WWE Discussion Thread (4/15 SD: Edge's Retirement, WHT match: Christian/Del Rio)

[Master Rudy]

As much as I would like to see Christian win the WHT, you have to take in to account that he isn't really champion material. With Competitors like Big Show, Kane, and even Wade Barret to contend with, the WWE knows that Del Rio will sell main event tickets vs those competitors in the future. Christian MAY win in a ladder match, but how can you see him standing up to the super heavyweights in the future, and in normal matches?

Christian.....not champion material? 0_o

*does not compute*

I haven't been back to watching for very long but I can tell you this: if they honestly thought a Del Rio match would sell tickets then the match with Edge at Wrestlemania would have been the main event instead of the first match......

Ok granted that may not be the best example as WM is expected to sell out. However Del Rio currently is not a big enough name to sell tickets. It's not a knock at the man's ring talent and mic skills. From what I've seen those are pretty good. However once you get away from pay-per-view, Raw and Smackdown and focus on the smaller house shows that's when you get the idea of who the people really want to see. There's an upcoming house show at the NKU Campus in Highland Heights in a few weeks. The local advertisements will without fail mention names like John Cena (*puke*), Randy Orton, The Miz, John Morrision, Rey Mysterio and Edge (before his sudden retirement that is)

People know Christian. Excluding the brief stint in TNA he's been with the WWE for a long time. Prior to Edge's bad news the #1 contender match was between Del Rio and Christian. People were cheering for Christian not just because he's a face and he's the guy you are suppose to cheer for......quite a few of them were hoping for the ladder match to be Edge/Christian. I don't think it's a stretch to say that Christian is in the top ten as far as the most popular active wrestlers goes. Hell with Edge gone now it's not much of a stretch to think he's #2 behind Rey Mysterio in terms of popularity on Smackdown (the kids just love that guy! ). In fact try asking a casual fan who he and who Del Rio is......I promise you more people will know Christian than Del Rio.

Del Rio sell more tickets than Christian? Sorry Ayeun.......to me that's like saying X-Pac was the most popular guy during the Attitude Era XD

But enough about that.....I say it's about time for the WWE to have Rey and Sin Cara face off

[shazza]

.I say it's about time for the WWE to have Rey and Sin Cara face off

He only just debuted. They may tease a few encounters here and there, a bit of friction, but there won't be a one on one match against each other until Wrestlemania 28 which has the potential of being a wonderful feud.

If this was the Attitude Era, however, they would probably be facing off within the next couple of months.

[Master Rudy]

Going back to Edge for a moment here's something I figured people may be interested in: Edge's very first televised match ever!

The shocker? It wasn't with the WWE :O



He actually started with WCW in 1996 as a jobber but left the company shortly after because he didn't like the gimmick he had while he was with them.

His first actual WWE match was in 1998:



It's ironic....the very first move he ever used in a televised WWE match was the Spear. His final move in his last match? The Spear