Dave Bautista Believed Vince McMahon Was Going To Fire Him Over 2005 Royal Rumble Match Botch

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WWE legend Dave Bautista appeared on Insight With Chris Van Vliet, where he talked about a number of topics including the 2005 Royal Rumble Match botch that led to Vince McMahon running down to the ring and tearing both his quads.

Bautista said, โ€œI think later on, I didnโ€™t realize during the match, I didnโ€™t know why he was sitting there. I had no idea what was going on, I was just worried about the match. Then they got him out of there. I think I found out later on.โ€

On being worried he was going to get fired over it:

โ€œI got to the building and somebody immediately said, โ€˜Vince wants to see you in his office.โ€™ I was saying, โ€˜Ah, here it comes.โ€™ So I went to his office, and my heart is beating, just in my head Iโ€™m packing my bags.โ€

On McMahon being in a good mood when he arrived:

โ€œI was like, โ€˜Youโ€™re not going to fire me?โ€™ And he goes, โ€˜No, I loved it. It was real. It was so great, and it was real, and nobody knew what was going happen.โ€™ He loved it.โ€

You can check out the complete podcast in the video below.