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Post by The Curmudgeon on Feb 1, 2007 2:54:24 GMT -5
Forgive me that this is old news, but I only just saw the Rumble last night (I've been hiding from the internet for about four days...)
I couldn't believe how BAD Batista looked in his match against Kennedy. How many times did he botch a press (not to mention busting Kennedy's nose)? And this is a guy who's supposed to be the main player on Smackdown?
Batista looked worn out, rusty and, frankly, third rate. It's sad because Smackdown has dozens of guys that could carry the belt and deserve it far more than Batista. I never understood Batista's push in the first place, but now its just baffling.
He's hopless on the mic and mediocre in the ring. Should that be a champion? Cena's not much better (why does Smackdown, Raw and ECW have the most boring guys as champs?) but at least he looks like he gives a crap about what he's doing.
Batista needs to lose that world title. Stat.
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Post by HRH The KING on Feb 1, 2007 2:59:41 GMT -5
He's crap.
All he did was hold his knee and do a power bomb.
But he's got muscles, therefore will always be pushed.
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Post by KingPopper on Feb 1, 2007 7:10:23 GMT -5
He's horrible, but actully I thought he's match at the rumble was decent, because he sold good for the most part, otherwise batista can't carry a match outside of a 3 minute matched where he's jobbing someone out. He's matches with Booker were horrible.
Notist he hasnt mainevented a smackdown ppv since he's been back.
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Post by OGBoardPoster2005 on Feb 1, 2007 7:20:40 GMT -5
He's horrible, but actully I thought he's match at the rumble was decent, because he sold good for the most part, otherwise batista can't carry a match outside of a 3 minute matched where he's jobbing someone out. He's matches with Booker were horrible. Notist he hasnt mainevented a smackdown ppv since he's been back. ...yes he has No Mercy and Armaggedon
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Post by Joekishi on Feb 1, 2007 7:39:19 GMT -5
He's crap. All he did was hold his knee and do a power bomb. But he's got muscles, therefore will always be pushed. Chris Masters has Muscles, but he gets Venis treatment who also has big muscles.
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Post by skiller on Feb 1, 2007 7:45:12 GMT -5
He's horrible, but actully I thought he's match at the rumble was decent, because he sold good for the most part, otherwise batista can't carry a match outside of a 3 minute matched where he's jobbing someone out. He's matches with Booker were horrible. Notist he hasnt mainevented a smackdown ppv since he's been back. ...yes he has No Mercy and Armaggedon ...And he also main evented Survivor Series.
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Post by Metalheadbanger Man on Feb 1, 2007 7:47:04 GMT -5
Yeah Kennedy did carry that match at the Rumble. What annoys me is that everybody knows Batista can deliver - pre-injury I really started to like him but now all he seems to do is have 2-minute squash matches against the likes of Sylvan or Gregory "please be The Hurricane again" Helms, or have PPV matches where he gets beat down but then pulls out the powerbomb and wins. Its a shame really.
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Post by Nickie James on Feb 1, 2007 7:47:53 GMT -5
Didn't Kennedy bust his nose out of pressure? I don't remember seeing a bump made to his face that would cause the bleeding.
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Post by djcdm on Feb 1, 2007 9:08:57 GMT -5
I was thinking it the day after the Rumble. Now if ppl would take there attention off of Lashley for a secc a worry about a title that has more meaning to it. Because serious Batista should get alot more hate.
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Post by Sim on Feb 1, 2007 9:14:31 GMT -5
Batista looks like he fell into a tub of baby oil.
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Post by Arturo Classico on Feb 1, 2007 9:19:49 GMT -5
I was thinking it the day after the Rumble. Now if ppl would take there attention off of Lashley for a secc a worry about a title that has more meaning to it. Because serious Batista should get alot more hate. I agree, hating on Lashley is pointless as basically he is just the european cahmpion. Smackdown is the number two show and for the world champion to perform this badly is horrible! People like to also bash Cena as well, but Batista is way worse!
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Post by KingPopper on Feb 1, 2007 10:19:32 GMT -5
...yes he has No Mercy and Armaggedon ...And he also main evented Survivor Series. What I was saying is, he hasnt had a singles mainevent on any smackdown ppv. (Survivor Series I forgot about.) No Mercy he had the help of three other guys, and same with Armaggedon, and it was in a tag match.
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Post by The OP on Feb 1, 2007 10:46:51 GMT -5
I was thinking it the day after the Rumble. Now if ppl would take there attention off of Lashley for a secc a worry about a title that has more meaning to it. Because serious Batista should get alot more hate. I agree, hating on Lashley is pointless as basically he is just the european cahmpion. Smackdown is the number two show and for the world champion to perform this badly is horrible! People like to also bash Cena as well, but Batista is way worse! I agree. Also, it seems like Cena has answered a lot of critics by trying to improve in the ring. He still doesn't do a whole lot of different moves, but Cena is in excellent shape. Not only is he muscular, but he's got endurance too, you can tell he does his cardio work. Batista on the other hand, looks like he lifts weights but hasn't so much as gone for a walk lately. It takes the wind out of him to do a spinebuster. And I think Batista genuinely believes he is the best in the business!
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Post by amsiraK on Feb 1, 2007 10:49:05 GMT -5
That injury killed off any momentum he might have had. Since he got back, it's been a downward slide, which is bad as I like him, botches aside. A shame.
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Post by 'Sweet n' Sour' A. A. Estrada on Feb 1, 2007 11:17:37 GMT -5
Didn't Batista do a Finlay Roll?
I thought that was pretty impressive.
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Post by The OP on Feb 1, 2007 11:18:36 GMT -5
That's true, he did have the one cool spot.
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Post by Tea & Crumpets on Feb 1, 2007 11:40:30 GMT -5
Yeah, when I saw that Roll I was like 'Woah, I didn't expect THAT from Batista'. Then he procedes to botch every slam he does up until the Bomb, with the announcers covering it by saying 'he can't lift him properly because of the bad knee'. Kennedy carried that match. Before the Rumble, I thought Kennedy was too early for M-E status, now I think he'd be a better choice than Batista and would be good-enough heel world champion.
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Post by Doomrider on Feb 1, 2007 11:42:19 GMT -5
It's his new gimmick...the lazy curmudgeon.
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Post by ronsimmons on Feb 1, 2007 14:13:11 GMT -5
I've been marking for Batista since late 04 but he looked awful in that Rumble match this past Sunday. As much as it pains me to say .
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Post by Garee on Feb 1, 2007 14:15:16 GMT -5
I'm so done with Batista, it's time for a new champ
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