WWE legend Batista dedicated entire chapter of his book to 'a*****e' opponent he hated
Former WWE star Batista once dedicated a whole chapter in his book to explain why a fellow wrestler was an 'a*****e' who he accused of being a bully and admitted he could not forgive him for his conduct following a particular incident.
Batista, whose real name is Dave Bautista, had a wrestling career which spanned 20 years, most notably with WWE, having signed with the company in 2000 when it was still called WWF before its name change to ensure it was not confused with the World Wide Fund for Nature.
Throughout his time in WWE, Batista won several titles including the WWE Championship twice and the World Heavyweight Championship on four occasions.
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He also held the World Tag Team Championship three times with Ric Flair twice and John Cena once, as well as the WWE Tag Team Championship once with Rey Mysterio.
Batista also claimed to be the winner of the 2005 and 2014 Royal Rumbles, and retired from wrestling after two decades after appearing at WrestleMania 35 in 2019.
But there was one WWE opponent who Batista clearly had no love lost for and he expressed it in his 2007 autobiography entitled Batista unleashed by devoting an entire chapter to explaining why that was the case and listing multiple reasons behind that stance.
And that opponent is Bubba Ray Dudley, who is best known for being part of the Dudley Boyz tag team along with D-Von Dudley and his infamous catchphrase of 'D-Von - get the tables!'.
The Dudley Boyz became eight-time World Tag Team Champions during their first stint in WWE, as well as becoming WWE Tag Team Champions and WCW World Tag Team Champions.
In his book in a chapter called 'Bubba Dudley is and a*****e', Batista described the incident which led to hive having such contempt for Dudley and it came in 2003 when he and Randy Orton took on the Dudley Boyz.
Batista, who has also embarked on an acting career, alleged how Bubba Ray acted after he broke Orton's foot - and blamed Orton for him hurting his back after he landed on it.
He also claims that Bubba Ray did not check on Orton after suffering his injury, leading Batista to call the former multiple derogatory names and did not mince his words.
He wrote: "See, the thing that really, really drives me crazy about that night was that Bubba Dudley b*****d out Randy while he was being put into the ambulance. Bubba started yelling at Randy, claiming that because of landing on Randy’s foot, he had hurt his back. Excuse me?
"Because Bubba broke Randy’s foot by landing on it and crushing it, Bubba’s back hurt and it was Randy’s fault. Yeah, that’s it. Randy’s in the ambulance with a broken foot and Bubba’s screaming and yelling at him. Usually if somebody gets injured in your match, or even if it’s just a guy you work with, at some point you try to give him a call to check on him and see how he’s doing."
He added: "Needless to say, Bubba never gave me or Randy a call just to see how we were doing. Nothing. In my opinion, Bubba Dudley is a j**k off. He’s one of those people who used to always bully guys and throw his weight around just because he had a good position in the company. He’d been around for a long time and he was one of those veterans who’d always treated the rookies like s**t. He treated me like s**t. He treated Randy like s**t. To this day, I can’t forgive him.
"I don’t have a whole lot of bad things to say about people, but Bubba Dudley will always be a piece of s**t in my book."
John McDougall