’ and looking that way.”
Batista called the WWE Universe “unfocused” and it confused him that they would pay to go to a show they were not watching.
“I felt like they were the most unfocused group of fans I ever encountered,” Batista reflected. “And it was just really, really confusing to me because I couldn’t even understand why they’re there. Why are they paying their money to come watch a show that they’re not even watching? It just baffled me.”
Similarly, Batista did not understand the fanfare for CM Punk, who walked out on the WWE.
