[James Steele]

Originally Posted by The Show Off Yes, and the WWE no longer gives people chances to run with the ball. They push people they want in the main event and to hell with anyone that gets genuine reactions from the crowd and gets themselves over... Just ask... Mr. Kennedy, Carlito, Christian, Elijah Burke, and Rob Van Dam... All five of them were super over with those in the WWE and the WWE stunted their growth or just flat out released them. Christian is the worst example of this. Christian was told to be a vampire... he made it work. Christian was told to be the goofy sidekick of Edge... he made it work. Christian was told to be one of the new kings of the ladder match... he made it work. Christian was told to be a jealous bitch... he made it work. Christian was told to be a Creepy Little Bastard... he made it work. Christian was told to turn on Chris Jericho and be Trish Stratus' bitch... he made it work. What'd Christian get for all his loyal service to the company? He got his feud with John Cena taken away from him and was sent to Smackdown where they didn't give him air time. Christian has gotten over with the crowd time after time after time after time after time... And what has he gotten the ECW Championship? Fuck that. Christian is consistantly one of the most over members of the WWE and he's never gotten a legitimate shot at one of WWE's two major championships. So you can't say the WWE pushes those that push themselves because that's bullshit. The WWE puts over who they want and has less than a passing intrest on whose over.

Maybe, just maybe, it had something to do with him not being loyal enough to WWE? I mean, he did jump to TNA like a spoiled brat...and then he came crawling back. He is going to get his run with the belt eventually, and deservedly so but there is a reason why WWE didn't give him the ball. And I will always assume Vince McMahon and co. know what the hell they are doing more than me.