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Few Thoughts on Batista
It's a bit pointless to say that Batista "needs" Jericho, Benoit, HBK, etc. Who cares?
I DO however want to comment on one thing: Batista's potential as a face....and why he MIGHT be able to succeed where guys like Orton, Cena, Guerrero, Kane (in the past), Angle, etc. have (to varying degrees) FAILED as faces.
-Batista's character doesn't seem like it will change a whole lot if he makes the turn (fingers crossed). In a sense, Batista's lack of mic skills may actually help him in this case.
When you take a look at guys like Orton, Cena, Guerrero, and Angle, they kind of lost that "edge" when they made their face turns. Granted - they still got/get decent cheers, but they were nowhere near as effective as their heelish selves.
What made guys like Austin, and The Rock soooo popular when they first became top faces, was they acted VERY similar to their heelish selves.
Think back to Austin in 98', and The Rock between WM-15 and WM-2000.
On the other hand, I'm almost a bit scared in seeing Batista turn face. Knowing the WWE, they may try and deliberately make him 'suck up' to the fans (or make him a pussy like they did with Kane in 2000).
If Batista turns face, they need to make him SQUASH his opponents in convincing fashion for a few months or so (like his match with Rhyno for instance).
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