Davey Boy Smith Jr. Recalls Helping Batista With MMA Debut

As well as being an accomplished professional wrestler and actor, Dave Bautista (AKA Batista) is also undefeated when it comes to MMA competition.

The Animal had one fight, defeating Vince Lucero in round one by TKO on a CES MMA card in October 2012.

Along with being trained for it by professional MMA fighters, Big Dave also received help from his fellow WWE alumnus Davey Boy Smith Jr.

Reflecting on the experience during an interview with Fightful's Sean Ross Sapp, the Hart Dynasty member said:

"I helped Dave train for his MMA debut. It's funny, just a coincidence, he was running his debut and his first fight I was flying to New Japan for my return trip. We were on the plane and while the flight was happening, Low Ki and I were on the same flight and we had to wait until we landed to check the results. We saw Dave won, which was great. It was a fun fight camp. Myself, Dave, God rest his soul [Stephan Bonnar] - yeah, that's really too bad - [Eric Albarracin], [Justin McCully]. It was a lot of fun. Glad to be a part of that as well. Dave's always been a great guy and the type of person that'd give you the shirt off his back. Very giving and nice guy and great training partner". 

Bautista is widely expected to be the headline inductee at this year's WWE Hall of Fame ceremony.

H/T Fightful