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Post by Fade is a CodyCryBaby on Aug 27, 2014 0:59:35 GMT -5
I really wanna see him job to Lesnar so bad but Guardians massive success hinders that.
I wouldn't mind him vs Triple H either. Or The Rock in a "Who-Can-Come-From-Hollywood-and-screw-things-up-better" Match!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2014 1:00:13 GMT -5
I don't think anyone including Batista himself would of predicted Guardians to be the biggest movie of the summer and the highest grossing domestic movie of the year so far.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2014 1:02:18 GMT -5
He was great in Guardians, much better than I expected, but I still don't know that I'd see him being say a leading man or anything. Ensemble pieces or something, sure. I don't see him as a Denzel Washington, but he could be Denzel's best friend. I don't see him as Galactus, but he could be Galactus's herald.
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Post by PsychoGoatee on Aug 27, 2014 1:09:23 GMT -5
This means Batista must wear awesome lightning bolt pants everywhere he goes!
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Post by Urethra Franklin on Aug 27, 2014 1:17:55 GMT -5
Still hoping for Batista vs Triple H and Triple H retires Batista. I think Big Dave would love that idea. Also, you gotta wonder if Cena's rematch at NoC is on account of this. A short program against Big Dave for Lesnar makes a helluva lot more sense than a rematch after such a decisive win at SS.
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Post by Instant Classic on Aug 27, 2014 1:20:00 GMT -5
Still hoping for Batista vs Triple H and Triple H retires Batista. I think Big Dave would love that idea. Also, you gotta wonder if Cena's rematch at NoC is on account of this. A short program against Big Dave for Lesnar makes a helluva lot more sense than a rematch after such a decisive win at SS. I was thinking we'd get Batista vs Lesnar at Survivor Series.
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Post by silverplaquevii on Aug 27, 2014 1:31:49 GMT -5
I think Big Dave would love that idea. Also, you gotta wonder if Cena's rematch at NoC is on account of this. A short program against Big Dave for Lesnar makes a helluva lot more sense than a rematch after such a decisive win at SS. I was thinking we'd get Batista vs Lesnar at Survivor Series. 1. Be patient for Lesnar vs Reigns at mania31. I don't expect Cena winning the title from him tying Flair. 2. If Trips beat Batista at WM31, why not have Orton and Flair come to the ring after the match and give Big Dave and Hunter a big hug as a sign of respect as one final Evolution reunion. 3. With Dave gone soon, who's gonna cater the Filipino WWE fanbase after Batista leaves? I'm considering Ruby Renegade (as mentioned before in my last thread), could fill in the niche void left by Batista.
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Post by thelonewolf527 on Aug 27, 2014 1:35:30 GMT -5
Let's be honest, if Batista hadn't come back, they STILL would have found someone other than Bryan to win the Rumble. They were dead-set against the guy. It would have been Punk no doubt. Bryan was not supposed to be in that spot and would not have been if Punk hadn't walked and Batista's hero act wasn't shit on. Batista never took a thing away from Bryan because Bryan didn't have it to start with and the fact that numerous reports backed by the booking and confirmed by everyone involved including Bryan are still ignored for this false idea of it being Bryan's all along is crazy. Oh, while I have more to listen to on the subject, Batista not returning was never reported as a fact that I have heard. Just talking about how successful GotG has been and how that could cause him to change his plans. Alongside the apparent broken promises. Batista was supposed to be WWE Champion and that clearly never happened, so he probably also doesn't want to come back and have them not do anything of note with him again since it wouldn't really do much for the movies, whereas had Batista been WWE Champion going into say SummerSlam, it may have boosted his credibility
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Post by Urethra Franklin on Aug 27, 2014 1:39:24 GMT -5
It would have been Punk no doubt. Bryan was not supposed to be in that spot and would not have been if Punk hadn't walked and Batista's hero act wasn't shit on. Batista never took a thing away from Bryan because Bryan didn't have it to start with and the fact that numerous reports backed by the booking and confirmed by everyone involved including Bryan are still ignored for this false idea of it being Bryan's all along is crazy. Oh, while I have more to listen to on the subject, Batista not returning was never reported as a fact that I have heard. Just talking about how successful GotG has been and how that could cause him to change his plans. Alongside the apparent broken promises. Batista was supposed to be WWE Champion and that clearly never happened, so he probably also doesn't want to come back and have them not do anything of note with him again since it wouldn't really do much for the movies, whereas had Batista been WWE Champion going into say SummerSlam, it may have boosted his credibility I hated the idea of Dave winning the Rumble, so the idea of him winning the WWE Title would be less palatable, but I still think it's pretty crummy of them to promise the guy the title as a perk for returning and then pulling it away from him.
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Post by Instant Classic on Aug 27, 2014 1:52:57 GMT -5
I was thinking we'd get Batista vs Lesnar at Survivor Series. 1. Be patient for Lesnar vs Reigns at mania31. I don't expect Cena winning the title from him tying Flair. 2. If Trips beat Batista at WM31, why not have Orton and Flair come to the ring after the match and give Big Dave and Hunter a big hug as a sign of respect as one final Evolution reunion. 3. With Dave gone soon, who's gonna cater the Filipino WWE fanbase after Batista leaves? I'm considering Ruby Renegade (as mentioned before in my last thread), could fill in the niche void left by Batista. #2 would be cool, but I don't see Orton joining in.
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Aug 27, 2014 1:58:46 GMT -5
I was thinking we'd get Batista vs Lesnar at Survivor Series. 3. With Dave gone soon, who's gonna cater the Filipino WWE fanbase after Batista leaves? I'm considering Ruby Renegade (as mentioned before in my last thread), could fill in the niche void left by Batista. There is no niche void to fill. Batista's Filipino heritage has never been emphasized. Batista has never been pushed as a representative of the Filipino people the way that Rey has for the Latino fanbase and most of the European wrestlers have been for their respective countries. As far as most of the fanbase is concerned, Big Dave is just an odd looking, tanned white guy.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Aug 27, 2014 2:02:11 GMT -5
Him winning the title wouldn't have done one thing or the other for Guardians to be frank. Despite how good he was in it, he was fifth banana there.
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Post by eJm on Aug 27, 2014 3:47:22 GMT -5
He was great in Guardians, much better than I expected, but I still don't know that I'd see him being say a leading man or anything. Ensemble pieces or something, sure. I don't see him as a Denzel Washington, but he could be Denzel's best friend. Many people have made a career of being the tough background character who makes occasional quips which Dave can easily slide into, I reckon.
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Post by "Gentleman" AJ Powell on Aug 27, 2014 4:16:46 GMT -5
3. With Dave gone soon, who's gonna cater the Filipino WWE fanbase after Batista leaves? I'm considering Ruby Renegade (as mentioned before in my last thread), could fill in the niche void left by Batista. There is no niche void to fill. Batista's Filipino heritage has never been emphasized. Batista has never been pushed as a representative of the Filipino people the way that Rey has for the Latino fanbase and most of the European wrestlers have been for their respective countries. As far as most of the fanbase is concerned, Big Dave is just an odd looking, tanned white guy. This. Man, between this and the dude saying the Bellas hate AJ because they're both latino, despite it never being a part of either's character, I'm starting to think FAN only views people by race. And that ain't cool FAN!
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Post by Amazing Kitsune on Aug 27, 2014 8:09:10 GMT -5
A week after Batista left, Hunter and Vince had a meeting... Vince: "We could really use that star power. What if he's gone for good?" Hunter: "Don't worry Pop, Blade Trinity had me as a vampire and didn't do well. What does Dave's movie got? A tree and a raccoon. Yeah... That'll put butts in the seats. He'll be back." A week after Guardians Of The Galaxy won the box office... Hunter: "Blade Trinity had ME as a VAMPIRE and it didn't do well. His movie had a TREE and a RACCOON! HOW DID THAT PUT BUTTS IN THE SEATS?!" Bray Wyatt and Cesaro walk past him... Bray: "It was the best comic book movie I've seen in a long time. Batista stole that one." Cesaro: "Dave is going to have a great career ahead of him." Triple H removes his suit jacket, puts on his leather jacket, and heads to the creative meeting... Is this the first time you've seen this post, dear thread reader? It must be, because it doesn't have near enough likes. Please go back to page 1 and press the "thumbs up" like icon. Go on, I'll wait.
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Post by silverplaquevii on Aug 27, 2014 9:01:41 GMT -5
A week after Batista left, Hunter and Vince had a meeting... Vince: "We could really use that star power. What if he's gone for good?" Hunter: "Don't worry Pop, Blade Trinity had me as a vampire and didn't do well. What does Dave's movie got? A tree and a raccoon. Yeah... That'll put butts in the seats. He'll be back." A week after Guardians Of The Galaxy won the box office... Hunter: "Blade Trinity had ME as a VAMPIRE and it didn't do well. His movie had a TREE and a RACCOON! HOW DID THAT PUT BUTTS IN THE SEATS?!" Bray Wyatt and Cesaro walk past him... Bray: "It was the best comic book movie I've seen in a long time. Batista stole that one." Cesaro: "Dave is going to have a great career ahead of him." Triple H removes his suit jacket, puts on his leather jacket, and heads to the creative meeting... Is this the first time you've seen this post, dear thread reader? It must be, because it doesn't have near enough likes. Please go back to page 1 and press the "thumbs up" like icon. Go on, I'll wait. At least Batista needs to win one more title that isn't a heavyweight championship.
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Post by Joe Neglia on Aug 27, 2014 11:15:03 GMT -5
I just want to see how many more times he can quit on-air and walk away. He's up to three now, and two of those were from this last run alone.
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Post by ________ has left the building on Aug 27, 2014 11:43:34 GMT -5
Dave's not here, man.
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Post by silverplaquevii on Aug 27, 2014 13:08:26 GMT -5
3. With Dave gone soon, who's gonna cater the Filipino WWE fanbase after Batista leaves? I'm considering Ruby Renegade (as mentioned before in my last thread), could fill in the niche void left by Batista. There is no niche void to fill. Batista's Filipino heritage has never been emphasized. Batista has never been pushed as a representative of the Filipino people the way that Rey has for the Latino fanbase and most of the European wrestlers have been for their respective countries. As far as most of the fanbase is concerned, Big Dave is just an odd looking, tanned white guy. TBH, He's half Filipino (from his father) and half Greek inherited from his mother. See here: www.abs-cbnnews.com/entertainment/07/31/14/former-wwe-star-batista-earns-raves-drax (NOTE: that article is slightly wrong as he is technically under contract for 2 years).
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Post by Cry Me a Wiggle on Aug 27, 2014 15:51:50 GMT -5
Batista was great in Guardians, but the role was well-suited for him as well. I don't really think he'd have the range to do a remake of My Dinner with Andre or anything.
f*** it, now I really want to help finance that.
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