I totally agree with you on all points about "Batista", and yes North Carolina's own Nature Boy was among the best of the best with the promos.

As much as I love watching Jericho and Beniot wrestle, I felt Angle was the best all-around wrestler the WWE had in terms of technical, mat skills, showmanship, mike skills, etc....before all of his nasty injuries. Of course I haven't seen him work for a good long time since I haven't watched SMACKDOWN much if any at all. Really, I only watch it once in a while for the Cruiserweight division.