I have to be honest, I have probably been reading these forums for months upon months, yet I have never been inclined to join and post anything myself. However, that has changed since I have seen people respond to the possibility of Batista leaving WWE.
Plain and simple, this will be a catastrophic loss for WWE. A loss that can only be compared to Brock Lesnar's departure in 2004. I have read through these posts and just seen people cheer and clamor over the possibility of Batista leaving the company. What is wrong with you? Where is your sense for business?
In the last five years, Batista has probably been the second biggest draw in the company, trailing only John Cena. No, Batista has never been brilliant with his in-ring work, but he has also shown that he can put on a good match when given the right opponent, the right build and the right environment. I noticed that some people really got on the one poster after he said that Batista had a greater career than Eddie Guerrero in a short amount of time. That is actually quite accurate. In the last five years, Batista has put together a Hall of Fame caliber career, and in comparison, it took guys such as Chris Benoit and Eddie Guerrero more than 15 years to win their first WWE Title.
I have never posted on these message boards because I have always felt as if the stereotypes of the IWC are true. That is that the IWC cannot except any wrestler if they are not either a technical wrestling machine or a athletic wizard. Trust me, I love the A.J. Styles, Eddie Guerreros and Rey Mysterios as much as the next guy, but I'm also a realist. As good as these wrestlers are, none of them ever had or ever will have anything close to the main event career that Batista has had in the past five years.
Batista is not great on the mic. He is not great in the ring. But he has one of the greatest looks EVER.
Additionally, I do not want to hear another thing about his so-called character. I met him in 2004. Was he the nicest wrestler that I have met? No. But he was far from the meanest one too. And if you want to talk about character issues and bad people, then look no further than the IWC's former hero Chris Benoit. He only killed his wife, child and himself, but I bet people will still argue that he is a better person than Batista.
In closing, if Batista really does leave, then it is a sad day for WWE. He had put together an impressive resume and has had some great feuds (Triple- 2005, Undertaker- 2007, John Cena- 2010) as well as some very good matches, especially his Hell in a Cell matches against Triple H and Undertaker. If we really are happy over the WWE losing one of its top three draws in the company (behind only Cena and Orton), then we need to take a step back and ask if we really are indeed WWE fans. There is nothing positive about Batista leaving.