Thread: I Don't Get The Love For Christian
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Old 08-12-2013, 12:37 AM   #90
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Originally Posted by Noid View Post
I agree with Lock Jaw, though. I don't think Chavo Guerrero will return to the WWE and become a multi-time World Heavyweight Champion. Maybe he will, and I will gladly welcome it as a Chavo fan, but I don't think the move to TNA helped Christian much at all.
Part of my point was that WWE continued to ground him down into status of lackey and comedy act to a pretty un-recoverable point. Vickie's gopher? Feuding with his own way-past-his-prime dad?? Jobbing repeatedly to goddamn Hornswoggle?!? By the time Chavo was gone, absolutely nobody cared. Had Chavo left sooner while there was still some spark to him, who knows, this thread may well could have been discussing him. Same could be said of Matt Hardy. It's more about *when* and *how* they left, and not just the simple fact that they did.

Hell, if Christian never left, HE may have gone on to become the Swagger Soaring Eagle. He went to TNA while people still gave a fuck AND actually became an asset to them instead of coasting by on his WWE recognition and/or being made to look like a fool. Christian walked away while he still had some status to his name, and even though his comeback was kind of handled in the manner of sour grapes*, he still came back with some status to his name, and not a collective groan from the crowd.

It's sad that it took a retiring Edge and a dramatic change in landscape ("smaller" guys getting better shots- which doesn't make much sense considering people like Edge or HBK were never the biggest) for this guy to be in the position he's in instead of getting a legit damn push in the first place.


*He could have just as easily gotten all the hype that both Jeff Hardy and the recently returned RVD got... both coming from TNA, mind you, and the subsequent push on the main roster instead of that lackluster "It's Christian." on WWECW. Its little things like that could have improved his perception instead of doghousing him like "fuck you, you left".
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