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[Victor Rambo]

[MightyJordan]

Should have had JR commentating on that match. This would have been perfectly fitting...

[Rappy Veteran]

After Christian won the World Title at Extreme Rules last night, he got very emotional as seen live on the PPV. According to a backstage source, when he returned to the backstage area, he approached Vince McMahon in the gorilla position, hugged him, and said "Thank You" with tears in his eyes. He also embraced in a long hug with Edge and other WWE talents near the gorilla position after the match. He was genuinely emotional about winning the World title. Very cool stuff as he deserves it and has waited a long time for his opportunity. He's also well-liked backstage.

[red.]

Christian deserves it :cry:

[Rappy Veteran]

Christian deserves it :cry:

yeah he's definitely paid his dues but for a time I thought Vince wouldn't give him anything because of his TNA time.

[Rappy Veteran]

a breath of fresh air in the divas division!

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Cheap pop for Cena over the Osama thing. Very cheap!

[Scorbing]

Did anyone see that Pitbull dude on RAW tonight?

What an annoying individual. Anyways, RAW was fun.

[Rappy Veteran]

Cheap pop for Cena over the Osama thing. Very cheap!

Cena will take it where he can get it! :rofl:

[MightyJordan]

When The Miz won the match...

When the ref reversed the decision...

[Rappy Veteran]

haha :rofl:

Cena won't lose the title now till WM28 :p

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haha :rofl:

Cena won't lose the title now till WM28 :p

No way. He'll lose it before then. Not a chance in hell of Cena vs Rock being for a title.

[Rappy Veteran]

No way. He'll lose it before then. Not a chance in hell of Cena vs Rock being for a title.

I dunno one last time for the Rock to be champion in his home state....would be fitting

[Rappy Veteran]

[Growled Member]

It's kinda hard to believe that HBK has retired. I must be getting old.

[Rappy Veteran]

[MightyJordan]

Cena won't lose the title now till WM28 :p

Oh I really don't want that to happen. I'm all for the title being on the line between Cena and The Rock at WM28, but just let other wrestlers have the title until a week or two before WM, then give it to Cena, then he can lose it to The Rock. :)

[Rappy Veteran]

[red.]

Orton wins the title at the SD tapings...

WTF!!!!!!

[MightyJordan]

Orton wins the title at the SD tapings...

WTF!!!!!!

This video might be appropriate right about now...

[Rappy Veteran]

[Rappy Veteran]

[Victor Rambo]

[timster]

As many of you may now know, the top story on the internet today is the fact that Randy Orton defeated Christian at the Smackdown taping last night to become the new World Heavyweight Champion.

After speaking to several key WWE insiders, WrestleZone can now provide details behind why WWE decided to book this major title change just days after Christian won the title at Extreme Rules.

To begin with, as we exclusively reported several days ago, Randy Orton is set to become the focal point of the Smackdown brand, and the entire Friday night show will be centered around him from both a marketing and creative standpoint. Orton's position on Smackdown can be compared to John Cena's position on Raw, as WWE looks at both talents as the creative centers of their respective brands.

Additionally, we were told that Christian's title win at Extreme Rules was done not so much as a "well deserved win for Christian," but much more so that a big moment could be made for Edge at the PPV. "Vince [McMahon] could smell, touch and taste a moment between Edge and Christian celebrating on PPV, and that's the major reason why Christian was awarded the title." This dispels any conspiracy theories that Christian was awarded the title to keep it on Smackdown, as we were told it would have been very easy for WWE to throw a third party into the Extreme Rules match which would have kept the title off Christian and still on Smackdown.

As to the question of why WWE stripped Christian of the title so shortly after his win at Extreme Rules, WZ was told that no one in WWE with any kind of influence values Christian as a top money draw for the company. Christian is well liked, and is considered, as we were told, "a reliable hand," but when it comes to being a top player in WWE, Vince McMahon has absolutely no faith in him.

Brian Gewirtz, who is the head writer on Raw, and also oversees the entire writing staff in general, which means he does have influence on the direction of Smackdown, is said to be a big supporter of Christian, but other than him, there appears to be no other members of WWE's top brass that consider Christian to be a major player. And yet, we're told by our key WWE insider that even Gewirtz wouldn't speak up for Christian as a top draw. "Brian knows Christian is a very entertaining wrestler," we were told, "but even he knows Christian should not be the number one guy on either brand."

As we said, however, Christian is still considered to be a quality worker and a reliable hand for WWE, and we were even told that a possible producer/agent position might be available for him when his wrestling days are over, but as far as Christian ever working at the top of a WWE brand, that seems to be a very unlikely possibility.

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imo, if you leave WWE for TNA and then come back, don't expect to be a champion

[Victor Rambo]

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