Better World Heavyweight Champion: The Undertaker Or Batista?

May 2024 ยท 4 minute read
Since it's highly likely Batista will be put back into the world title picture, and The Undertaker is the current world champion, I thought it would be time to compare and contrast the two as World Heavyweight Champions over the years, since they have been two of the most decorated champions on Samckdown since the title came to that brand. I'll start with The Undertaker.

The Undertaker- Taker is a three time World Heavyweight Champion, and first won the title at Wrestlemania 23 against Batista. Taker went on to feud with Batista for a while, and ultimately lost the the title to Edge on an episode of Smackdown, after he cashed in his MITB. This came after Taker had a steel cage match with Batista, and was beaten down by Mark Henry.

Fast forward to 2008, Taker wins the Elimination Chamber at No Way Out, and goes on to defeat Edge in the main event at Wrestlemania 24 for the WHC. Taker would continue to feud with Edge after Mania, until he was stripped of the title by Vickie Guerrero for his then illegal "Hell's Gate" submission hold. Edge, with the help of La Familia, defeated Taker at One Night Stand for the vacant WHC. After this, Taker was kayfabe banished from WWE.

Upon his return at Summerslam 2009, Taker begun feuding with then WHC CM Punk. He would go on to defeat him at the Hell In A Cell ppv, and is set to defend his title against Rey Mysterio at the Royal Rumble.

Notable feuds For The World Heavyweight Championship:Batista,Edge,CM Punk, Big Show and Chris Jericho, Rey Mysterio

Batista is a four time World Heavyweight Champion, and won his first World Heavyweight Championship at Wrestlemania 21 against Triple H in the main event. Batista would go on to feud with The Game for a while, beating him at two straight ppvs in a row.

Batista was drafted to Smackdown after his feud with Triple H, and began feuds with JBL and Eddie Guerrero. Batista would suffer an injury, and had to relinquish the title.

After his return from injury, he would feud with Finaly, Mark Henry, and King Booker. He beat Booker for the world title at Survivor Series 2006.He would then go on to lose the title to Taker at Wrestlemania 23. Later on in the year, he won the WHC in a triple threat match against The Great Khali and Rey Mysterio.

Notable Feuds as World Heavyweight Champion: Triple H,JBL,Eddie Guerrero,Edge,The Undertaker,The Great Khali,Rey Mysterio,Chris Jericho,CM Punk,Mr.Kennedy

Now before some of you flood this thread with the "Batista is shit in the ring" comments, I would like to say I think he's average, nothing more, nothing less. Anyway, who do you think has been the better World Heavyweight champion over the years? The Undertaker or Batista?

I left some of Batista's feuds out because they really weren't worth remembering, or they were really short. I loved his feud with Triple H back in 2005/2006. Those tow put on some great brawl style matches, especially their Hell In A Cell form 2006. His feud with Taker back in 2007 was pretty good also.

The Undertaker's feud with Batista was probably his best as champion in my opinion. These two actually put on some pretty damn good matches. His feud with Edge was presented to us as a BIG time feud, but it never really did it for me. The whole "strip him of the title" storyline was just a bummer for me. His current reign as WHC has been boring at times. His win at Bragging Rights was over shadowed by the start of the Mysterio/Batista feud.

I'm probably going to receive a ton of crap for this, but I'm going with The Undertaker. I know both men had title reigns cut short by injuries, but the streak VS the title is an awesome aspect of Taker's reigns, and it's something Batista can never have.Although Batista did have something Taker didn't have as champion.....that one defining feud that makes a champion a champion, and that feud was with Triple H.

Who's your pick? The Undertaker or Batista?

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