schma
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Post by schma on Jul 26, 2017 2:40:58 GMT -5
They had the feud of the summer and I still say they made all the right moves for that feud and it elevated Christian more than any 2-3 month long title reign could have I always felt the feud made Christian look like a chump. The guy finally got his due for two nights then spends the next several months whining and pleading for one more match, never beating Orton clean and being made out to be clearly inferior. Some of the matches might have been good but I remember Christian seemed so much lower after that.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Jul 26, 2017 2:52:55 GMT -5
Ah the feud that caused the most infamous Smackdown Spoilers thread on FAN that didnt involve sandwiches...
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Nosnorb
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Post by Nosnorb on Jul 26, 2017 3:00:42 GMT -5
They had the feud of the summer and I still say they made all the right moves for that feud and it elevated Christian more than any 2-3 month long title reign could have I always felt the feud made Christian look like a chump. The guy finally got his due for two nights then spends the next several months whining and pleading for one more match, never beating Orton clean and being made out to be clearly inferior. Some of the matches might have been good but I remember Christian seemed so much lower after that. Yeah, the feud did neither guy much good. It killed the drawing power of both guys, and the following year, Christian was one of the biggest turn-offs in the WWE.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2017 3:11:22 GMT -5
They had the feud of the summer and I still say they made all the right moves for that feud and it elevated Christian more than any 2-3 month long title reign could have I always thought the idea of the feud would have worked far, far more and made Christian look way better to have had the SmackDown match end in a run-in from Henry right as Orton was about to win. Then have Christian essentially being accused of being a paper champion who got lucky, leading into a triple threat at Over the Limit that he wins in a complete fluke. Then you have Orton beat Christian for the belt at Capitol Punishment and the feud can proceed the same way it did from that point except Christian gets more than a two day reign to start with and gets at least one non-ball kick win over Orton along the way.
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Post by Arrogance_Personified on Jul 26, 2017 9:40:12 GMT -5
As you can probably tell by my User name Christian is my favourite Wrestler of all time, I wouldn't like to see a return though. The feud with Orton and he was solid and a great series of matches in my opinion.
Christian was treat like a joke when he won the Championship and the way he was booked to drop it just a few days after winning it didn't make sense at all, I saw the live podcast with Jericho and Christian when he was asked about it and apparently even Orton said he wanted Christian to keep the belt longer but to no avail.
Slightly off topic a little but I always felt a little sorry for Christian as he was always in the shadow of Edge, No doubt about it that Edge was excellent and deserved everything he Acheived but Christian was a better performer, better promo guy in my opinion and should have had more than what he got.
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Post by Slanted and Enchanted on Jul 26, 2017 10:00:01 GMT -5
Christian was treat like a joke when he won the Championship and the way he was booked to drop it just a few days after winning it didn't make sense at all, I saw the live podcast with Jericho and Christian when he was asked about it and apparently even Orton said he wanted Christian to keep the belt longer but to no avail. Yeah, I always thought it was a little odd with the way that feud went considering Orton was never shy about putting others over. Between the blue dot story and 'caring more about his doormat than he cares about Christian', Vince must have really hated the guy. And I don't know why. I wonder how he even got back into the WWE in the first place.
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Post by Aboutreika18 on Jul 26, 2017 10:00:09 GMT -5
One of my friends was a big Christian fan and stopped watching WWE pretty soon after the two day title reign fiasco.
To this day, it's one of the stupidest booking decisions WWE have ever done. The Smackdown ratings drop after Orton won the belt back was pretty substantial as well.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Jul 26, 2017 11:29:55 GMT -5
They had the feud of the summer and I still say they made all the right moves for that feud and it elevated Christian more than any 2-3 month long title reign could have I always thought the idea of the feud would have worked far, far more and made Christian look way better to have had the SmackDown match end in a run-in from Henry right as Orton was about to win. Then have Christian essentially being accused of being a paper champion who got lucky, leading into a triple threat at Over the Limit that he wins in a complete fluke. Then you have Orton beat Christian for the belt at Capitol Punishment and the feud can proceed the same way it did from that point except Christian gets more than a two day reign to start with and gets at least one non-ball kick win over Orton along the way. Ehh either way the person that got the biggest rub from that feud is Henry because he demolished Orton for the world title
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Post by GuyOfOwnage on Jul 26, 2017 16:48:43 GMT -5
Over The Limit 2011 is one of my favorite World title matches ever. And maybe I need to rewatch Summerslam, because I don't remember it being as good as their Smackdown or OTL match.
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Post by BME on Jul 26, 2017 17:46:20 GMT -5
If Christian's first World Heavyweight Title reign lasted until Night of Champions I would have had Mark Henry win the belt via ref stoppage after giving Christian a bigger beating than the one Brock gave to Cena at Summerslam 2014.
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Chiral
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Post by Chiral on Jul 29, 2017 18:22:05 GMT -5
Christian got asked about it on their podcast and played coy about it, saying like "Who said I was teasing? Maybe I just waned to walk around my house in my wrestling boots".
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Woo
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Post by Woo on Jul 29, 2017 19:49:13 GMT -5
Christian was fantastic. Pretty much the perfect wrestler, excelling at everything.
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Post by MichaelMartini on Jul 29, 2017 20:14:49 GMT -5
I'm still ticked we never got a Christian/CM Punk feud. The matches would have been amazing.
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Post by Sparkybob on Jul 30, 2017 22:04:40 GMT -5
I am just glad he got his title reign.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2017 22:13:08 GMT -5
This feud, specifically the initial title change, almost made me quit watching WWE. Goddamn that was some bullshit that made Christian look like a joke.
That said, looking at the matches in a vacuum, they were pretty good.
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Post by chronocross on Aug 1, 2017 6:03:31 GMT -5
Ah the feud that caused the most infamous Smackdown Spoilers thread on FAN that didnt involve sandwiches... I'd like to see that thread myself, I imagine folks thought it was fake at first then the meltdown began.
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Aug 1, 2017 6:11:31 GMT -5
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Post by Gerard Gerard on Aug 1, 2017 6:24:14 GMT -5
Ah the feud that caused the most infamous Smackdown Spoilers thread on FAN that didnt involve sandwiches... I'd like to see that thread myself, I imagine folks thought it was fake at first then the meltdown began. I recall it and it was stunning. As the spoilers rolled out and the match was announced, everyone was like "wow, they're getting Orton's Smackdown run off to a big start, but imagine -I mean, my god, imagine- if Orton actually won" Then it happened.
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Post by héad.casé on Aug 1, 2017 8:21:28 GMT -5
I actually wish I'd posted in that thread at the time so I could have been a part of FAN history
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