Mr. Nerfect
12-16-2004, 05:30 PM
Keep in mind one thing during this topic, JBL is WWE Champion. It may see irrelevant, but just remember the WWE has been fairly big on both Christian and JBL in their careers, and when JBL rises to the top in a few months, only to become one of the most entertaining personalities on that show, I really don't think someone can say without a shadow of a doubt that it could never happen for Christian, who has been winning titles his entire career, and even started off with a title win.
Just before I start, I'd like to let it be known that although I like the guy, I am not his biggest fan. I see all these Christian marks all over the net, and while I have similiar beliefs about Christian Cage, "The Canadian Rage", my feelings about him are not as strong.
Anyway, it has been quite a while since we've seen a heel winner of the Royal Rumble, and I think this COULD be the year. It probably won't be, but I think the WWE even knows how predictable their Rumble has become. Here is my scenario to what potential could be a great WrestleMania 21 main event.
Next week on RAW, Eric Bischoff books a tag team match. We are sorrowed to learn that it looks like it will be Triple H & Batista vs. Chris Benoit & Chris Jericho again. Eric Bischoff then says there has been a misunderstanding, and the match will be Triple H & Chris Jericho vs. Batista & Chris Benoit with the winning team being the last two to officially enter the match, while the losing two will be the wrestlers to star off the match. Benoit then starts ferociously chopping Jericho.
Batista then beats up both Jericho and Benoit, as Triple H then joins in. But it is Batista who pins Jericho, which pisses off Triple H. Batista then explains that Triple H cna survive this match right fromt he start, but with Batista the biggest guy in the match in their last and fresh to back him up, there is no way Triple H is going to lose the Elimination Chamber. We then see more Triple H abusing Batista's gameplay strategies leading up to New Year's Revolution. Eventually Batista says fine, and tells Triple H he's going to pull out of the match, and not The Game can run the gauntlet without anyone backing him up. Eric Bischoff then says he has found a good replacement.
Enter Shawn Michaels. The order of elimination looks something like this: Benoit by Shawn Michaels, Orton by Triple H, Triple H by Chris Jericho, Jericho by Edge. This leaves it down to Edge vs. HBK. The two have themselves an intense confrontation, which is eventually won by Shawn Michaels. HBK heads into WrestleMania with the World Heavyweight Championship around his waist again, and only the second man to ever hold the World Title multiple times since its reincarnation on RAW.
Now we get to the Royal Rumble. #30 remains a surprise, but in the Rumble we see Tyson Tomko act dominant, and eliminates a lot of people. Maybe even have him shatter Kane's record from 2001? The fianl four in the match are Tyson Tomko, The Undertaker, Batista and the #30 entrant...CHRISTIAN! People in attendence may think Christian could come second, most people think it will go to Batista or Taker, but when Tyson Tomko eliminates the Dead Man and Batista (in that order) we see a really weird predicament. Jobber bodyguard who has done exceptionally well, and his "master" who hasn't come close to Heavyweight gold, despite being talented and a three-time IC Champion. Tomko presents himself for a handshake. Christian reluctantly agrees (Christian is shitting himself at this point in time). We then see Tyson Tomko back off and flip over the top rope out of the ring. Christian is the winner of the 2005 Royal Rumble. Shawn Michaels comes out to investigate as we can assume Christian vs. Shawn Michaels for the World Heavyweight Championship will headline WrestleMania.
This Rumble win rivals Shawn Michaels' wins is several different ways. Christian is the first-ever man to win the Rumble from his position, even if it is the polar opposite to Shawn Michaels' position. Christian's bodyguard is runner-up, like Diesel was in 1996. And this match at Mania could really get us interested. Christian did the clean job to Shawn Michaels a while back on RAW, so in the fans' eyes, he isn't good enough to hold a candle to HBK. In our eyes we can smell a Christian title win, but we don't believe it. Who would?
At Mania we see a great match between the two (as can be expected), and the high quality of the two's performance really overshadows that this match happened on RAW a few months back. With a little help from Tyson Tomko, Christian takes the win with The Unprettier. We go off the air with Christian as our World Heavyweight Champion. JR talks about how he never saw it coming, as neither did Shawn Michaels, but Christian deserves it just as much as the next man.
On RAW we see Christian come out and cut a promo directed at HBK. When Shawn Michaels left The Rockers, everyone thought he would fail. Everyone told him he was too small. Everyone told him he wasn't popular enough. Everyone told him he didn't have the talent. Christian then tells Michaels that every achievement Shawn Michaels has achieved in the WWE, in his wrestling career, have been matched and surpassed by Christian. Out comes HBK, and congradulates Christian. Michaels tells Christian that he has done everything HBK has done, in a shorter amount of time. HBK tells Christian that when he started off in this business, when he really took off, only he knew he had the talent, the heart, the desire, the need. HBK tells Christian that in all the time in wrestling, before he rose to the top, HBK knew he would be huge. Shawn Michaels says although he is not Christian, he knows the same things hover about Christian. A sign of respect is actually returned by Christian!
We now have our beloved Christian on top of the mountain, as an arrogant tweener-style entertainment machine. Will this happen? Probably not, with Christian's best chance being that he was swapped at birth with a Canadian boy, who was raised as Vince's own son, and this finally being realised by the McMahon family. But being that that's not likely, all Christian has is his talent, loyalty and entertainment factor, which are all well and good, but they probably won't kick in for another year or two as career steerers for Christian.
What good comes out of Christian being World Heavyweight Champion? I think a potential planet-load. Christian has the ability to draw, IMO. It may not be seen now, but Christian as World Heavyweight Champion could really catch on, in my belief. Will it? Who knows if it will ever get the chance? Having Christian as World Champion does open the doors for loads of potential feuds, the most impressive ones being with Triple H, Jericho, Benoit, Flair, Batista, Orton and most noteably Edge.
How would you feel that after years of busting your ass, bringing your brother into your wrestling promotion, being his partner, winning singles titles and tournaments, winning tag titles, being in barabric yet classic matches, and finally being betrayed by that brother you brought in, after all that, how would you feel to see that little brother become World Heavyweight Champion, before you've won the title? You've made your intentions clear, you've made your actions clear. And this little brother wins two matches and he's World Champion, after you've been busting your ass week after week. An Edge vs. Christian feud along these lines could really, REALLY work well if given the dedication and time.
I wouldn't mind seeing Edge & Christian not turn this into a one-track thing either. Have them wrestle tag matches together to try and prove who the better tag wrestler was. Have Edge & Christian team up together to help each other when Triple H and Evolution attacks. Simply have it built-up that these two have something to prove to each other, and each man needs that gold to sleep with the pain they have caused themselves over the last few years.
Remember, right now JBL is WWE Champion. John Bradshaw Layfield. Bradshaw. Blackjack Bradshaw. Justin Hawk. He is a beacon to me, saying that anyone can reach this goal if they are entertaining and put all their effort into one ball of yarn. It all pays off in the end, and I believe Christian's done everything JBL has in this business, and I think he has just as much of a following backstage as JBL has (from management). They probably won't give him the title, but it's nice to think about.
Just before I start, I'd like to let it be known that although I like the guy, I am not his biggest fan. I see all these Christian marks all over the net, and while I have similiar beliefs about Christian Cage, "The Canadian Rage", my feelings about him are not as strong.
Anyway, it has been quite a while since we've seen a heel winner of the Royal Rumble, and I think this COULD be the year. It probably won't be, but I think the WWE even knows how predictable their Rumble has become. Here is my scenario to what potential could be a great WrestleMania 21 main event.
Next week on RAW, Eric Bischoff books a tag team match. We are sorrowed to learn that it looks like it will be Triple H & Batista vs. Chris Benoit & Chris Jericho again. Eric Bischoff then says there has been a misunderstanding, and the match will be Triple H & Chris Jericho vs. Batista & Chris Benoit with the winning team being the last two to officially enter the match, while the losing two will be the wrestlers to star off the match. Benoit then starts ferociously chopping Jericho.
Batista then beats up both Jericho and Benoit, as Triple H then joins in. But it is Batista who pins Jericho, which pisses off Triple H. Batista then explains that Triple H cna survive this match right fromt he start, but with Batista the biggest guy in the match in their last and fresh to back him up, there is no way Triple H is going to lose the Elimination Chamber. We then see more Triple H abusing Batista's gameplay strategies leading up to New Year's Revolution. Eventually Batista says fine, and tells Triple H he's going to pull out of the match, and not The Game can run the gauntlet without anyone backing him up. Eric Bischoff then says he has found a good replacement.
Enter Shawn Michaels. The order of elimination looks something like this: Benoit by Shawn Michaels, Orton by Triple H, Triple H by Chris Jericho, Jericho by Edge. This leaves it down to Edge vs. HBK. The two have themselves an intense confrontation, which is eventually won by Shawn Michaels. HBK heads into WrestleMania with the World Heavyweight Championship around his waist again, and only the second man to ever hold the World Title multiple times since its reincarnation on RAW.
Now we get to the Royal Rumble. #30 remains a surprise, but in the Rumble we see Tyson Tomko act dominant, and eliminates a lot of people. Maybe even have him shatter Kane's record from 2001? The fianl four in the match are Tyson Tomko, The Undertaker, Batista and the #30 entrant...CHRISTIAN! People in attendence may think Christian could come second, most people think it will go to Batista or Taker, but when Tyson Tomko eliminates the Dead Man and Batista (in that order) we see a really weird predicament. Jobber bodyguard who has done exceptionally well, and his "master" who hasn't come close to Heavyweight gold, despite being talented and a three-time IC Champion. Tomko presents himself for a handshake. Christian reluctantly agrees (Christian is shitting himself at this point in time). We then see Tyson Tomko back off and flip over the top rope out of the ring. Christian is the winner of the 2005 Royal Rumble. Shawn Michaels comes out to investigate as we can assume Christian vs. Shawn Michaels for the World Heavyweight Championship will headline WrestleMania.
This Rumble win rivals Shawn Michaels' wins is several different ways. Christian is the first-ever man to win the Rumble from his position, even if it is the polar opposite to Shawn Michaels' position. Christian's bodyguard is runner-up, like Diesel was in 1996. And this match at Mania could really get us interested. Christian did the clean job to Shawn Michaels a while back on RAW, so in the fans' eyes, he isn't good enough to hold a candle to HBK. In our eyes we can smell a Christian title win, but we don't believe it. Who would?
At Mania we see a great match between the two (as can be expected), and the high quality of the two's performance really overshadows that this match happened on RAW a few months back. With a little help from Tyson Tomko, Christian takes the win with The Unprettier. We go off the air with Christian as our World Heavyweight Champion. JR talks about how he never saw it coming, as neither did Shawn Michaels, but Christian deserves it just as much as the next man.
On RAW we see Christian come out and cut a promo directed at HBK. When Shawn Michaels left The Rockers, everyone thought he would fail. Everyone told him he was too small. Everyone told him he wasn't popular enough. Everyone told him he didn't have the talent. Christian then tells Michaels that every achievement Shawn Michaels has achieved in the WWE, in his wrestling career, have been matched and surpassed by Christian. Out comes HBK, and congradulates Christian. Michaels tells Christian that he has done everything HBK has done, in a shorter amount of time. HBK tells Christian that when he started off in this business, when he really took off, only he knew he had the talent, the heart, the desire, the need. HBK tells Christian that in all the time in wrestling, before he rose to the top, HBK knew he would be huge. Shawn Michaels says although he is not Christian, he knows the same things hover about Christian. A sign of respect is actually returned by Christian!
We now have our beloved Christian on top of the mountain, as an arrogant tweener-style entertainment machine. Will this happen? Probably not, with Christian's best chance being that he was swapped at birth with a Canadian boy, who was raised as Vince's own son, and this finally being realised by the McMahon family. But being that that's not likely, all Christian has is his talent, loyalty and entertainment factor, which are all well and good, but they probably won't kick in for another year or two as career steerers for Christian.
What good comes out of Christian being World Heavyweight Champion? I think a potential planet-load. Christian has the ability to draw, IMO. It may not be seen now, but Christian as World Heavyweight Champion could really catch on, in my belief. Will it? Who knows if it will ever get the chance? Having Christian as World Champion does open the doors for loads of potential feuds, the most impressive ones being with Triple H, Jericho, Benoit, Flair, Batista, Orton and most noteably Edge.
How would you feel that after years of busting your ass, bringing your brother into your wrestling promotion, being his partner, winning singles titles and tournaments, winning tag titles, being in barabric yet classic matches, and finally being betrayed by that brother you brought in, after all that, how would you feel to see that little brother become World Heavyweight Champion, before you've won the title? You've made your intentions clear, you've made your actions clear. And this little brother wins two matches and he's World Champion, after you've been busting your ass week after week. An Edge vs. Christian feud along these lines could really, REALLY work well if given the dedication and time.
I wouldn't mind seeing Edge & Christian not turn this into a one-track thing either. Have them wrestle tag matches together to try and prove who the better tag wrestler was. Have Edge & Christian team up together to help each other when Triple H and Evolution attacks. Simply have it built-up that these two have something to prove to each other, and each man needs that gold to sleep with the pain they have caused themselves over the last few years.
Remember, right now JBL is WWE Champion. John Bradshaw Layfield. Bradshaw. Blackjack Bradshaw. Justin Hawk. He is a beacon to me, saying that anyone can reach this goal if they are entertaining and put all their effort into one ball of yarn. It all pays off in the end, and I believe Christian's done everything JBL has in this business, and I think he has just as much of a following backstage as JBL has (from management). They probably won't give him the title, but it's nice to think about.