R.I.P. SmackDOWN!
 

Fuck Batista. He's going to ruin everybody's good time. There's no way this can possibly be good. :nono:

he'll get hurt within a matter of months and then be gone.

My thoughts exactly.

My thoughts exactly.

With Jeff gone they kinda need a main event level guy on the roster, despite it being Batista. I'm not happy with it either and I'm sure the IWC has its panties in a bunch, but he does draw.

I really can't think of one interesting thing for him to do on the blue brand...or the red brand...or the gray brand....god damn it, this is sad.

I just haven't been entertained by Batista since his initial face turn/title win. That Batista was awesome. I think the problelm is he's been that same guy ever since.

I dunno, there might be a ray of hope in this. Michael Hayes knows how to book guys. He might find a way to get in touch with what originally made Batista tolerable in the first place. Maybe. Can I be hopeful?

There's just not enough room on RAW for yet another main eventer, and SmackDown! could use a big name. I mean, in theory, it all works out. It's just the practicality I guess we have to worry about.

I don't think Hayes will think he has to make Batista 'tolerable'. He DOES get a reaction, so I don't think he'll be trying to fix something that isn't 'broken'. I feel like the same old Batista shit is coming on.

Batista will probably beat CM Punk in a non-title match on his first night on SmackDOWN!, then The Undertaker will beat him at the PPV, and we'll get Batista/Undertaker again after that.

With Edge and Jeff Hardy gone, who's a legitimate main event level guy on the roster besides CM and Taker, and don't say Matt Hardy. His beer gut ass should never be main eventing.

Wait, so is batista on smackdown? has this been announced or something?? I'm confused.

Yeah, he announced it on RAW.

Oh, i missed raw.

What I don't understand is why they're taking him out of the incredibly stale main event scene on Raw and putting him in the fresh main event scene on Smackdown.

I'm sure it's to entice the Raw crowd to watch Smackdown.

I'm not denying Batista is a main eventer. I'm just saying I'm not a fan. I also don't think he's going to fit will into the Smackdown landscape. Hopefully I'm wrong.

That and the reasons I listed above. RAW has too many main eventers; SmackDown! doesn't have enough.

That would be amazing if he were Punk's muscle.

I can't see how cm punk can retain his title v batista(actually he could win the tlc match), the odds are being heavily stacked against punk it seems.

Batista NEEDS to turn heel. Immobile monsters are always better suited to play heels.

Supreme, there's no room for him to be heel though, unless its for the ic title. or he could start a feud with khali.:(

It would probably be the worst match ever, but for some reason, the prospect of heel Kane vs Batista is intriguing.

When Batista enters his cheat code for a title shot, Punk can wax lyrical about how Dave has clearly been on something to get to the size he is now.

Batista vs Knox hasn't been done yet

Batista vs McIntyre could be...okay

Batista vs Ziggler (as long as Ziggles goes over) would be entertaining

I thought I read on the front page that Vince is pretty much devoting all of his attention to Raw as of late, and he's hardly paying attention to Smackdown. I wonder if maybe he's changing his views on that.

You must be high if you think Ziggler, McIntyre, or Knox would go over Batista in a feud right now.

I don't think they would...just think it would be different to Batista vs Taker or Batista vs Khali or Batista vs Big Show.

Big Show's on Raw, technically.

Anyway, I'd just rather not see anyone's momentum get stopped on account of Batista. It's bound to happen, though.

I'd like for this to work, I really would. I just don't see it being enjoyable unless he does turn heel, which a few have mentioned wouldn't really make much sense. Logically, what do you guys think his first feud should be?

Bats to feud with Punk after HiaC probably.

Logically (in WWE booking terms), it would probably be Dolph Ziggler (unfortunatley). He ticks all the boxes.

Entertaining - check
Cocky Heel - check
Over - check
Mid to upper mid card to ease him back in before he gets a title shot- check
Has momentum - check
Can job within thirty seconds- check

Ideally, it would be somebody like Kane, but it won't be.

Actually, I think Kane has got a good shot. Kane continues to go over Khali, and is riding a wave of credibility right now. It also flows on from Kane's reasons for feuding with Khali ("I'm the only monster on SmackDown!"). But I can also see Batista being shoved right into the main event scene.

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Yeah a bats sideshow with Kane would work

If Batista is put into like the Tag title seen over there, or to face the monster of SD, then I am all about this move. If he goes after Punk, then I will be angry

How long till punk jobs to him?

A month, if that.

Kane has always worked a good program with the "big guys" of wwe and Batista is the only one who he has not had a solid feud with

Batista can be CM Punks lackey.

Kane hasn't had a good program since 2003.

Edge/Kane in 2005 was pretty good