Thread: I don't understand... (ECW SPOILERS)
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Old 02-11-2009, 05:00 AM   #77
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Originally Posted by Fabien Barthez View Post
I think it's rather funny how any of you thought he was going to be spoon fed into a main event programme. A height he never achieved in the first place, and after leaving for TNA.

Putting him anywhere near the Main Event will only legitimise TNA. Having him wrestle and fued for the ECW title is a clear message about how TNA is regarded by Vince.
I agree, to a point. I think it has more to do with Christian's previous status in the WWE than anything else. Look, the guy was not going to headline WrestleMania. Anyone that thought for a second that we were going to get a Fatal Four Way WWE Championship match between Edge, Christian, Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy is deluding themselves. This is coming from the guy who had hopes the WWE would utilise Val Venis before his release.

Sure, the plan may have been for Christian to be behind the Jeff Hardy attacks, but that was just fucking stupid. For starters, as you could see on ECW, the fans did remember, and did pop for Christian. Bringing him back as a heel was dumb, and would have been cutting his legs out from underneath him.

With Edge vs. Triple H seemingly being the only WWE Title match on SmackDown! worth a damn (unless they do Triple H vs. Randy Orton, which leaves RAW pretty barren), that leaves Christian out of the picture entirely. So I ask you: Why bring Christian back to SmackDown! at all? Especially when a live return would have been more impactful (and it was).

Sure, you could have put Christian on RAW, but then you have to fit him in with those programs. Who exactly would he have worked with? William Regal? Would have been great, no doubt, but it is also mid-card stuff. Something with JBL could have worked, well, in the promo department. I do not want to see that wrestling match.

Without a real top face for ECW, now that Matt Hardy is back on SmackDown!, bringing Christian back as ECW's top face is completey fine, in my books. Especially since it will lead to Christian winning the ECW Title, likely at WrestleMania. It's not like Christian has a life-sentence on ECW, either. As an ECW Superstar, he can appear on all three shows, and there is a draft coming up soon. I fully expect Christian to be drafted to SmackDown!, where he can then get involved in the Edge/Matt Hardy/Jeff Hardy stuff. It's not like their tag team history is just going to dry up.
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