Professional wrestling legend and WWE Hall of Famer D-Von Dudley who had been a ten times Tag Team champion in WWE recently talked about WWE Legend Batista and climbed that it was really difficult to work with the Animal.
Batista started his main roster career back in 2002 after the inaugural brand split during the beginning of the Ruthless Aggression era of WWE. He had been a big name on the Ohio Valley wrestling which was the Development Territory of WWE back then. He was known as Leviathan in the OVW.
D-Von Dudley Claims It Was Really Difficult To Work With Batista
He ran an undefeated streak in the OVW before it was broken by Kane and he made his main roster debut after that. After the initial brand split of WWE, the Dudley Boys split up and D-Von started working in a new gimmick where he was address as rev. D-Von. Batista started working as his on screen Bodyguard.
But D-Von could not go very long with this gimmick as WWE decided to drop it quickly. Even though they had big plans for Batista. He decided to betray D-Von joined forces with Triple H and Ric Flair. This was the beginning of the legendary professional wrestling stable Evolution.
After joining the Evolution, the Animal kept on climbing the ladder of success. In only 3 year time he became a main event star of WWE as he won the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania 21. On the other hand, D-Von team up with his Tag Team partner Bubba Rae Dudley to continue the legacy of their legendary Tag Team the Dudley Boys.
D-Von Dudley who had been a ten times Tag Team champion in WWE recently spoke to A2theK Wrestling Show where he talked about WWE Legend Batista and climbed that it was really difficult to work with the Animal. He said;
“It was very difficult in the very beginning because he was such a big guy that when he was training, certain people thought that it was best to train him as a big man and not take any bumps.”
“So by the time he got with me, I thought it was a joke, I thought somebody was playing a rib on me. Because I remember during a match with Triple H, he (Batista) was supposed to run at him with a clothesline. When I told Dave the spot, Dave looked at me and he goes ‘Rev, how do I do that?’, I just looked at him and went ‘are you serious?’”
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