Forecasting which young WWE superstars will break out is a common theme of press interviews with veteran wrestlers, but in the case of a recent interview with Batista, the outlook was pretty grim.
“We’re dinosaurs in this age of instant gratification. We are not just athletes, we are also storytellers and I don’t see that in the newcomers,” says Batista in an interview with the Manila Standard Today.
And Batista does not plan on offering his storytelling prowess for ever. If ‘Big Dave’ has his way, he will be “fat and retired” in five years. If he still works for WWE, he anticipates it will be in a behind-the-scenes capacity.