Does anyone truly miss Batista?

[Stu]

Disco Stu has totally forgotten about him.

[TheKillShot]

No. Just no.

[DamnYankee]

Nope.

[Topher is Human]

Ba-who?

[theshowstoppa]

Jan 27, 2009 1:56:01 GMT -5 Topher is Human said:

Ba-who?

[boxieness]

did you really think anyone was goign to say yes?

[Jedi-El of Tomorrow]

When Batista does come back, he better use his old theme. Don't use the Saliva one. I don't mind the Saliva theme, but his old theme was much better and like Austin's theme had that badass someone's about to get their ass kicked sound.

[greeby]

A one-dimensional big lug. Whose ego (and the gutlessness of the office in kowtowing to him) won't allow him to do the right thing for business and move out of the title picture every once in a while.

What's not to miss?

[Chuckie Finster]

With how star-heavy Raw is, not at all.

Now if he was on Smackdown and in a big role, then it'd be more noticeable and people would care more.

[Raja Lion]

Hell to the no. Arguably my least favorite superstar of the last 20 years. At least Cena (who I also cannot stand) is watchable.

I think its Dave's chow mein veins that annoy me most.

[bob]

not at all, in fact before I saw this thread I forgot he was even on the roster

[Mr Potato God]

Jan 27, 2009 1:40:45 GMT -5 Free Hat said:

The strange thing about Batista is that when he's not on TV, I completely forget he exists. And this is coming from a guy who remembers obscure jobbers from 15 years ago. The man has to be the most unremarkable main eventer of all time.

pretty much.

[Muskrat]

He's totally run his course as a face. He's just not interesting, he always comes across as an asshole, and truth be told I think it's about time the took a risk and tried turning one of their main eventers.

Have him come back with a f*** the world, I just want my belt attitude (if they present him as a heel, seeing as that is already his attitude) and I might care about him again


EDIT: I mean, really the guy has the perfect look for a power house heel who you would believe being dominant without cheating. I'd honestly rather see Batista turn heel more then anyone on the roster ('cept maybe HBK)

[Ken Ivory]

If having Batista means many funny photoshops on these forums then yes, dammit I miss him!

[Childish Gambino]

Raw is better without him, so no.

[Professor Chaos]

Nope... none whatsoever. The guy is boring as hell and always hogging up the main event.

[Joekishi]

Jan 27, 2009 1:15:21 GMT -5 vanboxmeer said:

I think his face run is over and done with. He's got to come back as a heel, and I know "IWC-Heel syndrome", but the benefits of Batista starting fresh again far outweigh his predictable face act. And he's not the level of merchandise guy as a Cena, Hardy, or DX. I don't see many of them Batista shirts in the crowd, CM Punk, Randy Orton, and Edge all have more shirts being worn than Big Dave.

I'm going to say it's because of Dave's merchandise. Seriously have you seen his shirt, it's just a picture of him posing, with the back saying animal unleashed or unleash the animal

here's his shopzone page
www.wweshop.com/category.asp?categoryId=cat-Batista&loc=topnav

the only shirt that looks sort of cool is that that comes with his book. THat grey one is cool.

WWE doesn't advertise as much Batista stuff as they should. REally it's easy, a couple of dragons, a filipino/greece flag maybe, a belly button sun tatoo.

Hell something about being disrespectful

His BB symbol with a saying on the back, they have a Batista hat that says even good guys do bad things. That's batista's character in a nutshell, he's a good guy doing heelish activities against heels. And against faces.

Really he's a tweener who doesn't get a mixed reaction and most often wrestles both faces and heels.

Really he can be placed anywhere on the card, but he's too much of a name. Hell I'd love to see the guy on ECW re-establishing the brand and himself as a dominant force.

I really think once he comes back he should be booked as a guy who is only out for himself. His friends weren't there to help him, and well look what happened. If he comes back as a stand-offish guy who just smirks and spinebusters and batista bombs the whole roster regardless of heel/face alliance.

Really Batista got over by being a guy who didn't need to talk just smash people.

A lot of people here underestimate him, but he comes out and the crowd will pop huge for him. He's been really good in-ring and when he comes back it's probably going to be his last extended run at the top.

Extended programs with Cena, Mysterio, and Orton would be cool.

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

Meh. I don't hate the guy, but I'm not exactly counting down the days until he returns.

[A Dubya (El Hombre Muerto)]

Jan 27, 2009 1:17:35 GMT -5 Chainsaw said:

Jan 27, 2009 1:15:44 GMT -5 Lenny: Smooth like Keith Stone said:

Going over to his buddy Jerry's apartment to order the PPV. Batista was gonna bring the buffalo wings.

But then he botched the order and got nothing but celery sticks, but Jerry still gave him the best seat regardless.

LOL. ;D

No, I don't really miss him much. I hope he's recovering well though. I don't mind him being off TV for a while, as I was growing tired of Big Dave's unlimited title shot clause.

[waffleofpower]

But..but..he walks alone inside a pit of dangerrrrrrrrrr for you all. And no one even cares. ..He truly does walk alone.. =(

*sniffle*