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Quote Originally Posted by Dingo Jellybean
The mic skill of Batista is evidently bad. He's enjoyable to watch, but like Benoit, his reign as champion will be short.
He was champion from Wrestlemania XX to SummerSlam..that's not short at all. At least WWE came out of its 'New champion every month' phase.
Well said. Back in the Attitude Era of 1998-2001 (or thereabouts), the WWE Championship changed hands almost every month at the PPV, and sometimes on the Raw/Smackdown shows! This devalued the belt, and it made its holders look like caretakers as opposed to serious and credible champions.

In 2004, the World Championship changed hands only three times, and the WWE Championship changed hands just twice! True, JBL almost killed the belt to begin with, but he grew into a fairly acceptable champion who everyone eventually got behind.

Maybe things aren't quite as bad as they seem.