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"SMACKDOWN Thread"

Same as the RAW thread. You all seem to think it's a good idea so I made a smackdown thread. Just discuss what happens on smackdown, week in, week out. Remember NO SPOILERS but if you really have to post one, make sure you give everyone a chance to watch the show.


P.S. Lets keep this different from Your Shout.

Also i think either Orton, Benoit or JBL as champ.

If JBL needs a face turn then they could bring Edge to Smackdown by saying that the Money In The Bank Contract was valid for a shot at the World Heavyweight Championship, in which he has to move to Smackdown to invoke it as it isnt valid on RAW now.

I think him giving up due to an injury would be good, as then when he comes back he would still not have been beaten for the belt, and the unbeatable animal will still live on :)

I think he should have the surgery, like you say he's coming up to 40 and could do himself some premanent damage if he tries to work through it.

Yah, he should take surgery. In my eyes, other than his matches with JBL, he's been a pretty good champion. Okay, he's not the most charismatic guy in the world, but he doesn't really talk that much anyway. He definitely has the look, but he's no Lesnar unfortunately.

Give it to Orton. :D He's on fire.

I suppose it depends on how long Batista feels he has left in the industry. I think he's about 40 years old or approaching that, unless I'm thinking about someone else.

Anyway, does he want to slug it out without the surgery, I would assume lessening his career or just take the 3 months out?

If it were me, I'd probably want to publicly give up the belt on Smackdown, leaving everyone to fight for it and then take the surgery.

Hogan and Michaels are exceptional mic workers. Unfortunately Batista is not.

It's a shame that he's injured as his wrestling is his strong point (never thought I'd say that) but at the minute he's got a big decision to make.

Hopefully he will work through it but not be in the main event each week and only have talking parts or something.

Hogan Vs Michaels they did pretty well without any wrestling buildup until the actual match.

Might be able to do that with Batista?

Apparently Batista has been given two choices - intense rehab on his back and try and work through it or immediate surgery and be out for 3 months minimum.

If he takes the latter he will of course be stripped of the title and if he takes the former he risks doing himself some potentially career ending permanent damage.

One thought that has come out of this though is if he does have surgery the main title contendors will be JBL, Orton and Benoit as Edge is out for the forseeable future which might mean that the WWE open their eyes and give Benoit a much better contract as his expires in just over 2 weeks.

Then again Benoit in TNA against Styles etc.

*Drools*

Batista has injured himself, apparently he's torn a muscle that runs across his back that connects under your arms which is quite serious.

Whether he'll be out for any period of time will be known after he's been assessed today.

Cong_Man wrote:
> Ah, I see now. In that case, genius booking by Vince. He can book his
> usual brand of rubbish and blame it on the network.

However rubbish the WWE is it'll never be Vinces fault in his eyes.