Batista returns 1/20/14

[nate5054]

Spectacular, though if he doesn't do one Douchetista run during his return this will be one of the biggest disappointments in wrestling history.

[slappy]

[Deleted]

I'm nowhere near as excited for this as most people seem to be. The thought of YET ANOTHER 40+ year old part-timer returning for the Wrestlemania season fills me with nothing but apathy. So who will we have? Undertaker, Triple H, Brock Lesnar, Batista, and possibly Chris Jericho? With that kind of star power, don't act surprised when Daniel Bryan is in some meaningless midcard match!

And as for the people saying that he should win the Rumble - please step back and realise what you're saying.

[543Y2J]

This is what I put in the Batista to return in at House Show thread, but I will post it in here as well as I feel it is all relevant to the conversation. I am definitely happy they are now using all of this to their advantage and using hype return packages to gain as much as they can from buyrates/ratings as possible.

Face Batista I was a guilty fan of, with his somewhat odd charisma that made for entertaining segments ("congratulations.........i want my rematch *walksoff*" etc), his entrance with the epic dance/pyro/theme, it all worked in my opinion. Now his ring work (yes I am aware how crazy it sounds, feel free to burn/come afer me if you would like ) has always been underrated from my view. His power moves have always looked great and crisp, his unique way of selling and the fact that he has always known how to/consistently has done throughout his career (looking at Cena at WM23), he had great speed for a big man maybe on the same level of Lesnar/Goldberg 'hosses that can run' catagory, and he had great finishers/signature moves. I could more than put up with face Batista, he showed personality which made his long reign on top and his revolving door of title shots a lot easier to put up with and he had an unexpected chemistry with Edge/Taker and others that goes unnoticed most of the time.

I loved Douchetista as well. What else needs to be said about the character that already hasn't been said? A career revival, even if I enjoyed in him as a face, that he desperately needed this side of Booker T and his King Booker character.

With GOTG coming out I would love for him to come back as a face initially (hyped up return for Rumble see below), but as they gradually start promoting GOTG he starts morphing further back into the Douchetista character. This metamorphosis is recognised by the roster and his old friends Big Show/Rey/Cena etc all telling him that they do not want to see the return of his inflated ego as they have finally got him to come to terms with Douchetista so many years on (apologising to Rey specifically). These warnings are unsuccessful and when things finally reach a point of the movie nearly coming out/WWE's promotion of it he fully turns into HOLLYWOOD DOUCHETISTA. 'Hollywood star' giving a new spin on the character he left with, obviously taking a few foot notes from the Hollywood Rock character, then turn it up to 11. Add elements of MNM like paparazzi, more pink shirt promo interrupting Douchetista, hell you could bring his tour bus/living trailer he used at GOTG to the ring for a promo.

Now as far as how I would return him. Do a hype video on the first Raw of the new year and the weeks after promoting his return in the Rumble match (like Taker/RVD in the past). Now that the information has got out milk it for all it's worth and create as many buys as possible. Keep him happy with a less house shows more tv/ppv part time schedule like Jericho/RVD/Rock etc.

I am really looking forward to this as you can probably tell by now, especially as I like him both as a face and a heel. The possibilities for fresh match ups and storytelling for him now is truly great and works well with it being out Christmas season for the next 4 months. It's a very nice way to start off the hype for Mania and I am already more excited than I was last year, it looks like (hopefully) that they may put a bit of effort into the build this year after the godawful laziness last year. I am very looking forward to seeing the big animals photoshopable mug back again on my tv screen .

[The Beast Disincarnate]

I'm very happy about this but unfortunately he will return with his "Hi, me want title match" face gimmick and I predict it will be crapped over by everybody here one or 2 weeks after his return.

Please let him return with the Douchetista gimmick and have him feud with Bryan in a David vs Goliath storyline leading to Bryan going over at Mania.

[Professor Chaos]

A Batista and Sheamus face douche tag team would be legen... wait for it... dary.

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Spotlight, please!

[Ben Wyatt]

I'm a tad mixed on this.

One the one hand, I've always thought that Big Dave was a better wrestler than most gave him credit for, and his douchetisa character was great.

But, as someone else said, I just don't wanna see guys get pushed aside for him.

If he manages to put people over during his run, then I'm fine with it

[Allie Kitsune]

Douchebag Dave or no buys.

[Confused Mark Wahlberg]

Douche Dave as the real 'face of the WWE'?

Come on, it writes itself.

[shaker]

D-Bag Batista, please. And don't give him the WWE title or anything even close to that.

Did he and Bryan ever have any matches other than that Beat the Clock challenge? That could be an interesting matchup.

[Can you afford to pay me, Gah]

Dec 24, 2013 8:14:10 GMT -5 shaker said:

D-Bag Batista, please. And don't give him the WWE title or anything even close to that.

Did he and Bryan ever have any matches other than that Beat the Clock challenge? That could be an interesting matchup.

I wonder this could be a Rock replacement? Could we have Brock vs. Batista at WM? Beast vs. Animal does have some interest to me.

[543Y2J]

Watch out ladies



He's back!

Punk, he is going to show you how lady killing is really done!

[Deleted]

"I can't wait to get to the Cheesefest in Hoakietown and punch somebody right In the f'n face! Playtime's over children."

Heel it is, then.

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[Thunderbolt]

Dec 23, 2013 21:34:46 GMT -5 kevin said:

He needs to feud with Cena His WrestleMania match needs to be with Cena and not for the title. I mean Cena tried to run him over with a car in his last match and threw him off the car even though he had quit. I will be extremely disappointed if he does not want revenge for that.

It'd be crazy if this was the catalyst for Cena's heel turn. Like years later, everyone finally admits that Cena is an asshole. And then Nikki dumps Cena and gets with Batista(Dave did say his fantasy was to get with a Bella).

[misconduct was wrong]

..... he's old. Like 44 years old. It is possible I guess that he reinvents himself like Goldust did. He has gone through a lot of mma training since he's last been in the ring so who knows?

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

I hope the Divas have their chiropractors on standby.

[KofiMania]

Dec 24, 2013 10:08:07 GMT -5 misconduct was wrong said:

..... he's old. Like 44 years old. It is possible I guess that he reinvents himself like Goldust did. He has gone through a lot of mma training since he's last been in the ring so who knows?

He became better and better as a wrestler. I wouldn't be too worried about him stinking out the joint in the ring.

[Some Guy]

Dec 24, 2013 11:18:36 GMT -5 KofiMania said:

Dec 24, 2013 10:08:07 GMT -5 misconduct was wrong said:

..... he's old. Like 44 years old. It is possible I guess that he reinvents himself like Goldust did. He has gone through a lot of mma training since he's last been in the ring so who knows?

He became better and better as a wrestler. I wouldn't be too worried about him stinking out the joint in the ring.

It's been 4 years and he's 45 years old. He never had the best stamina to begin with.