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Post by ChitownKnight on Sept 18, 2007 20:53:13 GMT -5
Once Cena is out of the title picture, he'll probably get huge pops
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Post by Edison taps to the ARMBAR! on Sept 18, 2007 20:56:24 GMT -5
He doesn't get booed because the marks are naive.
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Post by erisi236 on Sept 18, 2007 21:00:15 GMT -5
Unlimited cheers code + lack of talent invisibility code. Man, Batista must have a GameShark or something  |
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Post by Dr. T is an alien on Sept 18, 2007 21:02:44 GMT -5
Batista has clean losses more than once every two years. Really? Outside of the Undertaker, name one. |
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Post by Tiger Millionaire on Sept 18, 2007 21:06:04 GMT -5
Batista looks better in a suit, and suits are in these days
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Post by smartcenadude on Sept 18, 2007 21:12:24 GMT -5
because they don't let it go through the speakers
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Post by ultimatekennedy on Sept 18, 2007 21:43:47 GMT -5
Batista isn't as kid friendly as Cena so he might hold appeal to older fans who just want to see a big guy kick a$$.
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Post by BorneAgain on Sept 18, 2007 22:07:27 GMT -5
Batista, his endless title shots aside, is still a big muscled guy who wears nice suits (albeit with bad clothing underneath), and kicks ass. In other words, a character that the many fans want to be like.
Does anyone want to be like Cena or empathize with him?
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Post by uncleslam on Sept 18, 2007 23:00:54 GMT -5
Unlimited cheers code + lack of talent invisibility code. Man, Batista must have a GameShark or something LOL. It would be funny if all of Batista's tatoos were actually disguised gameshark codes, like Scofield on Prison Break. |
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Post by Loki on Sept 19, 2007 3:29:27 GMT -5
Batista is bigger and looks "stronger", so it's credible he can kick the crap out of guys like Khali.
But despite his size and strength, he CAN be beaten. Cena doesn't.
Batista looks strong but is vulnerable. Cena looks less strong, but for some reason he's almost invulnerable.
But all analysis aside, the fans love Batista.
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Post by I Graduated Warrior University on Sept 19, 2007 3:45:04 GMT -5
I think there's a couple of factors in play:
He's on Smackdown! which is pre-taped and they can do things like change the audio track
He's in a fued with Khali, the worst grappler ever and Dave looks good by comparison
He got the main event rub from Triple H
And finally (and most importantly), what I like to call the Psycho Sid Vicious/Justice factor:Despite the fact he's crap in the ring, can't talk a lick and is involved in one horrible match after another, he's got a lot of muscles and looks like he can kick your ass.
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Post by John Oates' Moustache on Sept 19, 2007 3:46:37 GMT -5
Batista loses.
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Post by ilikeRusso. on Sept 19, 2007 4:27:00 GMT -5
He is booed every where but hes on a taped show so they edit it out  |
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Post by Veladus Jobs To Dead Computers on Sept 19, 2007 4:46:16 GMT -5
LOL @ the clean losses.
Admittedly I don't watch Smackdown much, listening to JBL makes me want to go on a killing spree. But I can't recall Batista losing cleanly in recent memory except once with 'Taker. And after that all their matches putting them over as being too closely matched (double countout last man standing is retarded, BTW). He may lose clean is you define losing clean as letting the other guy get pinned in a three way or being too stupid to break the count before rolling an unconscious opponent into the ring, but not if you count it as being pinned or made to submit.
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Post by machinegun on Sept 19, 2007 4:50:13 GMT -5
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Post by John Oates' Moustache on Sept 19, 2007 5:12:24 GMT -5
I didn't say clean, I said he lost. And there was a period where he was screwing up matches pretty bad where he kinda got demoted. Taker beat him, off hand, not that it meach much in wrestling-land. |
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Sept 19, 2007 5:38:47 GMT -5
Because not enough people watch SD. But more people watch Smackdown then Raw. Since it's on a network rather then Cable, it's a different system so if you look at it, more people watch Smackdown then Raw. |
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Post by Veladus Jobs To Dead Computers on Sept 19, 2007 6:32:27 GMT -5
I didn't say clean, I said he lost. And there was a period where he was screwing up matches pretty bad where he kinda got demoted. Taker beat him, off hand, not that it meach much in wrestling-land. If unclean losses count, Cena's loss to K-Fed has to rank way above any of Batista's losses. I mean... c'mon... Federline? That little weasel probably still gets beaten up for his lunch money. |
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Post by Captain Wonderful on Sept 19, 2007 6:42:10 GMT -5
Because he hasn't been champion for three years.
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Post by Turd Ferguson on Sept 19, 2007 8:11:56 GMT -5
People have low expectations when they go to a Smackdown show. So they don't expect anything extraordinary.
When he shows up on Raw, the fans pop because he's something out of the ordinary.
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