Thread: Before or After: Christian
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Old 11-21-2011, 12:31 PM   #31
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Originally Posted by Jayy View Post
As i recall he didn't leave right after the feud with cena, he got drafted to smackdown and had an epic promo on his final day as a member of the raw roster, (fun fact: still was his final day on raws roster) anyway, he was involved in a match for the vacant smabckdown championship, but then it was revealed that raws world champion Batista was now a member of the blue brand. A couple squash matches later and xtian was asking for his release. I agree, if he stayed with wwe, and wwe pushed him the way they seemed to try to do on raw, he would've probably ended up a multi-time world champion.

That being said, before would be my answer as well. His presence meant more, plus i think he could've really done something following the muhammad hassan incident, as wwe would've probably plugged him in as a mainevent heel versus taker then. In my opinion they would've at least.

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had to put this quote from the promo i was talking about.

"looks like smackdown needs an injection of the three "c's"...Charisma, Canada, and Christian!"

I always looked at that as kind of a potshot at angles 3 Is. Christian soldified his cult following that night, in my opinion.
The things in bold just aren't true.

Christian was re-signed to the Raw roster (from ECW) in Febuary 2010. He remained there until May when he was moved to SD in the Draft. So thanks for that "Fun Fact", which was neither fun nor factual.

As for the way he left WWE, you're way off base again.

That match for the "New SmackDown Championship" was on June 30th 2005, his contract expired on October 31st (and he made one last appearance on Taboo Tuesday the following day). He didn't seek a release, he just didn't re-sign. More than likely because he wasn't given the assurances that he'd be used as a major player going forward.

You allude to WWE pushing him on Raw, which didn't really happen. His one title shot against Cena was a Triple Threat involving Jericho, it's widely believed that Jericho was added to the match as Christian "lacked star power".

Blows my mind how some people choose to remember things.
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