Jonathan Michaels
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
The Archduke of Levity
Here since TNA was still kinda okay
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Post by Jonathan Michaels on Sept 11, 2022 18:41:37 GMT -5
Roman hasn’t lost a championship in the ring since before All In.
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Unicron
Gaming
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Post by fg on Sept 11, 2022 20:44:50 GMT -5
And that made Batista one of the smartest baby faces in wrestling. He didn’t become one of the wrestlers who upon turning face, looks dumb and/or gets out promoed and/or does bad promos. In 2005 sure, he outsmarted HHH over and over and he also didn't fall for Eddie's tricks. Eddie was clearly befriending Batista in an attempt to make him lower his guard then he would attack and go for his title but Batista knew it was coming and was prepared. Once it got to 2006-07 though the smart Batista was gone and he was an idiot who would get screwed over by Booker/Edge time and time again then show up the next week demanding another shot. I couldn’t agree more with that last statement. I remember one time he ran to save Triple H who was getting beaten up in the steel cage by Legacy. When he saw the cage, despite the fact that he could climb over it, he (and the announcers) acted like the cage was preventing him from saving HHH. But than again, I remember WWE starting to build up a heel turn for Dave (and that got delayed due to Dave’s injury). The build started during a backstage segment where Dave smiled at HHH misfortune (I can’t remember what it was.)
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