The former WWE star Batista went on to try out his luck in the field of acting following his stint in Vince McMahon’s company. He is currently one of the top actors in Hollywood and doing well.
However, he had to go through some hardships when he left pro wrestling and pursued a career in Hollywood.
Batista reveals he was broke
While speaking with IGN, Bautista talked about his struggles to make it to Hollywood. ‘The Animal’ revealed that he was completely broke before bagging the role of Drax in Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy film franchise, as he had issues with tax. Bray Wyatt WWE Firing Storyline Rumor Leaks
Here is what he said:
“For people to really understand how much my life has changed, they would have to understand where I came from, what I went through when I was in wrestling, what I left behind to take a chance on going into acting.
And when I got the role of Drax in Guardians, I barely worked in three years. So I’d really left wrestling behind and I could have gone back with my tail between my legs, but I still [would] have been just stuck in a place that I never would have gone any further, but I just took a chance. And then when I got [cast], not only because I was broke, [everything changed]. When I say broke, my house was foreclosed, I had nothing, man. I sold all my stuff. I sold everything that I made from [when] I was wrestling. I had issues with the IRS. I was just lost in everything.”
Batista has gone through some rough patches in life but it is all gone now.
