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Originally posted by brandon11983
True. Batista is the man! He did mop the floor with Benoit. Rather than take control of Evolution, I'd like to see him and Orton lose that excess baggage and either go their separate way or even better, form a tag team! I hate the both of them with Evolution, but love them apart from it.
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In order to be a great wrestler these days and get anywhere you have to have great mic skills and get people to pay to see you.
Orton I think stands a good chance at that, in a few years he could be the next Rock.
Batista though, I don't see having good mic, he's there to beat people in submission. My call is Batista stays a mid tier guy (or tag teamer) and never truly advances. He may get a shot here and there at something but I don't see him holding anything very long.
It's like Benoit, the reason McMahon took so long to give him the belt was noone thought Benoit could handle the mic.
McMahon looks for the mic guys that can pull people into a storyline, HBK, Hogan, MachoMan (OOOOOO Yeah), Austin, The Rock, even Triple H. McMahon's looking for the next one. Again Orton maybe in a few years but Batista never will.
There's only one wrestler who lacked mic skills and has been around forever and that's Mark Calloway, The UnderTaker. But he sold his gimmick and developed a great base.
The 2 wrestlers I think McMahon has shit on and has totally ignored their talent and fan base are RVD and Jericho. Those 2 wrestlers have it all the mic, the in ring, the charisma, the great fan base that can make them babyfaces or heels in a heartbeat.
Let Jericho and RVD loose and those 2 could become as big as HBK. I could definately see Jericho being as big as anyone ever in the WWE. RVD works a little on the mic skills and cuts down the hardcore he'd be killer boxoffice. RVD I could see becoming the next Flair.
But I also think Jericho is happy where he is, wrestles a bit but has a soft schedule and can be Fozzy. I think he doesn't want to go much further than where he is.
RVD just gets shit on. I love the guy but for some reason McMahon keeps him in the background and buries him in stupid stories that go nowhere. Might be RVD is bad lockerroom politics/attitude or the big guys like HHH and others are keeping RVD down so as not to lose what they have.
I think very soon we'll see RVD in TNA and shining bright.