I'd hope that Dave has enough passion invested towards the WWE to not retire. That would be the last thing the WWE needs now, letting some more (considerably) young talent let alone a very popular face character, let go. Who knows maybe Batista can go to Smackdown in another 'blockbuster' trade and Jackson (or vlad) can be bumped up to Smackdown (if that doesn't happen already) and could start a whole new feud for the Heavyweight belt. And lets not forget about Taker and Edge and Kane would always be a good competitor to.