Rating The Champ: Batista

May 7, 2020
4 min read

Welcome to a new series on the website, called Rating The Champ. This will follow my prior World Title Series, where I reviewed each and every WWE Heavyweight Champion in history from Hulk Hogan’s first title win in 1984 all the way to the current days. Money in the Bank cash-ins will not be included for obvious reasons, unless it was a proper match (ie: Rob Van Dam at One Night Stand 2006). Royal Rumble and battle royales won’t be included as well.

In this new series, I will rate all the PPV matches from each and every WWF/E Heavyweight Champion in history. To be fair, since this is the WWF/E title, I’ll only rate their PPV matches in the WWF/E. In this edition, we’ll be looking back at the PPV career of the one and only, former WWE & World Heavyweight Champion, Batista.

2002

Vs. Kane (Armageddon) DUD

2003

Vs. Shawn Michaels (Armageddon) **3/4
Tag Team Turmoil Match – World Tag Team Championship (Armageddon) **

2004

Tables: W/ Ric Flair vs. The Dudley Boyz – World Tag Team Championship (Royal Rumble) 1/2*
Handicap: W/ Evolution vs. The Rock & Mick Foley (WrestleMania XX) ****
Vs. Chris Jericho (Vengeance) *1/4
Vs. Edge vs. Chris Jericho – WWE Intercontinental Championship (SummerSlam) **1/2
W/ Ric Flair vs. Chris Benoit & William Regal (Unforgiven) ***
W/ Team Triple H vs. Team Orton (Survivor Series) ***

2005

Elimination Chamber Match – World Heavyweight Championship (New Year’s Revolution) ***3/4
Vs. Triple H – World Heavyweight Championship (WrestleMania 21) **1/2
Vs. Triple H – World Heavyweight Championship (Backlash) **1/4
HIAC: Vs. Triple H – World Heavyweight Championship (Vengeance) ****1/2
Vs. JBL – World Heavyweight Championship (The Great American Bash) **
Street Fight: Vs. JBL – World Heavyweight Championship (SummerSlam) ***
Vs. Eddie Guerrero – World Heavyweight Championship (No Mercy) ***3/4
Street Fight: Vs. Jonathan Coachman (Taboo Tuesday) DUD
W/ Team SmackDown vs. Team RAW (Survivor Series) ***1/4
W/ Rey Mysterio vs. Kane & Big Show (Armageddon) **

2006

Vs. Mr. Kennedy (The Great American Bash) **3/4
Vs. King Booker – World Heavyweight Championship (SummerSlam) 1/2*
Vs. King Booker vs. Bobby Lashley vs. Finlay – World Heavyweight Championship (No Mercy) ****
Vs. King Booker – World Heavyweight Championship (Survivor Series) **
W/ John Cena vs. King Booker & Finlay (Armageddon) **

2007

Vs. Mr. Kennedy – World Heavyweight Championship (Royal Rumble) **1/2
W/ The Undertaker vs. John Cena vs. Shawn Michaels (No Way Out) ***1/2
Vs. The Undertaker – World Heavyweight Championship (WrestleMania 23) ****1/4
Last Man Standing: Vs. The Undertaker – World Heavyweight Championship (Backlash) ****
Vs. Edge – World Heavyweight Championship (Judgment Day) **1/2
Steel Cage: Vs. Edge – World Heavyweight Championship (One Night Stand) **1/4
Vs. Edge – World Heavyweight Championship (Vengeance: Night of Champions) ***
Vs. The Great Khali vs. Finlay – World Heavyweight Championship (The Great American Bash) 1/2*
Vs. The Great Khali – World Heavyweight Championship (SummerSlam) DUD
Vs. The Great Khali vs. Rey Mysterio – World Heavyweight Championship (Unforgiven) **
Punjabi Prison: Vs. The Great Khali – World Heavyweight Championship (No Mercy) **3/4
Vs. The Undertaker – World Heavyweight Championship (Cyber Sunday) ***3/4
HIAC: Vs. The Undertaker – World Heavyweight Championship (Survivor Series) ****1/4
Vs. The Undertaker vs. Edge – World Heavyweight Championship (Armageddon) ***

2008

SmackDown’s Elimination Chamber Match (No Way Out) ***
Vs. Umaga (WrestleMania XXIV) *
Vs. Shawn Michaels (Backlash) ***1/4
Stretcher: Vs. Shawn Michaels (One Night Stand) ***1/2
Vs. Edge – World Heavyweight Championship (Night of Champions) ***
Vs. CM Punk – World Heavyweight Championship (The Great American Bash) **3/4
Vs. John Cena (SummerSlam) ****
Championship Scramble – World Heavyweight Championship (Unforgiven) **3/4
Vs. JBL (No Mercy) *1/2
Vs. Chris Jericho – World Heavyweight Championship (Cyber Sunday) ***1/4
W/ Team Batista vs. Team Orton (Survivor Series) ***
Vs. Randy Orton (Armageddon) **3/4

2009

W/ Triple H & Shane McMahon vs. Legacy – WWE Championship (Backlash) ***
Vs. Randy Orton – WWE Championship (Judgment Day) ***
Steel Cage: Vs. Randy Orton – WWE Championship (Extreme Rules) *1/2
W/ Rey Mysterio vs. JeriShow – Unified WWE Tag Team Championship (Hell in a Cell) ***1/4
Vs. The Undertaker vs. Rey Mysterio vs. CM Punk – World Heavyweight Championship (Bragging Rights) ***1/4
Vs. Rey Mysterio (Survivor Series) **3/4
Chairs: Vs. The Undertaker – World Heavyweight Championship (TLC) **3/4

2010

Vs. John Cena – WWE Championship (WrestleMania XXVI) ****
Last Man Standing: Vs. John Cena – WWE Championship (Extreme Rules) ****1/4
I Quit: Vs. John Cena – WWE Championship (Over the Limit) ***1/2

2014

Vs. Alberto Del Rio (Elimination Chamber) *
Vs. Randy Orton vs. Daniel Bryan – WWE World Heavyweight Championship (WrestleMania XXX) ****1/4
W/ Evolution vs. The Shield (Extreme Rules) ****1/2
No Holds Barred Elimination: W/ Evolution vs. The Shield (Payback) ****

2019

No Holds Barred: Vs. Triple H (WrestleMania 35) ***1/4

TOP FIVE

5. Randy Orton, Daniel Bryan (WrestleMania XXX)

4. The Shield (Extreme Rules 2014)

3. The Undertaker (Survivor Series 2007)

2. The Undertaker (WrestleMania 23)

1. Triple H (Vengeance 2005)

Avrage rating per year

2002 – 0
2003 – 2.38
2004 – 2.38
2005 – 2.7
2006 – 2.25
2007 – 2.73
2008 – 2.81
2009 – 2.79
2010 – 3.92
2014 – 3.44
2019 – 3.25

Overall average rating

2.60/5

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Rating: 2.5 out of 5.

Don’t miss the next article here on Rating The Champ, where we’ll be looking back at former WWF/E & World Heavyweight Champion, The Undertaker.