Batista Talks His Dropped "Rape Child" Gimmick

As noted earlier, Batista was Chris Jericho's guest on a recent episode of the Talk Is Jericho podcast. Part two of Batista on the show is available here.

During the interview, Batista talked about first starting with WWE and being given the Batista name. He noted that Devon botched his name when he first introduced him and called him "Bastita," so Devon had to re-dub his promo.

He also talked about his gimmick early in his WWE career where he was angry all the time. Batista said that the storyline was supposed to eventually reveal that he was "a rape child," and that he was hateful of everybody because he had no father and his mother was raped.

"That shows you how much the company has changed," Batista said.

You can check out the full interview at PodcastOne.com by clicking here.