I'm kind of a Batista fan....and it's obviously a shitty situation to lose a world champion to injury....
But, how fucking sad is it that the WWE put all their eggs in the basket of a nearly 40 yr old, injury prone, 1 or 2 trick pony? I mean, it's very unfortunate, but it's not a shock....and for them to have not had multiple contingency plans for this sort of situation.....tells you how poor the company is run these days
As for Dusty Rhodes, I would not be surprised in the least to see him used as a scapegoat. Dusty is NOT a good booker, but he CAN be a good idea man. I don't know what exactly he's been doing for them....but if it's ANYTHING more than just being a guy who contributes ideas then it's fucking STUPID, and they should have known it would be stupid before they even hired him. In some ways, I get the feeling that he may have been hired JUST to be a scapegoat....in a "throw shit at the wall" kind of way
I've got my fingers crossed that this "shakeup" results in Stephanie McMahon demoted and/or tarred and feathered. A boy can dream....