Christian Just Got Jobbed (WWE).

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Really?

After seventeen years and an awesome feel-good story, you couldn’t have given the guy a month and a PPV payday?

I know, he knew, EVERYBODY knew that Christian was a transitional champion. Vinnie Mac has said on a number of occasions that he didn’t see Christian as championship material.

But a five-day reign? That kind of thing just cheapens the title. And it’s bad booking when everyone can see it coming.

If it were me, I’d have let Christian run through the lower-level “contenders” for a few months while Orton went on a similar streak, then booked the match for a PPV before one of the Big Four.

But no. Instead we get a job like that one. I wish there were somewhere else for Christian to work where he’d get respect, but WWE is the only game in town.

Thoughts?

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Who did he job to and was he simply crushed by that person?

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Orton, on free TV, in a reasonably back-and-forth match.

But it’s bullshit. Because even though the loss made him look strong, there will be no storyline build on that where he gets over the hump or uses it as fuel to get into contention. He’ll never hold the title again, and it’s crap when they rotate the title among the same 3 people when the rest of the card gets squat for a real push.

Christian’s title reign was shorter than Khali’s, for pete’s sake.

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I’m surprised he’s back at the WWE, didn’t he leave a few years ago due to friction with McMahon over this exact same thing? Why would he come back if he wasn’t going to be given a fair shake?

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He did, and for that very reason.

But where’s he going to go where the money is as good? And McMahon probably ran a line on him.

He’s going to end up as “super-enhancement-talent,” always in the title picture and never wearing the strap again.

And it’s a shame, because he’s got a great move set, a great work rate, and the people really get behind him when given the opportunity.

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I think he also left because TNA had a better schedule (he lives in Florida) and they did initially make him champion. But then TNA kept bringing in older talent that pushed him back down the card, and many of them (like Sting) weren’t required to run house shows, so he ended up still having to travel some–so if you’re going to be a travelling upper-midcarder, it may as well be for WWE money.

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“Five-day” reign? You forget - Smackdown is taped. It was a TWO-day reign. (And right after his long-time tag-team partner retired for medical reasons, too.)

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Meh. Vince has always had a thing against little guys. You had to be leap-off-the-page good (Shawn Michaels), or hit the 'roids (Steve Austin, Chris Benoit, Edge).