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I think it's normal that the former WCW stars need a period of adjusting, to gain experience in the WWE. They entered a world of superstars with who they never worked with.

The real problem is that they aren't given a lot of time. They enter the WWE business, they have to face people who they worked with AND immediate (and perfect) results are expected by a lot of WWE fans (and by the WWE bosses).

And it's especially there where it turns the bad way.

If these former WCW wrestler have a tough time adjusting, the right thing to do (to retaliate with) is encouraging them with some good remarks, telling them what they could do better and most of all, give them time to improve. But in most cases, the wrestlers get heavily critisized, wrong move ... only makes it worse and it destroys the self confidence of the wrestler completely.

I've seen Steiner and Goldberg growing since their arrivals.
I remember a match between Goldberg and Flair some time ago. And I read (never 'watch') that things went well and automatically. Obvious, cause they faced each other in the past in WCW. They worked together before.

The perfect example is Booker T.
He went from: young boy ---> tag team champ ---> WCW Champ/WCW Superstar ---> Invasion fool ---> WWE rookie ---> WWE 'sucka' ---> WWE superstar

He got very dumb and very louzy story lines at the beginning of his WWE career, but currently he's one of the best superstars on the RAW roster. In my eyes he equals the WCW Booker, with the only difference being the possession of the gold.




Batista is an animal and I truely hope to see him get higher as time goes by. He seized his first gold though and what an honor, with legend Flair.
What I'd like to see, is that Batista faces more opponents of his size. With that I mean one-on-one matches with guys like Goldberg and Kane. But whenever he encounters such big men, it's when he's interfering in matches involving another Evolution member. Also a bit of a down side, is that besides Goldberg, Kane and Mark Henry, RAW doesn't really have much more powerhouses. ALso, keep in mind that Kevin Nash is out and no one knows when or if he'll return. And as Goldberg and Kane seem to be involved in title matches (and Batista is not for now), it reduces the chance to see him in a one-on-one match with a powerhouse. If you compare that to Smackdown: Lesnar, Bradshaw, Big Show, Matt Morgan, A-Train, Undertaker.
Anyway, if I'd have to pick one guy, I'd chose The Rock as opponent for Batista.

Orton is good, but not great. He still has potential. But I believe that he's IC material, nothing more. He's the current IC Champ and that's how far it should get (for now) for him. Sure, he's called the Legend Killer and sure yes, I agree, he has defeated quite some legends already. But don't forget that he only accomplished this with the very significant assistance of another legend, Ric Flair.