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I don't know how serious I am being with this (seriously), but part of me would surely enjoy a storyline where Batista used his big name star presence to steal Tyler Breeze's theme music and shtick. It wouldn't be entirely out of character -- think about it:
The last time we saw Batista, he lost to John Cena and got so frustrated that he left the professional wrestling industry. He didn't have the drive or the passion to keep going whereas guys like John Cena get knocked down and get back up. I could see a heel Batista coming back and having this kayfabe "I'm just in it for the money and I'm not going to pour myself into everything I do" air about him. Batista could have this arrogant vibe about himself and just mock the fans and the industry in general. He just acts like he would off-screen (not knowing the guy, but he'd drop "The Animal" persona and just be a guy that likes to have sex with Divas) and mucks around on-stage.
A bit of a movement can start where Superstars start Tweeting about Batista #stealingbreeze. Tyler himself can remain fairly quiet and just make Tweets like "Trying to be professional #goodemployee" and the like. The WWE basically -- without trying to shove it down our throats -- tries to create a bit of a viral marketing campaign around Breeze to get people wanting to see him do his thing on RAW and SmackDown. Maybe The Authority even changes his music (off-stage as to not make it too much of an obvious story device) and despite Breeze still acting the part, the commentators stop talking about it as much: "Tyler Breeze was trained by Lance Storm and as such is a great high-flyer and submission expert in the vein of a young Chris Jericho." Alex Riley can make little comments like "He's still looking at that phone? I thought officials would have confiscated that by now."
Basically you do a real subtle thing where Tyler Breeze keeps trying to be Tyler Breeze, but the official company line is that the gimmick is over. This all leads to petitions being put out by stars (Xavier Woods had that short-lived "Bring Back Big Show" petition, so he could be a likely candidate) and out-spoken guys like Dolph Ziggler, Zack Ryder and even CM Punk sending Tyler Tweets saying stuff like "Don't you hate it when something you make work gets taken from you?" Eventually a guy like CM Punk actually makes a comment towards Batista on the air, and he just brushes it off. Things kick up a notch when after a match, Batista is attacked by Tyler Breeze (perhaps even using a weapon). Breeze then Touts about it from the ring using his phone and the security escorts him out. #GoodEmployee then becomes the #BadEmployee and #mrstealmygimmick.
This all leads to a match where Breeze shows heart against Batista, but is of course eventually defeated. The beating continues after the match and there's no security to help Breeze. He's taken out on a stretcher and many of the roster send Breeze sympathetic Tweets about the heart and effort he showed. This all leads to Breeze coming back in a segment where he confronts Triple H or even Vince McMahon and says he tried to play ball, then he tried to make a name for himself, and regardless of whether or not they see money in him, they know he is too good to not give him an opportunity. He basically comes off as really respectful, but confident, and they almost appreciate that and he gets a solid run as "The Bad Employee" Tyler Breeze. The WWE could market that t-shirt and it could probably sell a few. But they can also keep the "I'm gorgeous" thing to keep him interesting and sell some phone cases or something.
Yes, I did just fantasy book Batista vs. Tyler Breeze. Fuck yourselves.
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