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Former WWE Champion Batista has revealed that at the start of his career, his friend and ‘mentor’ Triple H had given him valuable advice which he took seriously and became a big name in wrestling.
Recently during an interview with The School of Hark Knocks, Batista shared Triple H’s wise words for him about focusing on business and making friends.
He said: “I had a mentor named Triple H and there were a couple of things he said to me that always stuck with me. One of the things was when I first got there, I was so afraid…I didn’t want to piss people off. It was a hierarchy thing and I was so afraid of being disrespectful or pissing somebody off. One day he said, ‘Look man, you want to make money or you want to make friends?
This is a business. You have to look at it like a business. You’re a business.’ I always thought about myself as my own commodity. I am my brand. Another thing he said, ‘Always imagine that everybody is pointing a gun at your head. It’s up to you how many bullets you give them.”
The two have been linked together since their early days in Evolution alongside Randy Orton and Ric Flair.
Sharing a rich history, the Dune actor won his first World Championship from Triple H and even had his final match against The Game at WrestleMania 35.
When asked why he left WWE For Hollywood Batista said: “I would still be involved with WWE, I hope. Because I loved it. It wasn’t that I ever wanted to not be a part of that universe because I love the WWE Universe. It was just that I became so passionate about acting, and I’m still pursuing it with everything I have, but I still love that world.”
