Christian/Orton: Week 10 - Now With Added Sheamus

They sure are putting a lot more attention on Sheamus again recently. When they first pushed him in this feud between Randy Orton and Christian, Sheamus was just a pawn in their feud, much like Mark Henry. The WWE may have pushed Mark Henry away from that recently, but he is looking a lot stronger now. Sheamus is once again looking strong again as well, but there is a difference between Sheamus and Mark Henry. Sheamus seems very much involved in the main Smackdown storyline still. Why would that be? Assuming things do not fall flat for whatever reason, I see two possibilities. He may be turning face. After Orton, Kane is the only top face near the main event. You can talk about Sin Cara and Daniel Bryan all you want, but they are in the midcard. Other than Christian, Mark Henry and Wade Barrett are two guys with some main-event credibility. If you include Sheamus and add in Khali, you have five heels on Smackdown for Orton to feud with in the main event. Turning Sheamus may not be a bad idea. They may also be building Sheamus up to win Money in the Bank. By keeping him near Orton and Sheamus, they are building a storyline reason to carry his potentially winning the briefcase. They may also play that into Christian winning the title, only to lose it right after.

The worst thing that could happen out of this is if this is the WWE's way of setting up a new opponent for Orton before his feud with Christian ends properly. That would just be another insult to how they are pushing Christian. It is true that ratings are weak. It is true that the storyline between just Orton and Christian is a getting dry. But it would not be very fair to already start looking for greener pastures before you have really tried with what you have now. I am not saying the WWE is doing that to Christian. Just hoping it does not happen.