Strummer Posted February 26, 2014 Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 So they tried again to turn .Batista face on SD again and to no surprise it didn't work. He ends of squashing Dolph. We're almost reaching Theater of the Absurd levels here where it's becoming oddly entertaining. I just hope this is all crotchety Vince because otherwhise it's less fun and more soul crushing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Redman Posted February 26, 2014 Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 So they tried again to turn .Batista face on SD again and to no surprise it didn't work. He ends of squashing Dolph. We're almost reaching Theater of the Absurd levels here where it's becoming oddly entertaining. I just hope this is all crotchety Vince because otherwhise it's less fun and more soul crushing I don't think there would be a less likely way for Batista to turn face to the people who are booing him than by having him squash Dolph Ziggler, short of squashing Bryan or Punk. EDIT: Reading the spoilers, it sounds more like deliberately booking him as the heel, rather than trying to make him John Cena Mk II: Batista started out the show with mixed boos and cheers. Batista started off by saying "I love this business and company." He said he did not come back to be liked. A huge C.M. Punk chant broke out. He said you don't have to support him, but you gotta deal with it. He said it's a fact he can destroy anyone they put in front of him. A small Daniel Bryan chant started and died quickly. Batista asked what the hell happened to this business, the real men, the attitude. A huge Yes! chant broke out. He said if the fans honestly think their heroes are as good as him they need to get out of their fantasy world and to get out of his. He said he would destroy each of our heroes on his way to WrestleMania where he will become the WWE World Heavyweight Champion. Out came Dolph Ziggler. A "Let's Go Ziggler" chant broke out. Ziggler started out by saying, "You don't tell these people who to cheer for" and that they cheer for who they want. He said Batista is a dinosaur and sooner or later they become extinct. Ziggler said he wants a match with Batista tonight. Batista said he wanted it he would get it. Ziggler dropkicked him and walked away. ... Batista beat Dolph Ziggler. Dolph with fast offense to start. Batista got in the face of a fan wearing the clown wig. A boring chant started, then a C.M. Punk chant (which I started, ha). This is a slow match. There were a couple spine busters in a row from Batista, who was generating serious heat by taunting the WWE Universe. Batista performed the Batista Bomb for the win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RingoPlaysDrums Posted February 26, 2014 Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 How did they try and turn him face? Not the impression I got from the spoilers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimmas Posted February 26, 2014 Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 So they tried again to turn .Batista face on SD again and to no surprise it didn't work. He ends of squashing Dolph. We're almost reaching Theater of the Absurd levels here where it's becoming oddly entertaining. I just hope this is all crotchety Vince because otherwhise it's less fun and more soul crushing These all seems like the WWE turning Batista heel very soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strummer Posted February 26, 2014 Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 Seems like it but I was going by Meltz's claim that they are determined for him to be a face Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted February 26, 2014 Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 I picture Vince standing up and popping for Batista's "real men" line, only to be shocked that no one else did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strummer Posted February 26, 2014 Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 now Mike Johnson is reporting that Batista is turning heel for real. Again conflicting with Meltz which has been common lately. from Scoot's blog: The decision to turn Batista heel was made after the Elimination Chamber PPV due to the reaction he received from the crowd. Orignally for last night, Batista was scheduled to turn heel and rip apart the fans after losing to Alberto Del Rio and being called out by Randy Orton about the fans not liking him, which would lead to him going nuts and acting like an animal. At the last second, the decision was made to have him appear on Smackdown for a few segments. For those wondering, even before the crowds turned on Batista, he was scheduled to turn heel at some point this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marrklarr Posted February 26, 2014 Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 How much of this Batista push has to do with the fact that he has a couple of movies coming out this year? I don't think either are WWE productions, but still... I think the company's non-stop shilling (Hogan plugging the Network felt a lot like those commercials where the Fonz pimps reverse mortgages) is at least as big a problem as its booking. Especially when the shilling drives the booking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strummer Posted February 26, 2014 Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 BTW, I can't wait till a future endeavored writer tells the story of what the hell has been going on backstage the last few months or so. This time beats almost everything since the death of WCW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted February 26, 2014 Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 I'm glad to hear they are turning him heel. A heel Batista does have real potential, especially in contrast with Bryan. I'm sure he's facing Brock at some point. I really want to see Brock against Daniel Bryan at some point too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anarchistxx Posted February 26, 2014 Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 If Batista is really turning heel they will have to add someone else to the title match. Knowing WWE they will see this as a golden opportunity to run a 'double turn' Wrestlemania main event with Randy Orton ending the show with a glorious face coronation after finally proving he is the man. In my dreams, Daniel Bryan defeats Triple-H, gets added to the main event and wins the strap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrisZ Posted February 26, 2014 Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 I said the past couple of days they had to turn Big Dave heel but this is also another win for MKJ over Meltz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Sorrow Posted February 26, 2014 Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 So many people are going on about Batista only there because of Guardians of the Galaxy but they haven't mentioned it at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffey Posted February 26, 2014 Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 I'm glad to hear they are turning him heel. A heel Batista does have real potential, especially in contrast with Bryan. I agree plus Batista is just more fun as a heel. To me at least. His "spotlight" character right before he left was great & judging by RAW, it seems they're going that direction again. Batista also, from what I read, signed a 2-year deal. So that's not just a promote a movie & leave contract. Also, Randy Orton was clamoring forever to turn heel again last time he was babyface, so I can't imagine he'd be OK with turning face again so soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russellmania Posted February 26, 2014 Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 I'm glad to hear they are turning him heel. A heel Batista does have real potential, especially in contrast with Bryan. I'm sure he's facing Brock at some point. I really want to see Brock against Daniel Bryan at some point too. Brock/Bryan has the makings to be such an awesome match. Brock has shown that if he has someone good to work with (Cena, Punk) he can still really go. They could work a similar formula to the Eddie/Brock matches if they want and it would be killer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peachchaos Posted February 26, 2014 Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 face/heel...doesn't matter Batista is awful at nearly everything involved with professional wrestling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted February 26, 2014 Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 He's really not that bad. He just returned at an unfortunate time and is being booked in a no-win situation at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peachchaos Posted February 26, 2014 Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 idk Loss, I always hated him. I barely watched wrestling during his run, though. I never had love for Orton either, but he's become such a solid worker that it's hard to put him down anymore. I can't recall any of Batista's work that jumped out at me in a positive way. Are there any exceptional Batista performances? Was his initial run successful enough to suggest he's a big enough star to win the Rumble and headline WrestleMania after hiatus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted February 26, 2014 Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 I understand that, but he's a big star, has been a part of some good matches through the years and was really good as a heel to wrap up his last run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvd356 Posted February 26, 2014 Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 You know in a strange way Dave/Orton is a really cool setup for a Mania M.E. Course they didn't set it up to be Heel vs. Heel(or did they, watching the Chamber now and whoever booked/agented that show is a genius. Double A I'm sure helped). They really are going to let the crowd do their thing at Mania. I for one am a strong proponent that the WWE world title(especially the 1st year that its undisputed) should main event, NO matter what. So what if the fans go crazy, it'll be a memory like Brock/Berg. If not...that's much much worse. That's when you enter Jericho/H & Orton/H levels, and this match does have that possibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strummer Posted February 26, 2014 Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 From the way things are going it seems Hunter and Stephanie will align with Batista when he becomes champ at Mania and becomes the dreaded "new face of WWE" good luck with trying to turn Orton though. Hopefully the plan will be for Bryan to finally get the title in the spring/summer after chasing him. Not ideal and it's going to make for a surreal/depressing Mania but of course they booked themselves into a never ending corner here. Hopefully they get rid of the Authority storyline during all of that stuff. After a strong start it's just doing circles now. It really needs to go before the summer at least Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted February 26, 2014 Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 Alvarez going on and on how there's no way Triple H won't put Bryan over at WM last night on the B&V show was hilarious. He was seriously using Hunter's 8-9 WM record as proof, even after listing all the losses were either to friends of his or the Undertaker. I agree that the booking of the program with DB doesn't make sense if Hunter wins at the end, but that's never stopped him before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerpride Posted February 26, 2014 Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 I for one am a strong proponent that the WWE world title(especially the 1st year that its undisputed) should main event, NO matter what. So what if the fans go crazy, it'll be a memory like Brock/Berg. If not...that's much much worse. That's when you enter Jericho/H & Orton/H levels, and this match does have that possibility. No, this has been proven incorrect so many times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted February 26, 2014 Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 From the way things are going it seems Hunter and Stephanie will align with Batista when he becomes champ at Mania and becomes the dreaded "new face of WWE" good luck with trying to turn Orton though. Hopefully the plan will be for Bryan to finally get the title in the spring/summer after chasing him. Not ideal and it's going to make for a surreal/depressing Mania but of course they booked themselves into a never ending corner here. Hopefully they get rid of the Authority storyline during all of that stuff. After a strong start it's just doing circles now. It really needs to go before the summer at least They should play up Orton's last few months and basically make him a Pariah in the locker room, sort of a crazy Crow Sting/early 98 Randy Savage force for chaos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strummer Posted February 26, 2014 Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 Going over that Hunter conference call and he seems like a decent guy who knows the business. He kept saying Vince makes the final decision which may be a way of deflecting all the recent criticism Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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