WHY is/was Edge better overall than Christian?

[DANJ!]

I wouldn't say Edge was BETTER ...but if there were ever a reason to be found (in MY opinion), it'd be because Christian was just kind of always in the Edge's shadow. It was Edge & Christian...not Christian & Edge.

Edge debuted first and then that whole Edge Vs. Gangrel thing happened with Gangrel introducing Edge's little bro Christian. At that point, it just becomes hard to try to envision Christian as being superior to Edge. Not to mention, Edge had some of the biggest spots in the matches that made them famous as a tag team.

It's kind of how Kane will never quite be looked at as the Undertaker's equal even though Kane puts in consistent work & holds his own. Chavo'll always be compared to Uncle Eddie...

...and then the height & look is a factor, of course. Opportunity knocked and Edge was there. Ultimate opportunist.

All this right here.

Also, I've just always found Edge to be a more charismatic character (don't even ask me how). Christian had his points where he was interesting ('05 with the Cena feud), but he always seemed like more of a perennial midcarder. Kinda like how Matt Hardy was better in-ring and more reliable all-around, but Jeff always was more popular. Christian took a minute to hit his stride when they split the team up, and he was always #2 when they were teaming... so it was destined that Edge was gonna get the bigger push.

 

[StatUS]

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Also, I've just always found Edge to be a more charismatic character (don't even ask me how). Christian had his points where he was interesting ('05 with the Cena feud), but he always seemed like more of a perennial midcarder. Kinda like how Matt Hardy was better in-ring and more reliable all-around, but Jeff always was more popular. Christian took a minute to hit his stride when they split the team up, and he was always #2 when they were teaming... so it was destined that Edge was gonna get the bigger push.

Edge always needed props to get over though.

Sable, Hogan, Lita, Vickie, list goes on. Anytime he's been dolo he's been average as hell. As I always say, he was the most protected dude in the business.

His IC feud with Orton was lame and his last run will be remembered for smashing a laptop and going over Del Rio. Without something behind him to get him heat he's usually just there.

Christian on the other hand got over in 05 just off him, got over again when they stuck him in ECW, and was having a good heel run with the title last year till they decided Orton just needed another run.

Everyone knows Christian's better the E just doesn't like him like that.

 

[DANJ!]

Edge always needed props to get over though.

Sable, Hogan, Lita, Vickie, list goes on. Anytime he's been dolo he's been average as hell. As I always say, he was the most protected dude in the business.

His IC feud with Orton was lame and his last run will be remembered for smashing a laptop and going over Del Rio. Without something behind him to get him heat he's usually just there.

Christian on the other hand got over in 05 just off him, got over again when they stuck him in ECW, and was having a good heel run with the title last year till they decided Orton just needed another run.

Everyone knows Christian's better the E just doesn't like him like that.

I'll give you Lita and Vickie... but Sable? He only teamed with her once, and he maybe teamed with Hogan twice. When they split him from Christian, he was very much over from '01-'02. When he came back in '04, he fell the fukk off hard as a face, so the heel turn helped him out. I def. think his character was enhanced with Lita and Vickie, but I don't think they completely carried him either. He was already notable enough for anyone to give a shyt once he was paired up with them.

 

[Golayitdown]

Edge is better because the E wrote it that way.


Edge isn't light years better than Christian like they want you to think, but Christian isn't some GOAT contender some people try to make him out to be. I think if all things were equal coming out of the gate, Edge would probably be a 4 time champ and Christian would be a 2-3 time champ.

Will say though, Edge took all that shyt (Lita, Vickie, etc) and ran with it. He gets shyt on for using them, but he stayed afloat. Christian has always been given the raw end of the deal and that's fukked up.

 

[R=G]

They were pushing Edge hard since 98.

King: See that Edge in the crowd he's gonna be a champion one day


Meanwhile Christian was always better all-around, worked his way up, and got over by himself.

He wasn't really pushed hard in 1998 or 1999. He was talked about on commentary but he was practically a nobody compared to the rest of the roster. Everyone was leap and bounds ahead of him. In 2000, when Angle got pushed though, they started going bonkers with him and Christian always coming out on top of the Dudleyz and Hardyz. And for some reason, they never got slapped around by Austin or Cripple H too much.

The thing with Edge is...he can't be who he is without Matt Hardy and Lita MAKING him what he became in 2005 when fans started giving him main event heat after that affair came out. Lita was really more over than him but he was pushed hard and endlessly.

 

[Versa]

Random question.....

since Edge was always more popular than Christian, but as far as a WRESTLER Christian >> Edge

and Jeff Hardy was always more popular than Matt Hardy, but as far as a WRESTLER Matt >> Jeff

Which Dudley boy was the better wrestler? Bubbay Ray or D-Von?

 

[Smokebreak]

Everything about Edge screamed "over doing it"


Christian came out as comfortable and natural on the mic...05/06 run was great and if he stuck around might have gotten a couple years main eventing. But I respect him for wanting to get away from what edge was doing and how he was treated in wwe. I don't like TNA much, but Christian Cage was that dude.

Edge was a good look because he was tall and the long blond hair..Christian had a weird body shape according to homovince

They both had good themes though

 

[R=G]

Edge wasn't more over or popular than Christian until Lita and him got exposed for cheating on little Matt Hardy.

 

[Scotch Hall]

His IC feud with Orton was lame and his last run will be remembered for smashing a laptop and going over Del Rio. Without something behind him to get him heat he's usually just there.t.

Didn't Blandy start to get cheered after that too

 

[Bryan Danielson]

Real talk, Christian leaving for TNA actually ENHANCED his career. Christian would have been Chavo Guerrero status had he stayed to be jobbed out to Cena, then Jericho, then Edge again, then Batista, Jeff Hardy, CM Punk, etc.


Christian went on to become champ in TNA and was credible doing so, he came back to the WWE and got to become a 2 time World Champion. That's 3 world titles he never would have gotten if he just played his position as a mid-carder

 

[I-Hate-You]

The situation with Lita and Matt helped Edge for sure, but he was perfectly fine when that deal ran its course and they were both gone. He took that ball and ran with it and developed a character that took him out of midcard hell forever. Where did Lita and Matt's careers go after Edge?

They paired him up with Vickie because the dynamic was proven and it made sense for his "ultimate opportunist" character. That Vickie pairing hasn't quite worked out the same for anybody else - there's a reason for that. And she took her character to a new level with Edge, as well.

Christian, of course, was very talented and should have gotten a chance as well. I think even his WWE return had the potential to be somewhat big, but they ignored the fans chants, had Matt do the heel turn on Jeff and debuted him on ECW.

Edge clearly had a lot more favors done for him in the biz...but that didn't make him any less deserving. I don't care that the WWE "chose" him. He worked hard, was good in all areas and thrived on the biggest stage. No political fukkery, no enemies in the business (other than Matt) and is one of the few guys admired by Attitude Era and PG fans. And all things considered, Capo did very well for himself.

long live that zoo

 

[Kid Kash]

Random question.....

since Edge was always more popular than Christian, but as far as a WRESTLER Christian >> Edge

and Jeff Hardy was always more popular than Matt Hardy, but as far as a WRESTLER Matt >> Jeff

Which Dudley boy was the better wrestler? Bubbay Ray or D-Von?

A year ago, I would've said "D-Von", but after this Bully Ray schtick in TNA, I'd said Buhbuh Ray.

 

[Rarely-Wrong Liggins]

Edge was flopping HARD before Matt saved his career by crying all over the internet about the affair. No one, NO ONE, was buying Edge during his take out Evolution face push in 2004, and no one bought the heel turn afterwards. He'd be making all of these stupid faces, pulling his hair and yelling and the crowd was just

Christian, Captain Charisma run when he went to the "Just Close Your Eyes" theme......people look at it with rose colored glasses. I honestly didn't know what he was supposed to be, heel or face. He'd come out and the crowd would make noise, but I couldn't tell what it was. It wasn't thunderous or anything. I call that Dudley Boyz '01 heat. Anyway, when he heeled it up for the little Cena back and forth, that was nice, but so what? Y'all still hype off that Marky Mark line?

 

[TNC]

Its true.


Look at R-Truth as an example. Dude is a former TNA world champion but honestly is there anything that makes him better than a guy like MVP or Kofi Kingston?

Yet R-Truth has been given MUCH more opportunities as a solo competitor in the WWE simply because he came in with the TNA champion pedigree (don't ask me how). Because TNA believed in him enough to give him the strap, the WWE saw that people DO see value in him so they scooped him up. If Christian never would have gotten the TNA title or been a permenant mid carder in TNA, he NEVER would have gotten his WWE world title reigns.


Going to TNA is like hittin the restart button for a lot of dudes, provided you can attain higher highs there, its a good look to increase your stock and come back to the E wit a "fresh coat of paint".

 

[Scotch Hall]

Edge was flopping HARD before Matt saved his career by crying all over the internet about the affair. No one, NO ONE, was buying Edge during his take out Evolution face push in 2004, and no one bought the heel turn afterwards. He'd be making all of these stupid faces, pulling his hair and yelling and the crowd was just

n1gga ain't never lie
at that recent edge wwe documentary,I was sitting there thinkin some of that wasn't good (especially when he first came with those cheesy promos). Nothing groundbreaking at all