Dave Bautista (Batista): Triple H Has Changed WWE In A Lot Of Great Ways

Dave Bautista praises Triple H.

Since taking his role as the Chief Content Officer of WWE, Triple H has turned the public perception of the company on its head. Today’s product is considered by many fans and personalities to be one of the best creative periods that WWE has seen in quite some time.

Furthermore, a number of stars have recently spoken out in a positive way about the backstage culture and the change of leadership within the promotion.

On a recent episode of Insight with Chris Van Vliet, Dave Bautista was asked about Triple H changing WWE, specifically referencing the fact that he let Drew McIntyre have a role in ‘The Killer’s Game’.

“Things have changed a lot. I think Hunter has changed the company in a lot of great ways, but he’s very open-minded to letting people do stuff outside of the company because he really understands that the bigger star they become, the more attention it’ll bring back to WWE, which is a great thing, [whereas] I think in the past, it was just kind of the opposite. Wanted to keep everything contained, everything in-house, which is why I ended up leaving the company because I wasn’t afforded the opportunity to do stuff outside of the company. But now the way things are now and their structures, Hunter was like, ‘Yes, we want you to do this, it brings more eyes onto the WWE.’”

Elsewhere in the interview, Bautista said that John Laurinaitis wanted to fire him when he was in Ohio Valley Wrestling. Learn more about those comments here.

‘The Killer’s Game’ is now playing in theaters.

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