WWE legend Batista once labelled a fellow wrestler a 'piece of s***' and a 'j**k off' for his conduct after an incident where another athlete was injured as he made it clear there is no love lost from his perspective.
Dave Bautista was a wrestler for 20 years up until 2019 when he retired from the WWE after appearing at WrestleMania 35.
The now 56-year-old joined the company back in 1999 when it was still known as the WWF, before it was rebranded to avoid confusion with the wildlife preservation organisation.
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Over his two decades with the WWE, Batista claimed multiple titles including winning the WWE Championship on two occasions and the World Heavyweight Championship four times.
Batista also held the World Tag Team Championship three times with Ric Flair twice and once with John Cena, plus the WWE Tag Team Championship once with Rey Mysterio.
He also won the 2005 and 2014 Royal Rumbles, before the curtain dropped on his wrestling career in 2019 following WrestleMania 35 where he lost to Triple H in a No Holds Barred encounter following Ric Flair's interference - and he announced his retirement from the sport the day afterwards.
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Batista's legacy was cemented following his induction into the WWE Hall of Fame and since retiring from wrestling, he has concentrated on his acting career.
Batista released his autobiography, named after his WWE persona, back in 2007.
And in that publication, the wrestler made his disdain for Bubba Ray Dudley of the Dudley Boyz abundantly clear.
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Such was Batista's animosity towards Dudley that he devoted a whole chapter to explain why he felt that way and listed multiple reasons to outline that stance.
In his book in a chapter called 'Bubba Dudley is an 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 in a Tag Team encounter.
Batista made allegations of 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 as to leave fans in no doubt about how he felt.
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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.
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"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."
Topics: WWE, WrestleMania, Wrestling, Randy Orton
John McDougall