Christian's second World title reign in the WWE is over. When you compare this reign to his previous one, you might think it was heaven on Earth. Are Christian fans happy now?
He lost the title back to the same man he "defeated" to win it, Randy Orton, centerpiece of Smackdown. Looking at it another way, Randy Orton just gained two title reigns at the expense of Christian alone in the span of a few months. Honestly, I don't think Randy Orton really looked too weak at all throughout the entire feud. He may have gotten pinned here or there, but when it came to major matches, he always looked better than Christian, in terms of booking, not necessarily match quality. In terms of match quality, both of these guys put on some great work. But go back to that match where Orton lost the title last month. He was not pinned and he destroyed Christian after.
What followed for Christian after that? A mediocre title reign. There was some big talk at times, but it went nowhere. Christian does not look like a top heel. He looks like a creepy little bastard who got put into a main-event feud, put over someone the WWE values more than him, and now he can follow the path of Kane.
Honestly, there is no shock value in what the WWE just pulled. After the way the WWE put the title back on Christian, you could tell Orton was the one who really mattered in this whole thing. I simply shrug my shoulders at his reign and recent title loss. What could you expect? Christian fans, what is really going through your minds? Rhetorical question. Christian's fans, even casual fans, were very upset at his first title reign. There was a lot of protest and bitterness. Do you really think that led to Christian regaining the title? Does the 2nd crap reign appease you? The WWE did a good job of damaging Christian's character and not making the 2nd win seem that much for him, as well as the reign. I keep hearing that Christian is the kind of heel who doesn't win cleanly and isn't meant to look too credible. Two problems with that idea. First, taking all that as the truth, why couldn't the WWE just have Christian defeat Orton at Summerslam by interference? Christian would not look too credible and Orton would not lose cleanly. Second, what makes Christian the kind of heel that is not meant to look too credible? The WWE. It is their writing and booking that really makes the role Christian must play. And this is not a great role to play.
Christian fans cannot really take credit for Christian regaining the title. The WWE did it on their terms and Orton seems to be the main benefactor. What did Christian do wrong to get treated like this? Nothing. What did CM Punk do wrong for his recent epic push to slowly start turning back southward? Nothing. What did Zack Ryder do wrong for his recent glimpse of attention on both shows to start to fizzle out? Nothing. All of these guys have fan support, but it does not really matter. Let me go back to 2010. Mickie James, another person with fan support, gets released. What did she do wrong to get treated like she did? Honestly, nothing. I have analyzed her entire WWE career multiple times. In a diva division, there was no good way for her career to end. Fan support did not bring her back. Why would it? She was released to ensure that same fan support would no longer be in the way and that she could never touch the record in the WWE made by the WWE for a former diva centerpiece. But assume that fan support did lead to her coming back. Tie this in to what the WWE just pulled with Christian. The WWE would bring back a person with strong fan support who they really only intended to be used to put over centerpieces. Is it hard to imagine that the WWE would try to do what they did with Christian with Mickie James? Except, they would not hand her another title reign. They will neither book nor acknowledge 7 title reigns for her. They would turn her heel. They would make her a weak heel. They will push a strong diva face, assuming they have one, against her. When it is all said and done, the goal would be to turn Mickie James into Melina. Do you remember how that story ended?
Christian, CM Punk, Zack Ryder, and Mickie James, among others. Is this some kind of cult of personality? Nope, just people who are not centerpieces, yet they all managed to connect with fans. And that is exactly why you see the problems coming up. The WWE has their own agenda, and it is not to simply treat what the fans like in the best way possible. Fans have to take their wins as they get them, but the WWE still controls what's going on.
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