Thread: WWE SmackDown! Spoilers for 05/06/11
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Old 05-06-2011, 09:56 PM   #178
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Originally Posted by Supreme Olajuwon View Post
This is kinda similar to the Punk/Hardy thing. Hardy finally gets that belt after a hard fought ladder match, then Punk takes it from him while Hardy is injured. The focus was all about Hardy. And it got him over huge, even though he was leaving the company.

Think Orton might be too over for that to work though.
It worked out well in the Punk/Hardy situation because Punk was a heel and Hardy had a few chances previously with title matches so it helped Punk a lot to become the "asshole" style heel hated by fans for ruining the moment.

This one doesn't feel the same mainly due to Orton being a face and just arriving on the brand while Christian came off of his 1st title match. Before Edge retiring and the draft, it looked more possible Del Rio winning than Christian because he was getting pushed more than Christian.

The other major difference was Hardy had a good build up to his road to the title while Christian's push came off of Edge retiring and the sudden focus switching from Edge vs Del Rio to the branch storyline of Christian vs Del Rio.
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