Terrible decision by the WWE. No, nevermind how over Christian is, just keep ignoring him and maybe he'll go away. What the fuck do hey have against this guy, seriously? Is Vince really irked because he went to TNA for a few years? Jeez.
I'll admit right now, I'm a little idealistic in how I think Christian is going to be utilized this year. I think Vince has bigger plans for him, and that he'll move on to Smackdown, and hopefully feud with Edge, but I'll admit you can make the case that Vince hasn't treated Christian properly. At all. I'll admit, his debut was bumbled, but quite frankly, I also think Christian is
above this year's MiTB shot.
Let me explain; clearly, in this Wrestlemania, you had plenty of guys who are either projects at best, or guys who's better days are behind them. As much as I love Kane, his day in the sun has set. However, in this year's MiTB, you have clearly many guys who lack polish. Guys who will probably need the MiTB, and
then to be built up. Let's look at the names that took part in this.
McIntyre: The guy was going to need serious polish to be considered a threat to Jericho, Taker, and the like. Even with MiTB, he'd also need plenty of momentum to take with him throughout the year.
Kofi: He's close, but just not there yet. He'd need to work on his promo skills, and may have been the closest thing to being ready of the names that need "polish". The only reason Jack probably got the nod over Kofi for receiving more work into him, sadly, is because of Jack's body.
Swagger: A great looking specimen, with a great knack for matches. His only flaw? Poor booking, and some sub par mic skills. One of those can be fixed by Raw's Creative. The other? The WWE is going to have to hope this vote of confidence will inspire Jack to work on himself.
Shelton: Again, if you give him the shot, you're going to have plenty to work with. Swagger's promos are still better than Shelton's. You know I'm not particularly a fan of Shelton, but even I admit I'm intruiged by his last run. The problem is, he gets lazy apparently, and while Vince can tolerate many things, one of them is not laziness. Still, Shelton is
still a project, at best.
Ziggler: Again, could use some finessing of a character. If he's given the briefcase, the WWE
still must put plenty of time into developing a character for him.
Bourne: So much limits Bourne as it is, but he, just like Shelton, needs to work on his promos. If he won the briefcase, the WWE would have to spend
months thinking of to make this guy's promo's compelling.
Then you have the other names in this match:
Kane: He's seen far better days. Sadly, there's not much room for the guy either than establishing other stars. Shame, because I'm quite the Kane mark.
Matt Hardy: LULZ. No way this guy will
ever get into Vince's view as a credible main eventer. He's just fine where he is.
MVP: I really don't know what to make of this guy. If he has any hope, he'd better turn heel, to make himself interesting again. Again, maybe I should put him in the polish category, but I do think his best days are beyond him.
So, you have six characters that are going to need some type of work before cashing in the briefcase, and three that are washed up. Christian is a unique case, as he's already a fantastic worker, cuts great promos, and is simply getting great pops.
But you know what that means? It means he's not going to need the MiTB briefcase to get title shots. He'll probably be able to do that on his own shots down the line, if he keeps up the work. Vince probably sees Christian, and thinks to himself that he doesn't need any extra work to be a star; as long as he puts him in the right angle, he can make money off him. However, all the other names could use the one year allowed to the MiTB, and improve on an area in which, if they did actually improve, would make them a complete. Christian, at this time, is perfectly fine without having any extra build to him. It wasn't an act of anger by Vince, but rather of neccesity. Vince needs to build as many new stars as possible. To him, Christian is as close to come as ready as he'll get, so why bother wasting the briefcase on him, when he can already be a star?
Meanwhile, if he gives the briefcase to Swagger, then Vince can have to brand news stars on his roster, rather than just the one with Christian. It wasn't that Vince felt Christian wasn't good enough for MiTB, but rather, Christian is actually
too good for MiTB. It was apparent to me, after the roster came out, that the challenger who holds the briefcase is going to need time to be built up, aside from Christian. Christian can probably work a main event match, and no one would second guess. With this briefcase, Vince could work on another project, guaranteed that at the least, Vince can still use Christian for bigger better things.
It's simple logic; why settle for building up one guy who probably doesn't need it, when you can make two new stars, and have two new names for the marquee?
