Christian/Orton Debacle

I just kind of wanted to vent my two cents on the big spoiler coming out of the Smackdown tapings.

I'm not going to lie, I was pretty angry when I read about Randy Orton winning the World Heavyweight Championship from Christian only two days (5 in TV time) after he won it. As a self proclaimed Peep, I've been waiting a long time, just like every other Christian fan, to see him finally get what he deserved for so long.

While I didn't order Extreme Rules, I read the live results and even got chills when reading Christian was the new World Heavyweight Champion. I honestly saw ADR winning it, and in some fashion have Randy Orton, most likely, bring it back to the blue brand.
Having now found out Christian would be showcased as the top guy on Smackdown, I couldn't be happier. His matches are always stellar, he's great on the mic and works his ass off every time from bell to bell.

I read the Smackdown spoilers, having heard that there was a "Major Spoiler", I couldn't help resist. I read the results of Christian and Orton's match and was mad. I was shocked and angry that after working for so long and so hard, Christian's shining moment was just a short one. Yes, even on twitter I tweeted #IWantChristian.

As of writing this I still feel down, and bad that Christians title reign was not even a week, and still feel he deserved a lengthy run, until SummerSlam perhaps. It would have been a great time to have Christian vs. Randy Orton, especially after hearing their match set for Smackdown was a fantastic match.
Then I read that the plan all along was to get the title on Orton from the start, only he would have beaten Alberto Del Rio.

Let's face it, Alberto Del Rio is a huge star on the rise, would it be good business for WWE to make their biggest prospect have a dismal title reign? Not really. In the history books, under the list of World Heavyweight Champions, Christians name will forever remain. He has moved from that list of greatest superstars to never be World Champ onto the list of World Champs. There's so many guys past and present who would give almost anything to have their name on that list.

Randy Orton has taken Edge's place on Smackdown as the face of that brand, so why wouldn't they have the face be Champ? That's just good business. Sorry, but WWE is a business and that's how they operate.

We can be hopeful that after the outcry, combined with what is said to be a terrific match could have creative thinking that a feud between Orton and Captain Charisma could be money and he could get strapped again. If that's not the case, then at least we could get him challenge for it and put on show stealing matches.

I'm a fan of both guys and really wish Christian had a better run, but Orton is the face of the brand, the face gets the title, that's Professional Wrestling Business 101.


Just wanted to vent that, thanks for your time.