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Jeritron is very correct, by the way. People need to listen to him more. He is exactly right about what the WWE intends to do, and what they are doing. Christian is not going to disappear, nor is his history with Edge and The Hardys. Why waste that at WrestleMania in a rushed program that leaves the rest of the card pretty dry?
I will say this about Chris Jericho's return, though: While I thought people were far too critical of it, I do think that the timing of Jericho's return to RAW left him out in the dark. He debuted just before Armageddon, which was when the WWE were setting their WrestleMania plans into motion. They did not involve Chris Jericho. As a result, he was just sort of playing around in RAW's main event with whoever was spare, without really making a major difference to anything.
I would not want that for Christian. Or anything like that for Christian. That is what he'd get if he went to SmackDown! or RAW, I can guarantee it. Jericho's return was fine from a promo quality and in-ring quality (when he did eventually get in the ring), but it just lacked true impact because we knew he wasn't going to be winning the WWE Title from Randy Orton.
Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho for the WWE Championship still should have headlined WrestleMania XXIV, in my opinion, but that's certainly not what we got. We got Jericho used as an extra in the Money in the Bank Ladder Match (I was grateful that he was one of the last two guys fighting for the briefcase, though) as Intercontinental Champion. While I am happy that Jericho's mediocre treatment off returning led to his character make-over, and making him one of the most interesting characters in the WWE for some time, Christian shouldn't have to re-invent himself like that.
I think the WWE learned a lot from Chris Jericho, and aren't just going to put Christian smack in the middle of everything, and leave him to be forgotten.
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