Preview:
World Heavyweight Champion Chris Jericho vs. Batista (WWE Universe chooses referee)
October 26, 2008
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For months, Batista has had one thing on his mind: Winning the World Heavyweight Championship. At Cyber Sunday, the one day of the year where you, our fans of the WWE Universe, are in control, The Animal will have a chance to win the title when he faces World Heavyweight Champion Chris Jericho in a match officiated by a referee of YOUR choosing.
Text ORTON to 44993 for Randy Orton
Text AUSTIN to 44993 for "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
Text HBK to 44993 for Shawn Michaels
After arriving on Raw as a part of the 2008 WWE Draft, The Animal immediately set his sights on new World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk, and though he dominated matches against the Straightedge Superstar, the title always eluded him. More recently, Batista struggled with another former World Heavyweight Champion, JBL, as both of them believed themselves uniquely worthy of competing for the title. At No Mercy, The Animal demolished JBL with a Batista Bomb, becoming the No. 1 contender to Jericho’s title.
Batista comes to the battle at Cyber Sunday viewing the World Heavyweight Champion not just as another competitor, but as a hated enemy. In the first ever World Heavyweight Championship Scramble, The Animal had all but sealed his victory, after laying out and pinning Kane with moments to spare. But in the final seconds of the contest, the cagey Chris Jericho dragged himself across the Big Red Monster, still lying prone from The Animal’s attack, to score the final pinfall and become the World Heavyweight Champion.
When these two ring warriors collide at Cyber Sunday, the referee presiding over the contest will be a Superstar capable of swinging the match in either athlete’s favor. It could be Shawn Michaels, who narrowly lost a World Heavyweight Championship Ladder Match to the conniving Jericho at No Mercy. Or perhaps the recuperating Randy Orton, who plans on seizing the title for himself as soon as he is fully recovered. It might even be the legendary Texas Rattlesnake, “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, making a rare appearance in the ring. It’s all up to you, the WWE Universe, as you text your votes in from now up until the night of Cyber Sunday.
Text ORTON to 44993 for Randy Orton
Text AUSTIN to 44993 for "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
Text HBK to 44993 for Shawn Michaels
STONE COLD!!!!!!
