WWE SmackDown! Spoilers for 05/06/11

[Fox]

So was it a clean win for Orton? And did it make Christian look like a bitch in the process, or did he atleast come close to retaining his title?

This is pretty ridiculous if you ask me. He JUST won the thing. This isn't like hot-shotting the title from Austin-to Kane-back to Austin or Austin-to Mankind-to Triple H. This is just senseless booking. Christian is over with the crowd, he's been working toward this moment for years and years, and when he finally wins the title in a moment that can be see as him finally reaching the pinnacle of success in the shadow of his "brother's" retirement, they fucking snatch it right back out of his hands.

I'm really hoping that this leads to a Christian heel turn where he becomes obsessed with winning the World Title back and is willing to do anything to get it. A heel Christian against a tweener Orton could be some good shit, supposing that it does lead to Christian regaining the belt. But as things stand right now, I think this is a pretty bullshit turn of events and a slap in the face of Christian and all of his fans.

[Haze]

Originally Posted by Fox So was it a clean win for Orton? And did it make Christian look like a bitch in the process, or did he atleast come close to retaining his title? This is pretty ridiculous if you ask me. He JUST won the thing. This isn't like hot-shotting the title from Austin-to Kane-back to Austin or Austin-to Mankind-to Triple H. This is just senseless booking. Christian is over with the crowd, he's been working toward this moment for years and years, and when he finally wins the title in a moment that can be see as him finally reaching the pinnacle of success in the shadow of his "brother's" retirement, they fucking snatch it right back out of his hands. I'm really hoping that this leads to a Christian heel turn where he becomes obsessed with winning the World Title back and is willing to do anything to get it. A heel Christian against a tweener Orton could be some good shit, supposing that it does lead to Christian regaining the belt. But as things stand right now, I think this is a pretty bullshit turn of events and a slap in the face of Christian and all of his fans.

Really interested to see how this plays out before I get all bent out of shape, but I feel ya.

[James Steele]

Originally Posted by XL They could go with Christian feeling he has been conspired against and slowly turning heel. Or they could play a "Tasted glory for a moment only to have it taken away" angle and have Christian go back after the title as a face. Dunno. Only thing I'm looking forward to on SD! is to see what the reaction to Christian is like after he loses. The report said the fans were chanting his name. Wanna see how loud that is or if that gets edited out entirely. My guess would be that Orton got the title as "payment" for going to SmackDown. He sure didn't seemed thrilled with the move when he came out at the draft. Really no idea where they are gonna take this. Just crossing fingers that it leads somewhere.

Originally Posted by Fox So was it a clean win for Orton? And did it make Christian look like a bitch in the process, or did he atleast come close to retaining his title? This is pretty ridiculous if you ask me. He JUST won the thing. This isn't like hot-shotting the title from Austin-to Kane-back to Austin or Austin-to Mankind-to Triple H. This is just senseless booking. Christian is over with the crowd, he's been working toward this moment for years and years, and when he finally wins the title in a moment that can be see as him finally reaching the pinnacle of success in the shadow of his "brother's" retirement, they fucking snatch it right back out of his hands. I'm really hoping that this leads to a Christian heel turn where he becomes obsessed with winning the World Title back and is willing to do anything to get it. A heel Christian against a tweener Orton could be some good shit, supposing that it does lead to Christian regaining the belt. But as things stand right now, I think this is a pretty bullshit turn of events and a slap in the face of Christian and all of his fans.

Originally Posted by Haze FX Really interested to see how this plays out before I get all bent out of shape, but I feel ya.

I agree with y'all on this potentially being something good, but time will tell. Christian's world title run was just like Mysterio's sympathy run after Eddie's death. Edge had to retire so they put the belt on Christian out of sympathy and the emotional connection with Christian created by the Edge situation. At least he dropped the belt to an established star and didn't have to go through the horrible run Mysterio did. I do believe that this is horrible decision because Christian can be very entertaining and would have been interested to see what he could have done with a decent reign as champion, but there is still potential that this is the start of a much needed Heel turn for Christian or a program with him being the mega-face chasing the dastardly Orton who might be turning heel.