So what now for Christian?

[Just-Dun Biased]

Get over it kids, He isn't coming back to WWE. He's staying with TNA, Dixie is working the internet along with Christian. He'll be back to feud with the Mafia, its a done deal. Christian is a smart man, so I guess he knows his chances in WWE are slim pickings. He WON'T be given a main event spot. Hell, he'll probably be feuding with Shelton over the US title if he goes back. He should stay with TNA imo.

 

[CCS]

Get over it kids, He isn't coming back to WWE. He's staying with TNA, Dixie is working the internet along with Christian.

OMFG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Are you Dave Meltzer, Jason Powell, or Chris Cash? How did you find out this huge breaking news? There's no way TNA has the brains to pull off a stunt like that. I'm convinced Christian was supposed to be in the Rumble last night but they couldnt get him signed fast enough. Thus being why Rob Van Dam was signed for a quick one night appearence.

He'll be back to feud with the Mafia, its a done deal.

If he does go back to TNA he'll likely be in a short feud with M.E.M. He'd probably be the mouth peice of the frontline and win the TNA world title by Lockdown. But guess what? He's not going back to TNA! He realized that TNA is a sinking ship full of ****** writers that have no sense of creative direction. Tis' why he's coming to the WWE. (along with the money)

Christian is a smart man, so I guess he knows his chances in WWE are slim pickings. He WON'T be given a main event spot. Hell, he'll probably be feuding with Shelton over the US title if he goes back. He should stay with TNA imo.

He'd be in a mainevent role. Most fans now love Christian, and WWE doesnt usually hold back wrestlers that the fans really love. He'd probably start off in the midcard again, but that's where he should start off at again. If he starts off on the midcard level he'll be able to slowly start winning over all the fans before he goes on to win a world title.

 

[Gr8*1]

First of all if Christian does return it will be a major major letdown for the company seeing that if he returned at the rumble it would have been HUGE.
But this is what i believe (more want actually).

In the coming weeks before no way out Christian makes some sort of a quieter return first of all reuniting with edge, therefore for a few weeks Smackdown could be headlined with E&C matches.

Around the same time the Hardy feud will continue with each of the brothers trading blows week after week.

Eventually No way out stumbles along and (Christian still allies with Edge) wins the Smackdown Elimination Chamber match. Then in the coming weeks of Smackdown during a Tag Match Edge turns on Christian, and boom a major rivalry will start.

Within the next few weeks somehow (wouldnt mind if other wrestlezone members helped me out) Matt Hardy and Jeff are entered in the main event at WM 25.
Therefore the writers can go with a Brother vs Brother vs Brother vs Brother
match which could lead into great promos. Christian and Jeff will be faces in the Fatal four as Matt and Edge will be Heels.
In the Match it all starts as normal before Jeff and Matt's battles take them outside the ring leaving Christian and Edge to battle it out!

All i can do is hope!

 

[klunderbunker]

Is there a different Christian than I've watched for 10+ years?

Ok people listen to me once and for all: CHRISTIAN WILL NOT MAIN EVENT WRESTLEMANIA 25. There is absolutely no logic or reasoning whatsoever behind putting a career WWE midcarder at best in the main event of one of the biggest shows of all time. None at all, so please let it die. Let's say he does return, which there's a great chance that he won't, he'll likely be in a random feud with a midcarder at first. Right now Edge apparently has Matt, Vickie, Chavo and Big Show helping him out. Christian sin't needed in that storyline at all. Vince has never been high on him and at the end of the day that's all that matters. he was starting to get some cheers when he left. That was almost four years ago. Why in the world would Christian be put into the title picture at the drop of a hat? Simply put: he won't be and he shouldn't be. Also, the way it's being made out to be, HHH won't be in the main event, when you all know he will be.

 

[Gr8*1]

The Fact is Yes Christian WAS an Average Midcarder

But the fact of the matter is that was all before he went to TNA and got rocketed into sucess. His mic skills have involved his wrestling skills were always there the fact is HE CAN be a Star on smackdown he can mainevent wrestlemania 25?

Hey say 6 or 7 years ago did u ever think Edge would mainevent wrestlemania after wrestlemania?

What i'm saying is that an Edge vs Christian feud would be one of the biggest matches to hit wrestlemania in recent years as most of the mainevents except possibly Cena vs Micheals have lacked intensity.

Quite Frankly i believe Christian is very capable of being in the High Card of SD/

 

[klunderbunker]

Well sure he can be high up on the SD card, but not main eventing Wrestlemania 25. 26 maybe, but not this year. In TNA he was skyrocketed on a combination of both his talent as well as his former place of employment. That's the flaw with TNA: you can be a mid carder for your whole life but if you're from WWE you're in their main events based on that alone. Look at guys like Rikishi and Test for proof. Christian is solid indeed, but to throw something completely out of the blue like that and put them on the grandest stage of them all would be unwise to me.

 

[Shocky]

I tend to agree with Klunder on this one. While I am a big Christian fan myself, I doubt very much taht the guy would sniff the WWE championship for a while, let alone main event Wrestlemania. If Jeff Hardy isn't a big enough star to Main event mania, then certainly Christian isn't there, considering where he's been.

In recent years you've had big name guys like Scott Steiner debut, and then Steiner went onto do excatly what at Mania? Goldberg didn't even make the card and didn't debut until afterwards. The fact is, just because you've made it big somewhere else, Vince Mcmahon doesn't translate that as you get pushed to the moon.

Yes Christian has an advantage because there is stilll a pretty large enough crowd that remembers Christian, and he did indeed cut his teeth in the WWE. All that being said, can a guy that was gone for nearly four years come back to main event the biggest pay per view of the year, simple answer, no.

 

[CenaSux4Life78]

Everyone thought that Christian would return last night, even me. But I did not think that he would comeback during Edge/Hardy. I had a gut feeling it was Matt who did all those things to Jeff. What I was expecting was for Christian to be a suprise entry in the Rumble, much like that lil bitch Cena was last year. But, we got RVD so Im not gonna complain about that. Who knows, maybe he will show up on Raw tonight or Smackdown. I doubt he will go to ECW. Im probably wrong, but you never know.

 

[Mitchguy]

I agree, I was expecting him to return in the Rumble. What with a bunch of spots being unconfirmed at the time of the show. The one thing to remember here folks is that this is not the first time this has happened. Remember when Jericho was returning? They kept that one a secret too and Jericho refused to aknowledge that he was coming back until he finally appeared on tv. Everybody expected him to return at Cyber Sunday(I believe that was the pay per view in question). When he didn't, people actually got upset about it and Jericho's response was "I never said I was coming back at Cyber Sunday". Survivor Series came and went and no Jericho there either.

Then once everybody's expectations were deflated, he showed up out of nowhere on Raw. Frankly, I liked the fact that he returned when it wasn't expected.

I'm hoping Christian does the same. Even if he doesn't reach the top of the card, he still has a pretty rabid cult following and I'm sure he'll give us some great moments. I tend to take the view that everybody has something to contribute to the show. The key is to find their niche. All I hope if that WWE keeps up their recent streak of interesting storylines and puts him in something interesting. And most of that comes from them letting their talent shape their storylines (Jericho/HBK, HBK/JBL, etc.)

(On a side note, I find it a little strange that people obsess so much about who should be a main eventer rather than enjoying the entertainment being provided. Who cares if your favorite guy goes on last or first? It's like RVD fans always complaining that he wasn't main eventing. The guy's on every show giving you fantastic matches, but that's not enough? Seems kind of like manufacturing something to be angry about to me. Anyway, that's just my little off-kilter tangent. It's just wrestling people...that's all I'm sayin'.)

 

[tmad82]

Yeah, I think we all were expecting Christian to return last night. I, however, was expecting it to be during the WWE Championship match. I thought that he was gonna come out of the crowd and attack Jeff Hardy, costing him his WWE Title. Oh well, we'll see what the future has in store for Christian. Somebody made a good point about Jericho's return. They kept it secret until he actually returned to the WWE. It was well planned.

 

[ad21k]

I think Christian will probably return at mania either screwinghelping Edge. Thats the only way that he'll get as big of a reaction as he would have got at the Rumble. Since NWO is an event that people know the titles are unlikely to change hands, and since most of the top guys will already be tied in feuds by then I don't see how they can have him return here. While I agree that Christian won't be someone main eventing straight away there is definantly the potential for him to move up to that level depending on how his run goes. He proved in TNA that he can be better than a mid-carder and while it's a different ball game in WWE, he did have a reasonable fan base when he left which definantly gives him a shot at getting to main event standard in WWE depending on how things turn out.

 

[mrkite619]

I agree, I was expecting him to return in the Rumble. What with a bunch of spots being unconfirmed at the time of the show. The one thing to remember here folks is that this is not the first time this has happened. Remember when Jericho was returning? They kept that one a secret too and Jericho refused to aknowledge that he was coming back until he finally appeared on tv. Everybody expected him to return at Cyber Sunday(I believe that was the pay per view in question). When he didn't, people actually got upset about it and Jericho's response was "I never said I was coming back at Cyber Sunday". Survivor Series came and went and no Jericho there either.

Then once everybody's expectations were deflated, he showed up out of nowhere on Raw. Frankly, I liked the fact that he returned when it wasn't expected.

I'm hoping Christian does the same. Even if he doesn't reach the top of the card, he still has a pretty rabid cult following and I'm sure he'll give us some great moments. I tend to take the view that everybody has something to contribute to the show. The key is to find their niche. All I hope if that WWE keeps up their recent streak of interesting storylines and puts him in something interesting. And most of that comes from them letting their talent shape their storylines (Jericho/HBK, HBK/JBL, etc.)

(On a side note, I find it a little strange that people obsess so much about who should be a main eventer rather than enjoying the entertainment being provided. Who cares if your favorite guy goes on last or first? It's like RVD fans always complaining that he wasn't main eventing. The guy's on every show giving you fantastic matches, but that's not enough? Seems kind of like manufacturing something to be angry about to me. Anyway, that's just my little off-kilter tangent. It's just wrestling people...that's all I'm sayin'.)

i was sure myself christian would be a surprise entrant in the rumble. but about your favorites not being main event guys, when you have someone like jeff hardy or edge or even kane, when thay have such great matches every night u dont think sooner or later they deserve the right to be in the main event, or be considered a top guy.its a shame when you see a wrestler like kane, (who should be a multi time world champ) never get a fair shake @ the belt or the main event picture. when i see dudes doing great work it only seems fair that they get rewarded for it, not like Kozlov who fucking sux & they are pushing him down our throats

 

[boz_supernova]

Personally I think Matt will fight Jeff at Mania, unless they do so at NWO, we'll have to see. This leaves Edge to defend against HHH at Mania, where Christian could come and help Edge. I doubt he will screw Edge somehow. Also, I know HHH with a title shot at Mania has been done so many times, but the only other choice for HHH would be a grudge match with Kozlov, and that would suck even more. Also, I think we could maybe see Taker v Show + Chavo at Mania.

As for Raw, its obvious that we're leading up to JBL v HBK at Mania. Whether they'll work it so its for the World Title I don't know. I just don't see Cena v Orton happening...

I know this is a Christian thread, but I couldn't help myself breaking it all down

Let me know what you think!

 

[timmy872]

I think that perhaps we could see Christian turn up as early as tonight's Smackdown tapings. But the last chance for us to see him will be No Way Out, if he doesn't appear by then, I believe his debut will be held off until after Wrestlemania.
I would like to see, this seems more possible now, a Fatal Four way TLC Match for the WWE Title between Matt, Jeff, Edge and Christian. It's rather far fetched but I would like to see it. 10 years later, the first TLC was Matt/Jeff vs Edge/Christian. Would that idea be too radical for Wrestlemania? After all 'Mania tends to be about the final wrestling showdown rather than a brutal bump in the road with weapons like a TLC match. I think if it were to happen it would easily go down as the best TLC match of all time. I'd love to see it, especially as i am going to Wrestlemania.

 

[I_Like_All_Wrestling]

I don't really think that he would show up at a PPV if he were to re-debut. I think it'd be on a regular show. I prefer it that way personally and I think it'd be a bigger impact to a larger audience on a regular show.

I think a decent surprise would be if he were drafted to Smackdown during the draft special, whenever that is. Since most people think he'll be going to Smackdown anyway, drafting him there but live on RAW would keep the surprise, and he could come out and cut a promo and the announcers etc... can claim they didn't know anything about it blah blah blah. That would be a good way to have a surprise debut, keep a secret, and showcase him on RAW as well.

Another option would be to have Christian debut and align himself with Jeff for a Jeff/Christian vs. Edge/Matt feud (though I'm guessing that Edge will probably have to feud with HHH now). There's a lot they can do here.

 

[Mr. Tonic]

If they don't play heavily into his past association with Edge, Christian's going nowhere. If they do, Christian's probably only a tag team title reign away from main event status.

Elevating Christian to near-Edge level right out the gate is the only way it'll work. If they debut him as Edge's partner (or nemesis) and not his lackey, it could be worth tuning in to see. If the Hardys play into the scenario somehow that'll be even better.

That said, WWE will probably debut him on ECW with a gimmick where he dresses up in pajamas and stutters really bad.

 

[klunderbunker]

I can't picture Christian on ECW. He's still a fairly big name and with Dreamer going for the ECW title the feuds are pretty much lined up for Swagger. For one thing Christian isn't even for sure back with WWE at all. Even if he is, I'd say put him on SD but keep him away from Edge. Eventually they could get together, but put him on Raw as a face. That show is dying for main event level faces so why not put him on there?

 

[Tastycles]

They need to keep Christian away from Edge, otherwise he's going to be bogged down as Edge's sidekick, or he'll come out on the losing end of a feud. It is too obvious, and therefore unproductive, to put them in a feud with each other, and if they don't feud but are on the same brand, people will wonder why they aren't being put together. This is why the Hardy's have been seperated for 2 years, and have only just been put into a feud with each other.

I say make Christian come back to Raw as a face, and let him find his place by putting him in a feud with Jericho or something. Now I'd then do one of three things.

1. Allow him to enter the main event immediately, and have a couple of shots at Cena, see how he does then maybe give him the title if he is over.

2. Give him the IC belt. People are always whinging about how it has lost its prestige, so why not give it to a proven main eventer who could have a long (6 month+) reign with it, before dropping it to move on p to the main event. Whoever beat him would look good too.

3. Let him win the Money in the Bank match at Wrestlemania. Following this, have him defend it, feud with main eventers, just generally build him up, maybe giving him the IC title too. Then, in January or February next year, have him cash it in against Edge, and you have a ready made super feud for a title with a built up Christian and Edge that'd be unexpected and more interesting than jumping straight into it.

 

[DeadmanInc.]

Well, I for one am glad that Matt Hardy turned out to be the cause of Jeff's problems, not Christian. It was much more shocking and made a lot more sense.

As for Christian returning to WWE, I just can't see it happening. He doesn't really fit in anywhere but the midcard scene. Edge has gone on to be a 7 time champion and one of the biggest stars in WWE. If they associate Christian with Edge, he's only going to be some sort of sidekick and overshadowed. Besides his past association with Edge, most WWE fans remember Christian as an annoying heel. That isn't main event material.

I highly doubt Vince would let Christian use his TNA success to return to the WWE. If anything, he'd punish Christian by leaving him in the mid card for a long time, just like he did before.

 

[FromTheSouth]

I think that Christian will come back and hook up with Edge. It is the natural pairing. His punishment feud will be with Chavo. Chavo has been suckling Edge's teat for far too long. Once Christian comes back, Chavo won't be as close to Edge, and he'll get jealous.

A Christian and Chavo feud, in the ring, would be decent to watch. On the mic, Chavo could play straight man to Christian pretty well. After that, he will move on to feuding with Jeff Hardy over the US title, and then get moved to Raw so the temptation to use Edge and Christian every week will be gone.

 

[The Roid Rage]

Just so you can all stop speculating about what happened, the who, what, when, and why's, I have it from an official source that the reason Christian did not come back at Royal Rumble was because he and the WWE are still negotiating his contract, at this time they have not yet come to a full agreement on the fine print but Christian has committed to signing with the WWE. As for when he'll be back....why would I tell you?

 

[boz_supernova]

I highly doubt Vince would let Christian use his TNA success to return to the WWE. If anything, he'd punish Christian by leaving him in the mid card for a long time, just like he did before.

Jeff Hardy? He came back to WWE after great success in TNA and Vince didn't punish him. Even after his drug problems etc, Jeff still got his deserved, albeit short title reign. Christian is one of the best on the mic, and we all know that Vince likes big people, and people who are good on the mic.

I don't see why Christian won't be successful back in the WWE, people just assume he hasn't grown since his last time in WWE, which really isn't true.

 

[Lee]

The way I would bring Christian back (if indeed he does return to WWE, I still think it's a TNA work BTW) is to keep him away from Edge and the Hardyz. I would do what they did with Jericho, bring him back but build him up slowly and winning the IC belt. Give him a good reign on that and MAYBE put him in the main event.

 

[Fratelli]

if christian cage is to come back to wwe it has to be live, they wont want 2 ruin the surprise by doing it on tape several days before shown and ppl coming on sites like wrestlezone reading the spoilers. if hes to return (atal) to the wwe i cant understand how he can do it at no way out, how do u do a run in in the elimination chamber match? all i will say is if the door during the match gets tamperd with or someone smashes through it expect to see schristian by the end of the match

 

[OIL]

A Christian and Chavo feud, in the ring, would be decent to watch. On the mic, Chavo could play straight man to Christian pretty well. After that, he will move on to feuding with Jeff Hardy over the US title, and then get moved to Raw so the temptation to use Edge and Christian every week will be gone.

Don't agree at all. Christian probably agreed to return to the WWE, if he has signed, because he was promised main event action. Why then, would they put him in a fued with Chavo? Surely Christian would be better seved in a fued with a top superstar, say, Triple H? Although I see a fued with Edge as the best choice.

Again, why put him in a fued with Jeff Hardy over the U.S Title? Sure, Hardy is a top superstar now, but over the U.S Title? What would be the point in Hardy going from WWE Champion to U.S Champion? It just un-does ALL the work that has been done to build Hardy up as a legitimate main eventer.