10 WWE Sidekicks Who Were A Total Liability
8. Batista
Or rather, Deacon Batista, Big Dave's first bite of the cherry upon promotion from OVW to the main roster. Told to buy a good suit, Batista arrived for his first day on Smackdown wearing a $500 suit he couldn't afford to be told they'd be hacking the arms off and placing a chain around his neck: he'd be playing the Deacon, corrupt Reverend D-Von's enforcer and the man in charge of the cash being raised for the roof fund.
The gimmick lasted two months before they had Deacon Batista turn on the Reverend and squash him like a bug, making him officially the world's worst churchgoing bodyguard. During that time, he had a handful of tag matches with the man of God a good thing too, as Batista had barely been taught how to work. While not necessarily dangerous (he was too careful for that, for the most part), the future Animal was hesitant and hadn't yet been clued in on how to do more than string a few moves together and hope for the best.
Fortunately, Evolution would appear out of nowhere to lift Batista out of the awkward, mute rookie doldrums and save his fledgling career. Remember Ezekiel Jackson or Mason Ryan? That could easily have been Dave Bautista and then who would have played Drax in Guardians Of The Galaxy? Actually, never mind. Kevin Nash would probably have booked himself to do it.