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
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.