Why does Batista get a million title shots?

[Lionheart]

Seriously. I've heard the jokes about him having some code. Seems true. I never considered the guy to be championship material to begin with, but what's he done to justify all of these title shots?

[Tapout]

[Welfare Willis]

Oct 7, 2008 12:47:40 GMT -5 Lionheart said:

Seriously. I've heard the jokes about him having some code. Seems true. I never considered the guy to be championship material to begin with, but what's he done to justify all of these title shots?

He walked a million miles inside a pit of danger.

[Bobby Womack]

its a fake sport, theres no real rankings or system for determining title shots, hes the second most over guy in the company so hes always in or near the title picture by default

[Mozenrath]

Well, like with Punk in ECW, he wins a lot of qualifying matches.

The answer though is that he's got a lot of fans, and a really impressive look. He's good enough at his job to be a surefire for any empty slot in a main event.

He's not my favorite, but I couldn't justify shutting him out, either. It'd be like AWA's treatment of Hogan.

[VengeanceGOD]

As soon as you announce Batista's getting a shot, you get a huge pop and probably some buyrates, but he's not political enough to demand he wins if he gets into the picture, so they can use him to build up a heel champ like Edge or Jericho.

[Big BosskMan]

Um, because rematch clauses are not only allowed, they're encouraged?

Or because it's his belt and come this Sunday (or next or whenever the upcoming PPV is), he'll be wanting it back?

[azz0r]

I find him and his infinite title shots dull.

...but hes over, way over, so its pretty much a given that he's gotta be in the chase.

I preferred it when he was on Smackdown out the way

[orcheon]

Oct 7, 2008 12:50:11 GMT -5 Bobby Womack said:

its a fake sport, theres no real rankings or system for determining title shots, hes the second most over guy in the company so hes always in or near the title picture by default

i can't think of anyone obviously more over than batista, actually

who are you thinking of? hbk?

[Bobby Womack]

Oct 7, 2008 12:58:00 GMT -5 orcheon said:

Oct 7, 2008 12:50:11 GMT -5 Bobby Womack said:

its a fake sport, theres no real rankings or system for determining title shots, hes the second most over guy in the company so hes always in or near the title picture by default

i can't think of anyone obviously more over than batista, actually

who are you thinking of? hbk?

i was actually thinking cena or possibly jeff could give him a run for his money

[-Lithium-]

In Kayfabe its because he either earns the shot in a match, or in the actual title match he ends up getting screwed. He never actually just gets title shots over and over for no reason...

[orcheon]

Oct 7, 2008 12:59:11 GMT -5 Bobby Womack said:

Oct 7, 2008 12:58:00 GMT -5 orcheon said:

i can't think of anyone obviously more over than batista, actually

who are you thinking of? hbk?

i was actually thinking cena or possibly jeff could give him a run for his money

oh, cena yeah for sure, wasn't counting him since he's injured for some reason

[Mozenrath]

At least he's knocked off the referring to the belt as already his, and says he'll win it.

I still do not grasp what exactly his character's motivation was for treating CM Punk like crap. Did they even have a title match? If not, they crapped on of their popular players for no particular reason. Oh well, at least they gave Punk something of an out, rather than just had him drop it in the match, since if they really didn't believe in him, they would of removed him earlier, before the PPV was sold, since they wouldn't of expected him to contribute as much to buyrates as Jericho.

Sorry for the rambling. Anyway, I would like to see closure with Batista and Punk, but it'll have to logically wait until one of them gets the belt.

[beatlefreak909]

Oct 7, 2008 12:47:40 GMT -5 Lionheart said:

Seriously. I've heard the jokes about him having some code. Seems true. I never considered the guy to be championship material to begin with, but what's he done to justify all of these title shots?

The reason he has unlimited title shots:

[greeby]

Remember that newz a few weeks ago that he was unhappy about his spot and hinting at retirement in a couple of years? Yeah, wouldn't suprise me if he were holding that over Vince's head.

[Mozenrath]

Oct 7, 2008 13:24:33 GMT -5 greeby said:

Remember that newz a few weeks ago that he was unhappy about his spot and hinting at retirement in a couple of years? Yeah, wouldn't suprise me if he were holding that over Vince's head.

Booker T apparently did that, which was said to be a big reason he kept major gold off of Booker.

It was only after they hired Sharmell to appease him that he decided to stick around, and lo and behold, title gold.

So, it's certainly a possibility. Batista is in his forties, I believe, so it's not like he's Cena's age. Not as in it for the long haul.

[Push R Truth]

Because "When you mess with the Bull, you get the Horn!"

[Pushed to the Moon]

Why did JBL keep getting title shots when he kept losing when Punk was champ?

All you have to do to get a title shot is interrupt the champ during a promo. If people on this board had entrance music they could do it too.

[makavelithadon]

Batista is far more over than Cena in my opinion.

[King Boo]

Oct 7, 2008 12:49:14 GMT -5 Welfare Willis said:

Oct 7, 2008 12:47:40 GMT -5 Lionheart said:

Seriously. I've heard the jokes about him having some code. Seems true. I never considered the guy to be championship material to begin with, but what's he done to justify all of these title shots?

He walked a million miles inside a pit of danger.

And he swallowed down a thousand years of anger too, don't forget.