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Ah, time to chime in.
Christian is my favorite wrestler of all time. There is a bias in me that he should have atleast had one run with the belt.
And I think that the bias is fair.
Yes, he was very over. And yes, as someone said he had that one title shot in 05. And then they ship him off to Smackdown right after. That was the biggest push of his singles career. And then immediately he is pushed down to the US Title hunt. And I don't blame him for leaving after that.
I always thought Vince disliked Christian even before he went to TNA.
I don't agree with the whole "he's too small" opinion either. Mysterio had 2 reigns...the first is probably because Eddie Guerrero died, but reign number 2 was long after Eddie died. And Jericho isn't that much bigger than Christian, is he? They were both at one time lightweight/cruiserweights.
Yeah, I also understand the whole thing about "the belts don't matter anyway" but if I was a wrestler...or baseball player, football player, etc... I'd have wanted to been on the top of the mountain at least once. And conversely, as a fan, I want my favorite to be validated by a title run.
While I agree now that right now Christian's role right now is putting over young talent, I guess there is hope since Kane has been given the belt after a long long wait.
But to those who said Christian isn't that great a wrestler, thats fine. Its suggestive. But its hard to argue that he isn't over. And I think he could be more over. His 2004-2005 WWE character could get him more over again. Still, you still hear loud cheers and see many signs for Captain Charisma.
BECAUSE THATS... HOW... I... ROLL
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