TSC Tag Teams/Stables Evaluation #45: Edge & Christian

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Silkk

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:mjlol: People really won't let this go. Both of them were great wrestlers but only one could get the push. The Edge hate on here is comical since I've never seen this until I came here.
This isn't true at all. Christian was on FIRE in 05 before he left for TNA.

WWE just didn't want to pull the trigger/fed him to Cena.
 

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The lowest on the totem pole as it relates to the TLC tag teams. But still legends either way. I give 'em an 8.
 

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Honestly … the issue for me is that Edge shouldn't have been pushed as heavily as he was. I can't buy Edge as an 11-time world champion when Christian had it gifted to him twice for a combined period of a month or however long it was.

But one dude was 6'5 240 with above-average mic skills -- that subsequently took off in said push -- and the other was 6'2 215 with supposedly superior mic skills. Who do you think was going to get the push? Especially when Christian's "apex" honestly happened right around the time when John Cena -- the Champion on Christian's brand -- took off.

He never had a shot. It's like the 1980s all over again. Several world champion-caliber wrestlers getting passed over because it would be foolish to take the belt off Apex Hulkamania.

Most would agree that guys like Cena, Orton, Edge, etc. shouldn't have gotten 10+ World Title reigns. I also agree that Christian should have gotten better booked more fulfilling World Title reigns.


This isn't true at all. Christian was on FIRE in 05 before he left for TNA.

WWE just didn't want to pull the trigger/fed him to Cena.

I agree. Vince easily could have pushed Christian on the other show but Vince stubbornly stuck to his one push per tag team member policy even when Christian was doing well in the spotlight.
 
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Edge and Christian were just as important to the tag division as the Hardyz and Dudleyz. They were another standout force in the GOAT era of wrestling. As individuals, they were legit equals, but like others have said, they were dead-set on making sure only Edge was "the star" of the duo. I was entertained by both guys for pretty much their whole tenure. Edge would have taken off sooner solo had his injury not happened in late 2002 (or early 2003?), and Christian was already finding himself in 2004, and when they didn't want to pull the trigger on him in the Cena feud, Christian just expanded on that persona once he got to TNA. Damn shame Christian's peak abilities both wrestling and character wise happened in TNA, cause the WWE surely could have used that during the same period. Christian just became the WWE's reliable workhouse when he came back (then basically shyt on him during the Sheamus/Orton feuds). But Christian and Edge both were standouts in the WWE, and were very enjoyable as a tag team. They have tons of classic tag matches, segments, etc, and were very identifiable. I give them a 9 instead of a 10 because they were a lengthy tag team that didn't have an actual team name, an actual team finisher, nor wear similar attire, amongst a lot of other tag teams that actually had all of those.
 

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Gave em an 8, they were always worth watching and good for a laugh :yes:
 

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Repost from the Mick Foley thread:

The time when Christian pretended to be sick so they wouldn't have to wrestle the APA:



 

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7 off the ladder matches. Character wise they were mildly entertaining Midcard heel goofballs at best. Both guys solo runs had much better moments outside of the ladder matches.
 

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The only way i can tolerate Edge is in a tag team, meanwhile Christians single championship run in TNA was alot more entertaining

fukk Edge and his running hug special never liked his in ring work
but he can cut a good promo

as a team they were hilarious but theyre range as a tag team was only limited to Hardy Boyz and Dudleys who i felt carried them a bit, along with the special matches

so i give em a 7.5
 
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This isn't true at all. Christian was on FIRE in 05 before he left for TNA.

WWE just didn't want to pull the trigger/fed him to Cena.
nah. People always tend to forget that they just up and traded Christian to Smackdown in mid 05' to purposely stop his push and kill his momentum on Raw. The republicans were NOT happy with him being over.
 

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