Dave Bautista 'a good person in every way' after 'embarrassing' dig at Trump
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Hollywood actor and former WWE Superstar Dave Bautista has received support from fans after being mocked by Donald Trump and his former colleague The Undertaker.
Bautista, who recently mocked the Republican presidential nominee as a “weak, little kid,” is a vocal Democrat and has voiced her support for Kamala Harris in the November election.
Trump now has an endorsement from Bautista's old rivals in the WWE, Mark 'The Undertaker' Callaway and Glenn 'Ken' Jacobs, the latter of whom is the current mayor of Knox County, Tennessee.
In a video shared on TikTok, Trump sits between the two former world champions, with Callaway, 59, telling the camera: “Hey everybody. November 5, Electionmania. The choice is yours. You can go with President Trump, Kane and The Undertaker or you can take Kamala Harris, Dave Bautista and Tim Walz.”
“Choose wisely – the nation depends on it,” he added. Trump then joked, “And it should be an easy choice.”
Trump reportedly taped an interview for Ressler's podcast. Six feet downBut Bautista's jab backfired on the former president and Callaway, and many fans pointed out how successful it was. Guardians of the Galaxy While the actor has stood up for abortion and LGBT+ rights.
One fan wrote: “Undertaker throwing shots and talking about Batista on that TikTok is dumb. Batista is ten times more famous, cooler, richer, and a good guy in every way imaginable. F**Mark Callaway. F*** Glenn Jacobs. F*** Donald Trump. Be like Dave Bautista.”
A second added: “I'll pick sides with Dave Bautista any day of the week.”
A third said: “Imagine seriously that you cleaned out the big Dave Batista. Embarrassing behavior.”
Another noted: “Bautista is a wild liberal that can be taken into account that he has both had a decent wrestling career and is widely credited with perhaps the most respected pivot of any wrestler's performance.”
Others shared clips of The Undertaker beating them up during their time together in WWE.
Batista, now 55, made his WWE debut competing under the name “Batista” in 2002, but made a major transition to acting after starring in the 2012 martial arts film The Man with the Iron Fist And then playing Drax the Destroyer in Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy In 2014.
Since then he has acted in numerous high profile films including Spectre, Blade Runner 2049, the hill And The Glass Onion: A Knife Out Mystery.
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