Talk is Jericho interview
Batista appears on Talk is Jericho to discuss his recent WWE run, Guardians of the Galaxy and getting noticed on the streets.
The first big movie for me was “Man with the Iron Fist” and we went into downtown Shanghai. I had all these kids coming up to me and they were surprised because I was on TV. I’d been on TV for like ten years.
WWE hiatus interview
Batista talks to TampaBay.com about his current absence from WWE and promoting Guardians of the Galaxy.
I put it aside for now, and that really had a lot to do with my obligations to Marvel. But it also had to do with the fact that WWE and I weren’t seeing eye-to-eye, creatively. The stuff they were doing with story lines just didn’t’t make sense to me. … I’d love to go back. I’m a professional wrestler at heart and I miss it. But I want to be there and be happy with what I’m doing.
WWE.com interview
Batista discusses WWE fans reacting poorly to his return to action and Wrestlemania with WWE.com
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.
WWE.com interview
Batista talks to WWE.com about his return to WWE and how he felt when he left.
Well, actually, I’d wanted to come back the day I left! I always planned on coming back, and I always tell people I wanted to come back much sooner. It was just that when I left, I wanted to accomplish certain things, and it just honestly took me a lot longer than I had hoped. But I’d always stayed in touch with a few of the boys, and I stayed in constant touch with (Triple H). When Hunter started being very involved in NXT, it was right here in Orlando, so I just started coming out, talking to him and we talked about me coming back after I wrapped on “Guardians.”
Wrestling101.com interview
Batista discusses his top accomplishments in WWE:
My biggest highlights were winning tag team gold with Ric Flair on two occasions, then of course winning my first World Championship in 2005 at WrestleMania 21 against Triple H is up there. Another WrestleMania match, even though I lost, was against The Undertaker in 2007 and that was probably the biggest match of my career.