Former Trainer Reveals Why WCW Rejected Batista

Former Trainer Reveals Why WCW Rejected Batista

Former WCW wrestler and trainer Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker has spoken in an interview with SK Wrestling about why he once rejected future WWE World Champion Batista at a WCW tryout.

Parker, who believes he did Batista a “great favour” by rejecting him, explained he didn’t feel as though WCW management would have taken an interest in him in the way he was being presented at the time. He said:

“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.

“It wasn’t necessarily him. It was most necessarily with WCW because they didn’t have a program for him to go.”

Batista, who would go on to sign with WWE in 2000, had a slightly different view of things during an appearance on Talk is Jericho, calling Parker a “bitter troll”.

“I went down there at 340 pounds, was all jacked up, went down with a buddy of mine and Sarge jumped in our faces and just got on us and he wanted nothing more than to just run us out the door. He was just a bitter troll of a man.”

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2 years ago by Andy Datson

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