During a recent appearance on Sportskeeda’s UnSKripted podcast, former WCW trainer Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker (DeWayne Bruce) commented on WCW opting not to sign Dave Bautista following a tryout with the company. You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On Batista: “You know what, WCW was set-up for training program there. He did come for a tryout, I did run him off, but I knew WCW was not going to take him like he was. I thought I did him a great favor going to WWE because I sent him to the Cincinnati – whatever their training ground is. But he still holds it against me. But all things looking at it, it was the best thing to happen for him.”
On WCW not having a program that would work for Batista: “Well, it wasn’t necessarily him. It was most necessarily with WCW because they didn’t have a program for him to go.”
