DISCUSSION - Could a FACE Christian become RAW's answer to Eddie Guerrero?

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DISCUSSION - Could a FACE Christian become RAW's answer to Eddie Guerrero?

I briefly touched upon this in the RAW thread last night, and here is the gist of what I said. Christian has been a heel for a long time, and seems to have hit a wall there. His character is a great one (IMO), but consider the following arguments:


-There's only so many times a heel Christian can win the IC title, or tag team title.

-There's only so many times a casual mark will "seriously" boo someone....after awhile, the "respect boo" becomes a "get the fuck off my TV screen" boo. Christian has a great personna, but how long will it last?

-His current music seems kinda "face-ish" (think Matt Hardy).

-It would be easy to cheer for Christian (i.e. C-L-B!, "Let's go Chris-Tian!"). Christian already has his "peeps" (like The Rock had his "millions"), and a semi-cool moniker (Captain Charisma).

-Christian has decent charisma, and strong in-ring ability.

-Christian, like Guerrero, is also a well-known "liar, cheater, and stealer". The guy has won countless IC and tag titles based on cheating!


If the WWE do it right, maybe they can still have Christian cheat to win, etc.,..........but have the fans take delight in that? (kinda like they do with Guerrero).

I think it would be kinda funny to see Christian (acting like a "big shot", etc.) beating super serious guys like Gene Snitsky.....and Edge...by cheating, etc.



To some degree, I think Christian could be a smaller scale version of The Rock. Remember how when The Rock was a heel, he kept deluding himself into thinking that he was "The People's Champ"? When he turned face however, he became acknowledged as such..........because the fans got used to him saying it so much. Could the same happen with Christian?



As long as they keep Christian


So?............what do you think?

Could Christian work as a face?

As long as they keep Christian's face character close to his heel character (for the most part), I think it could possibly work. Furthermore - it gives a new element to Christian's character....which would intrigue the fans.....which could warrant a future main-event push?