Thread: Are you buying Christian as a heel right now?
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Old 06-26-2011, 02:19 AM   #13
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I'm glad this thread is here. Watching SmackDown! this week, I was actually thinking that Christian is pretty much a face. It's not the way he wrestles -- I actually like that he's not suddenly a guy who cheats every match. He's a bad guy out of desperation and because he has something to prove. The fans have accepted the heel turn perfectly, and boo the fuck out of Christian, but it just doesn't feel right.

* First of all, Christian is fucking right on about everything. His foot was under the rope at Capitol Punishment, and he did pin Randy Orton on RAW. Also, he's beaten pretty much everyone else on SmackDown! besides The Undertaker. The most heelish thing Christian has said so far (besides him always telling the fans they don't matter) is when he was whinging about getting hit with the belt by Orton. That was funny.

* Randy Orton isn't coming off as too sympathetic in this feud. I do enjoy Orton's persona, and I like that the WWE haven't caved and changed it up and made him more "heroic." But Orton frequently kicks people in the head and tries to end their career. Christian helps Orton out, then hits him with a title belt to get his attention for a match and suddenly he's this massively despicable person?

* They still show the crowd during Christian's entrance like he's a babyface...

* He was the one who wrestled two matches on SmackDown!, and came up the winner...

I dunno, it feels like the actual heel turn is still coming. It feels like Christian is just a deeper, frustrated babyface, and he could turn face again at any moment. It almost makes sense if they do this, because there aren't too many big faces on SmackDown!, and Sin Cara and Daniel Bryan are arguably not ready.

Christian could cheat his ass off to win the World Title and then duck Orton, or something heelish like that; but it also doesn't seem to fit his current character. I'm actually wondering if Christian again loses to Orton, finally snaps and does something super heelish, before moving into a feud with someone else? Christian could be the guy who helps establish a newer face on SmackDown!, like Daniel Bryan -- helping him move up to the next level.
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