It's a shame Christian is hurt right now.

[i.Sarita.com]

If there was ever a time that Smackdown needed a new babyface to step up into the Main Event scene for good, it was right now. And Christian would have been the perfect guy for that role. He's over, established, and has been putting on awesome matches since coming back to the E.

Really bad timing to get hurt.

[the zookeepah!]

He still wouldn't have been pushed.

[pink]

Agreed with the OP.

It doesn't matter how much people love Christian and how badly Smackdown needs a face, Christian is not getting that push.

[edgedge]

Dec 24, 2010 18:19:27 GMT -5 the zookeepah! said:

He still wouldn't have been pushed.

[Beartato]

Gail Kim will get a world title push before Christian.

[Alex Shelley]

I'm still convinced that he'll get that world title one day.

...My eternal optimism will never die, dammit!

[edgedge]

Dec 24, 2010 18:32:28 GMT -5 Beartato said:

David Otunga will get a world title push before Christian.

Fixed.

[Bo Rida]

I'm sure he will be in a main event storyline, Kane will probably target him to get at Edge seeing as they're reminding people E&C are good buddies (but not brothers).

[rnrk supports BLM]

Dec 24, 2010 18:19:27 GMT -5 the zookeepah! said:

He still wouldn't have been pushed.

Exactly. Before he was injured, he was doing what just about everyone on Smackdown is doing these days (floundering around aimlessly), and that's not likely to change.

[Citizen Zero]

They need to give him back his old entrance music first. That was awesome.

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

Dec 24, 2010 20:23:52 GMT -5 Citizen Zero said:

They need to give him back his old entrance music first. That was awesome.

Which one, the original version of "Just Close Your Eyes" or "At Last"?

Because they were both freakin' awesome themes.

[ASK HIM]

I wholly concur with the OP. It's probably mindless optimism but hey ho; there's nobody better for the job than Christian. Plus - any resultant heel turn would undoubtedly be carried out brilliantly on his part.

[Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby]

If Hayes was going to push anyone right now, it would be Kofi. As Kofi is still meandering aimlessly in the midcard when the field is wide open for him to step up to the main event, it's pretty safe to say that Christian would not get a push right now.

[Bub (BLM)]

Dec 24, 2010 18:21:08 GMT -5 @pink said:

Agreed with the OP.

It doesn't matter how much people love Christian and how badly Smackdown needs a face, Christian is not getting that push.

And that's a big part of the reason I roll my eyes when people say "Vince is a businessman, and if he can make money, he'll push anyone". Guys like Christian and Kofi Kingston are proof that this is B.S. If Vince doesn't want to lick a guy's beautiful legs, he's not getting a push.

[Citizen Zero]

Dec 24, 2010 20:49:16 GMT -5 EoE: Well There's Your Problem said:

Dec 24, 2010 20:23:52 GMT -5 Citizen Zero said:

They need to give him back his old entrance music first. That was awesome.

Which one, the original version of "Just Close Your Eyes" or "At Last"?

Because they were both freakin' awesome themes.

'At Last' for sure.

[H-Fist]

Kofi doesn't get the push because he can't carry his matches as well as he would need to at this point in time. Could he have good to great matches with ADR, Rey, Kane, Edge, and Dolph? Yes. But he still tends to get lost or at least ahead of himself (moves before his brain tells his body what to do when he gets there). It's a chicken/egg thing: push him so he on;y faces top-flight competitors and thus can improve his match ability, or continue to flounder in hopes that he'll develop it himself by luck.

Rey and ADR are a money feud. Kofi/Kane is unappealing, and they'd have to be creative to build Edge/Kofi. So we're stuck with IC feud with Dolph.