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Guardians of the Galaxy Star Chris Pratt Reveals Challenging Dave Bautista to a Fight


Guardians of the Galaxy star Dave Bautista is one of those people you wouldn't want to have a real-life tussle with given his background in professional wrestling. And even if we weren't to take that into consideration, his sheer presence and physical aura alone are enough to convince anyone to second-guess themselves planning to mess with the former WWE superstar.

However, one of Dave's closest friends in the industry wanted to take on "The Animal" in an actual wrestling match. A pretty bold move if you'd ask me.


Batista as Drax.
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The guy we're talking about is none other than Big Dave's Guardians of the Galaxy co-star Chris Pratt who recently opened up about that time he laid out the wrestling challenge to his good friend. In a recent appearance on The Late Late Show with James Corden, the star of Amazon Prime's The Tomorrow War recalled texting Bautista several years back.

Apparently, Pratt took some pills to help him sleep and claimed he had zero recollection of the challenge he proposed when Dave approached him the following day. He said: "I look at my phone, it's a text like this long: 'Dave, I wanna wrestle. I wanna wrestle you, no one needs to know, but I just wanna know. I think I could take you. I think I could wrestle you, bro. Like, collegiate rules, no elbows no knees, I just want... I wanna feel the power!"

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Thankfully, Bautista didn't accept the challenge and I'm pretty sure Pratt is relieved that h didn't take it seriously. Meanwhile, both actors are set to reprise their roles in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 which is rumored to be Bautista's final rodeo in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Hopefully, James Gunn explores the personal bond between Drax and Star-Lord, something that the previous films weren't able to tap into. Maybe they could wrestle in the film too while we're at it.


Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 hits cinemas in May 2023.

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