Batista says Edge doesnt deserve a title shot

[Bobafett]

rpjohn92 said:

Oh and another thing, when Batista is the Champion, he barely defends his title.

In Batista's first title reign he stopped defending his title after his match with Eddie at No Mercy.

When Batista won the World title for the second time, he only defended his title against Mr. Kennedy and The Undertaker, At No Way Out and at Armegeddon, he was in a tag team match, showing that Teddy Long spoils him.

yeah ok No Way Out was hyping the WM main events..BUT Armageddon shoulda been the Booker vs Batista rematch Booker deserved

[Mozenrath]

Thing is, Batista sort of has a point this time. Edge hasn't even had a match yet.

Not sure why Batista has to approve it, anyway. If we learned anything from Cena on Raw, the champ doesn't have the power to make title matches, anyway. Otherwise, half of the Raws would of started with Cena defending the belt against Orton, Khali, or Umaga.

[PTBartman]

dothebird said:

ptbartman said:

You know that brings up another point that really ticks me off. certain nicknames should be retired (at least till theres almost nobody left alive who remembers the original) and The Anilmal is one of them. Unless it's passed on legitimately. (Let's say Rick Flair wanted to pass Nature Boy onto Cody Rhodes to keep it alive) The Dragon. Hot Rod. The Hammer. The Anvil. I'm sorry there's only one. and in "The Animal's" case it's George Steel. And any ways Dave "The Beast" Batista sounds better.

[/soapbox]

Sadly, I'd imagine somewhere around 4% of WWE's main demographic even know who George Steele is.

That is sad. Every one here knows who he is right? Just in case.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Steele

[Mozenrath]

ptbartman said:

dothebird said:

Sadly, I'd imagine somewhere around 4% of WWE's main demographic even know who George Steele is.

That is sad. Every one here knows who he is right? Just in case.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Steele

You know, they should redo the idea of having a contortionist dislocate a joint or limb to play up a submission move. Didn't they do that with Steele's hammerlock?

[knightboat]

That's Batista's title and come this Sunday he doesn't feel like defending it

[Loki]

Bastista surrenders the WHC due to injury, comes back and wants "his" belt back, taks it back, loses it again, and gets gazillions of title shots despite being defeated several times.

Edge surrenders the WHC due to injury, comes back and he doesn't "deserve" at least a shot to a belt he technically didn't lose?

Don't you hate when the heels' reasons make sense and the faces act like total tools?

[mrrotten]

Come on guys, don't you realize that Batista= Ratings Gold!!!!!

[SassovsHart]

Batista isn't the one who should be complaining anyways, Edge is the one being punished. Vickie said "I'm going to punish you", and put him in a match with Batista. When she was punishing Jamie Noble she put him in matches with Batista and The Undertaker, so she was obviously serious about Edge's punishment. Granted there's a title on the line this time, but Edge is still being put in there with a big scary man who hurts innocent people.

Vickie also masterminded a plan to sneak Edge into the HIAC with Taker and Batista. Edge had to use a camera and steel chair just to defend himself, and quite frankly was lucky to walk out of their under his own power.

But did you see Edge complaining about his punishment? No, he was a professional and afterwards expressed to Vickie how much respect he had for her. Batista needs to shut his smurfing mouth and let the real victims have their voice heard.

[Kevin Hamilton]

sassoscrewedbret said:

Batista isn't the one who should be complaining anyways, Edge is the one being punished. Vickie said "I'm going to punish you", and put him in a match with Batista. When she was punishing Jamie Noble she put him in matches with Batista and The Undertaker, so she was obviously serious about Edge's punishment. Granted there's a title on the line this time, but Edge is still being put in there with a big scary man who hurts innocent people.

Vickie also masterminded a plan to sneak Edge into the HIAC with Taker and Batista. Edge had to use a camera and steel chair just to defend himself, and quite frankly was lucky to walk out of their under his own power.

But did you see Edge complaining about his punishment? No, he was a professional and afterwards expressed to Vickie how much respect he had for her. Batista needs to shut his smurfing mouth and let the real victims have their voice heard.

Kudos. That's some good stuff there.

[Warwolf]

mygreatesthour said:

I laughed when he said it about Khali, and damn sure did when he said it to Edge. EDGE NEVER EVEN LOST THE BELT AND BEAT BATISTA 3 TIMES!

Batista's character is the heeliest face I can remember in some time.

I agreed with Batista.l The guy JUST came back, and the only reason he's getting the shot this soon is cause he's snogging and possibly SLEEPING with the temporary GM. Of COURSE he doesn't deserve the title shot right now from an in-character standpoint. Sheesh. It's not like we're talking about JERICHO, for God's sake.

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warwolf said:

mygreatesthour said:

I laughed when he said it about Khali, and damn sure did when he said it to Edge. EDGE NEVER EVEN LOST THE BELT AND BEAT BATISTA 3 TIMES!

Batista's character is the heeliest face I can remember in some time.

I agreed with Batista.l The guy JUST came back, and the only reason he's getting the shot this soon is cause he's snogging and possibly SLEEPING with the temporary GM. Of COURSE he doesn't deserve the title shot right now from an in-character standpoint. Sheesh. It's not like we're talking about JERICHO, for God's sake.

i think that was a joke and if so then well done

[Warwolf]

awataurne said:

warwolf said:

I agreed with Batista.l The guy JUST came back, and the only reason he's getting the shot this soon is cause he's snogging and possibly SLEEPING with the temporary GM. Of COURSE he doesn't deserve the title shot right now from an in-character standpoint. Sheesh. It's not like we're talking about JERICHO, for God's sake.

i think that was a joke and if so then well done

No, I was dead serious. As someone else has pointed out, Edge hasn't even had a single match since his return at the Series. Not even Batista got a shot THAT fast after returning from injury. Plus, again, the only reason Edge (speaking from the in-storyline situation here remember) is getting the shot literally his first match back, is because he's sleeping around with Vicky. Even UNDERTAKER didn't get an immediate shot at the belt after recovering from injury.

Of course, Edge bores the hell out of me right now anyway cause they threw away any possible chance for me to care about why he did what he did by them puitting him with Vicky and all. So maybe it's just me. But damnit, if Edge is going to be inserted into a title program, the least they could do is not fall on a really bad cliche.

And if you were referring to him being compared to the fact that Jericho has announced his intention to challenge Orton for the WWE belt, again, I'm not joking. Edge is not and never will be even half as entertaining as Jericho. Furthermore, Jericho has simply stated his intention to become champ. He's not just going to wind up having a world title match with Orton in his first match back, unlike Edge, who is all of a sudden getting a world title shot in his very first match back from injury.

[mrjl]

dothebird said:

ptbartman said:

You know that brings up another point that really ticks me off. certain nicknames should be retired (at least till theres almost nobody left alive who remembers the original) and The Anilmal is one of them. Unless it's passed on legitimately. (Let's say Rick Flair wanted to pass Nature Boy onto Cody Rhodes to keep it alive) The Dragon. Hot Rod. The Hammer. The Anvil. I'm sorry there's only one. and in "The Animal's" case it's George Steel. And any ways Dave "The Beast" Batista sounds better.

[/soapbox]

Sadly, I'd imagine somewhere around 4% of WWE's main demographic even know who George Steele is.

It's not quite the same thing to me.

They don't introduce him as "The Animal" Dave Batista after all. It's just a descriptive thing.

To me "The Animal" was part of Steele's name.

[acressl]

The nerve. "Tommy Titleshot" doesn't think Edge deserves one. Just one! That is flippin ridiculous.

[The F'N Captain]

Hey Dave? How many PPV's have you headlined on the Smackdown! side of the fence because you demanded a rematch because you forgot about ten counts or had a tummy ache, or couldn't win because you didn't throw your invisible grenade during your pyro?

Yeah STFU.