Recently, something that has caught everyone’s attention is ECW’s first stable since 2007, The Roundtable. This stable features perhaps three of the most talented superstars on ECW, William Regal, Vladimir Kozlov, & Ezekiel Jackson. The last ECW stable war was back in ’07 when most fans believe ECW was still “extreme.” It featured The ECW Originals (Rob Van Dam, Sabu, Tommy Dreamer, and The Sandman) vs. The New Breed (Elijah Burke, Kevin Thorn, Marcus Cor Von, and Matt Striker).
Now the Roundtable might’ve never formed had TNA not brought back stable wars. Since October we have seen one of the greatest stables in wrestling history, The Main Event Mafia. Recently, World Elite & The TNA Originals became legit stables and the same month WWE brought back DX and even formed the Roundtable. This means two things – WWE still cares about their competition no matter what Vince says, and two, ECW is becoming interesting again.
The Roundtable’s first appearance was on the August 18th edition of ECW on SyFy. Regal & Kozlov attacked Dreamer backstage “injuring” him then later on in the night it was Regal & Kozlov vs. Jackson & Christian with Jackson turning on Christian and all 3 assaulting him. Christian & Dreamer being on-screen good friends means they will eventually join forces to feud with the Roundtable. However, 2 people is a tag team and not a stable.
So, with that being said, the WWE universe wonders who the 3rd member will be. I would honestly have Paul Burchill join The RT and have a 4-on-4 feud but ECW simply does not have enough guys to do that. As for Christian’s and Dreamer’s partner, the only logical answer would be The Animal, Batista.
As we all know Batista is set to return sometime around WWE Bragging Rights. It would be logical to have him return at Survivor Series which is in Washington DC, Batista’s hometown, and is the “return” pay-per-view but he is already cleared to compete and having him wait 2 months would not be good. However, should he return to RAW, there would be nowhere for Batista to go. RAW does not need him anymore. As a face, we’ve got John Cena in the title mix and now that he’s there he won’t go back to fighting the Miz anytime soon. Shawn Michaels recently returned bringing back DX. DX may be a tag team but don’t think they are not main event superstars any longer. And besides, either Cody Rhodes or Ted DiBiase will turn face in the next couple of months not making things any easier for the animal.
As a heel, we’ve got Randy Orton, who will be the top heel on RAW for a long time to come. Chris Jericho, may be on SmackDown, but he and Big Show play a huge part on RAW.
Should Batista come back as a heel, he’ll feud with MVP or Kofi Kingston which as you can probably tell will never happen. Should Batista come back as a face, he’ll feud with Jack Swagger which would elevate Swagger but perhaps hurt Batista’s status. SmackDown is now the brand for young, high flyers so Batista would only hurt the ratings there.
The only logical answer is for him to go to ECW and feud with the Roundtable. The way to do that is simple – have a heel guest host “punish” him by putting him in a 3-on-1 handicap match and have him get his ass kicked. That’ll have a nice transition and boost ECW ratings.
That’s all for today folks, please leave a comment below, and answer this post’s poll, I’M OUT!
