I put Christian in the Chris Benoit and Rey Mysterio Catergory, it was cool when they won the title. Then afterwards no one cared. These guys never developed the IT factor. Sure, they're all great wrestlers. The problem is they never got the fans on their side without some sort of sympathy story. With Benoit it was the Heymen thing. With Mysterio it was Eddie's death. With Christian it was Edge's retirement.
Guys like Triple H, Eddie Guerrero, Jeff Hardy, Randy Orton, The Rock, Brock Lesnar, Kurt Angle, Stone Cold, etcetc. All had the ability to make the crowds go nuts for them without a helping hand. Here's a perfect example. Eddie Guerrero and Chris Benoit both held the titles after WM20. Eddie, everytime he stepped in that ring the next week on SD had the biggest pop of the night. Benoit was already getting booed after a week of holding the title. To the point where the people didn't even care about him anymore. They were dead silent after a few months. Wanna know why? They wanted to see him win because of the sympathy story, once the sympathy story is over, what's gonna make the crowd cheer for the guy? All because he's a good wrestler doesn't mean the crowd is gonna love him.
It was a good business move by WWE, and I like Christian, but even I know the guy has and will never be one of those giant names.
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