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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2011 3:29:54 GMT -5
I've honestly haven't been a fan of Christian since his tag team days. I just find him so boring to watch, and he doesn't entertain me anymore. Edge just had "it" and more of it than Christian ever had.
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Post by orton1994 on Jul 26, 2011 5:06:23 GMT -5
Only if they had a feud
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Post by eggman290 on Jul 26, 2011 6:30:56 GMT -5
SPEAR SPEAR SPEAR SPEAR SPEAR!!! I Love Christian and im so happy that he is WHC again, but Edge is always #1 for me
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Post by cordless2016 on Jul 26, 2011 10:05:43 GMT -5
1. Better look 2. Better in the ring (at least more entertaining) 3. Better moveset 4. Better on the mic 5. The storylines Edge has been involved in over the years far outweigh anything Christian has done. 1. Edge did have the size advantage so I agree w/ the better look. 2. How was Edge better in the ring? If anything, his in-ring stuff suffered because of all the injuries he suffered over the years. After his broken neck, he was definatly slowed down, and his achillies injury made him even worse. 3. Both had good movesets, but because so many people use the spear, I've got to give it to Christian because of his more unique finisher and more agile move set. 4. Christian's mic skills are on par, if not better, than Edges. From 2003-2005, Christian was putting on some of the funniest and most memorable promos in the company. Most of Edge's promos consisted of him trying to keep his cool and then getting angry. Christian was more versitile IMO. 5. This is my point. Edge was basically given a ton of pushes when he didn't necessarily deserve them while Christian was never given an opportunity until a short stint in 2005. Given the chance, Christian could have put on memorable feuds as well.
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Post by cordless2016 on Jul 26, 2011 10:10:35 GMT -5
Christian is the Matt Hardy and Marty Jannetty of the two. Christian is best as a heel and he could never get the heat Edge got. This couldn't be further from the truth. There is no "Marty Jannetty" from Edge and Christian because both have gone on to have great singles careers and both have been multiple time world champions. Matt and Marty only wish that they were on Christian's level. Matt is a never was and Marty, while okay in the ring, was his own worst demon.
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Post by BlackSwagger on Jul 26, 2011 10:36:54 GMT -5
I've always been luke warm at best for both of them, but if I had to give a reason...I would say that Edge had that intangible something that made you look at him first. Not sure what "it" was, but it worked for him.
Plus Edge had the the whole Lita/Matt Hardy issue. That, like other posters have said, is what pushed him over the...ahem...Edge.
And for those who say that Edge got the push because Christian left for TNA are forgetting why Christian left. He left because Edge was constantly getting main event pushes, while Christian was left to flounder in the mid-card. He had to show the WWE that he could be a Main Eventer.
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Post by DTP. on Jul 26, 2011 11:17:22 GMT -5
Only if they had a feud Try their 2001 feud. They had to use a Ladder match stipulation to put on a good match, their Unforgiven 2001 match sucked. I suppose that chemistries just weren't to mesh. Christian was good, but Edge was always the better worker in the ring.
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Post by J12 on Jul 26, 2011 11:25:48 GMT -5
I think most of what was brought up here has been valid, but from a personal standpoint, I never really had a favorite. When Christian left for TNA, i started paying closer attention to their product, but eventually sort of moved away from it. So for a couple of years, I guess I preferred Edge because he was all I was exposed to.
I've always been a huge fan of both guys, though.
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Post by Scotty on Jul 26, 2011 11:35:48 GMT -5
The whole Matt Hardy/Edge thing really took Edge to the next level. Christian was involved in nothing as good as that. So if Christian cheated on his best friends girl friend, got him released, and still got the girl and a push everyone would like christian more?
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Post by dante123 on Jul 26, 2011 11:57:59 GMT -5
Edge stayed & was able to do more for WWE. edge almost left and went to ecw because he feel like he can become a bigger star. It was confirmed by rvd and taz
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2011 12:51:20 GMT -5
I have always preferred Edge.christian is coming into his own as a heel but he is missing something that Edge had(minus the red hot feuds).
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Post by autumn4 on Jul 26, 2011 14:04:09 GMT -5
1. Better look 2. Better in the ring (at least more entertaining) 3. Better moveset 4. Better on the mic 5. The storylines Edge has been involved in over the years far outweigh anything Christian has done. 1. Edge did have the size advantage so I agree w/ the better look. 2. How was Edge better in the ring? If anything, his in-ring stuff suffered because of all the injuries he suffered over the years. After his broken neck, he was definatly slowed down, and his achillies injury made him even worse. 3. Both had good movesets, but because so many people use the spear, I've got to give it to Christian because of his more unique finisher and more agile move set. 4. Christian's mic skills are on par, if not better, than Edges. From 2003-2005, Christian was putting on some of the funniest and most memorable promos in the company. Most of Edge's promos consisted of him trying to keep his cool and then getting angry. Christian was more versitile IMO. 5. This is my point. Edge was basically given a ton of pushes when he didn't necessarily deserve them while Christian was never given an opportunity until a short stint in 2005. Given the chance, Christian could have put on memorable feuds as well. 1. Cool. 2. You're using his injuries to down his in-ring skill? That makes zero sense. From a personal standpoint Christian has always bored me in the ring. He offered nothing entertaining. Edge was electrifying in the ring, not as much as say the Rock or Jericho, but he found ways to make his matches more entertaining. 3. To elaborate on #2, I've never liked the unprettier. So perhaps I'm biased. 4. I don't see it. Like I said, up until recently, Christian never entertained me on the mic. Except maybe the temper tantrum angle with DDP. Edge is just on another level to me. 5. To say he didn't deserve them is a crime.
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Post by machoking on Jul 26, 2011 14:52:42 GMT -5
Its simple. "It factor"
Edge had it, Christian doesnt.
Simply put, if Edge was still around Christian would be mid carding on Smackdown or fighting Trent Baretta on Superstars. He got his push to the world title the same way Rey Mysterio did.
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Post by pedigree619 on Jul 26, 2011 16:47:36 GMT -5
Edge didn't cut his hair and long haired wrestlers are cooler than short haired wrestlers.
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Post by greenjack1992 on Jul 26, 2011 16:54:27 GMT -5
Because he was better than Christian in every single respect.
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Post by rustywio123 on Jul 26, 2011 19:09:01 GMT -5
Because he is better than Christian in every way possible. Nothing in this world can Christian do better than Edge inside the ring, or out.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2011 21:37:00 GMT -5
I feel like they're equal in agility and way to hold up a match (I say this in a good way, I think they're both great performers).
The only reason Edge is more popular is because, in my opinion, The Rated R Superstar gimmick is one of the best gimmicks WWE has ever had. Especially when it first began and Edge did nothing but push limits and boundaries, and was able to win the title with the amount of heat he got.
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Post by Drdoom on Jul 26, 2011 21:42:47 GMT -5
The only era of Christian I didn't like was his long haired singles run around 2002 I think. After the haircut, it just seemed like a whole new attitude and he's had all the potential in the world since. TNA and ECW were both being heavily led by Christian in the forefront. Now it's about time he gets his chance, and I love he's still the same Christian from 04-05 with the whining and complaining.
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Post by cordless2016 on Jul 26, 2011 22:51:25 GMT -5
1. Edge did have the size advantage so I agree w/ the better look. 2. How was Edge better in the ring? If anything, his in-ring stuff suffered because of all the injuries he suffered over the years. After his broken neck, he was definatly slowed down, and his achillies injury made him even worse. 3. Both had good movesets, but because so many people use the spear, I've got to give it to Christian because of his more unique finisher and more agile move set. 4. Christian's mic skills are on par, if not better, than Edges. From 2003-2005, Christian was putting on some of the funniest and most memorable promos in the company. Most of Edge's promos consisted of him trying to keep his cool and then getting angry. Christian was more versitile IMO. 5. This is my point. Edge was basically given a ton of pushes when he didn't necessarily deserve them while Christian was never given an opportunity until a short stint in 2005. Given the chance, Christian could have put on memorable feuds as well. 1. Cool. 2. You're using his injuries to down his in-ring skill? That makes zero sense. From a personal standpoint Christian has always bored me in the ring. He offered nothing entertaining. Edge was electrifying in the ring, not as much as say the Rock or Jericho, but he found ways to make his matches more entertaining. 3. To elaborate on #2, I've never liked the unprettier. So perhaps I'm biased. 4. I don't see it. Like I said, up until recently, Christian never entertained me on the mic. Except maybe the temper tantrum angle with DDP. Edge is just on another level to me. 5. To say he didn't deserve them is a crime. 2) Before the neck injury in 2003, Edge was consistently putting on great singles matches from 2001-2002. After the neck injury, Edge was visibly slower in the ring. Still good, but he just never seemed the same in the ring after that neck injury. The injuries kept pilling up over the years, and after the torn achillies, he was just boring to me in the ring because of how much slower he was and was a shell of his former self. I've always perfered Christian's more agile and quick moveset, and since he has been relatively injury free for most of his career, he has never been slowed down in the ring and has seemed to have gotten better in the ring over the years IMO. 3) While the Unprittier/Kill Switch suffers from being very unrealistic, I still perfer it to the spear since it is a more unique move. Edge had some cool finishers earlier in his career, but when he settled on the spear he just seemed to join the list of tons of guys to have used that over the years. 4) I've always felt that both Edge and Christian are two of the greatest mic-men ever. Both have tons of charisma and have dilivered great promos, but Christian has always been more versitile on the mic to me. 5) In 2004, Edge was barely getting any reactions from the crowd no matter how much the WWE pushed him. They teamed him w/ the world champ Benoit to go against Evolution and he couldn't get over. When he feuded w/ Randy Orton, the hottest heel in the company at the time, he couldn't get over. They threw him in a feud w/ Jericho, who was over at the time, and that only caused his hometown fans to boo him even though he was a face. It wasn't until he cheated on his wife w/ Lita and Matt Hardy was fired that he was getting some serious heat. And during all of this time Christian was putting on great matches, giving great promos, and was definatly over w/ the crowd, yet was constantly being jobbed out on Raw and SD until he was wrestling on Velocity. Nothing against Edge because his "Rated-R Superstar" gimmick was great and he deserved every title he won, but from 2004-2005, he was constantly given pushes when he didn't deserve them. Christian, who was over w/ the crowd, was given nothing because Vince for some reason didn't like his look.
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Post by Emerald Enthusiast on Jul 26, 2011 22:58:51 GMT -5
Seriously, I've never understood why people think that Edge is so much better than Christian. Christian is just as good on the mic, and is better in the ring than Edge ever was.t. Christian is great on the mic, but nowhere near the same class as Edge. He's not as athletic as Edge, either. However, the main reason it took Christian so long to become a main eventer is that he lacked the intangible, which he seemed to develop in TNA.
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