Why Christian Left WWE for TNA in 2005

AEW star and former WWE Superstar Christian Cage joins Chris to discuss his decision to leave WWE for TNA wrestling back in 2005
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[@CVVCLIPS]

Watch the full interview with Christian Cage on my main channel here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ipXJg3iids2ge9U

[@TimLoyalToWifeHaterFreeZoneA]

Love It CVVCLIPS Bro.

[@Jazzman2476]

Vince doesn't like being proven wrong. Thats why Christian never fulfilled his potential in the WWE.

[@NebraskaPoliceDepartment]

He was never a main eventer. Mid carder.

[@CornBreadtm1]

It's still crazy to me that a guy would get stuck in the midcard regardless of crowd reaction just because the boss didn't like his face. Greens my least favorite color, but if I had a green door to my store and everyone said that they came in cause they saw the green door. I wouldn't change the color of the door.

[@LoneWolfe_XX]

@@NebraskaPoliceDepartmenthe could’ve been that’s the point

[@Jazzman2476]

@@NebraskaPoliceDepartment 2011-12 say hello

[@user-ih2tr7rt9r]

@@NebraskaPoliceDepartment he is a world champion my eyes, and he is going to be world champion whatever the time comes in AEW mark my words, Cousin for what it looks like it seems like your brother was the sober one

[@yousafihsan167]

Loved him in TNA where he was treated as a major star. His matches with Jarret Sting Kurt Angle Joe and AJ styles were my favourites

[@flyguy7825]

Me too I don’t think his TNA run quite gets enough credit. I will take his TNA run compared to his AEW run all day every day.

[@danman1789]

Agreed. When that run started is right when I started getting back into wrestling after 6-7 years out of it. and I was like "holy shit Christian"

[@TrollAlert-xv6qg]

He sucked

[@Fighttilltheend0136]

Yeppp

[@skwayne_]

Hard not to like any of those matches. Even their women’s roster was cold wit it. Awesome kong,beautiful people,Gail Kim,Victoria etc.

[@jayczzzya]

Vince was bonkers. Christian Cage was a great singles performer back then and he still is. Look how he elevated the TNA title back then and the TNT title today

[@khesipresents1885]

Well you'd stuck here dayi g this about edge if they pushed Christian... rarely if ever ,do both tag partners get equal pushed

[@jayczzzya]

@@khesipresents1885 they both could have had mega pushes. Both are great singles stars. And great stories could have been told with their partnership turned into rivalry. Like how AEW did it

[@themastermind5638]

​@khesipresents1885 They literally could have pushed both. If I recall correctly, Christian and Edge both had a push in 2005. Edge winning the Money in the bank and Christian facing Cena and Jericho for the title at a PPV. WWE though, dropped the ball with Christian by not only halting that push, but adding Jericho to his title match with Cena. In the end, it seems like they decided to push Edge at the expense of Christian, in the sense that they felt like it was one or the other, when they literally could of have turned both into stars.

[@cool-lemon]

@@khesipresents1885 Yeah it has literally always been this way. Team gets split up and they put their eggs in the basket of the guy they see more potential in. 50/50 chance of it working that way, I think Edge & Christian are the very few tag team wrestlers who were able to seperate and have an even better singles career.

[@khesipresents1885]

@@jayczzzya but that didn't happen..learn from real life too..not all footballers with potential go on to fulfill it. Such goes with wrestling.. so wake up n face reality

[@iammelyss_vloggs9550]

Christian is and always will be a legend dude worked his ass off to get to where he is

[@nicolekestner185]

That's diff a stretch my guy Just cause you're a dick rider don't mean he's better than what he is If you want to get technical edge.Had a better career after crop baby went to t.N.A

[@eliamaral-seda1346]

Props to Batista for recognizing Christian's potential. Some guys would have envied not being over with the crowd as much as their opposition, but Batista instead decided to give Cage his grace. That's commendable.

[@theonlygoodonehere2259]

batista is very humble, many guys liked working with him, people used to always prefer going to smackdown, when raw was ran by triple h, and then cena, thats why they always called smackdown land of opportunities, for example mr kennedy had an easy time working with guys like batista and undertaker, as soon as he works with cena and orton he gets fired, weird

[@ReuploadsRelivingWrestling]

Because, Batista knew it was just a smark crowd. Christian wasn't a top level draw like Cena and Batista.

[@Cableguy15]

@@ReuploadsRelivingWrestling Two things can be true here. Christian may not have brought in the money of Cena or Batista, but those were their top two babyfaces at the time. Christian was a heel and consistently connecting with the crowd in some way in 2005. WWE dropped the ball by not giving him a chance.

[@Goujeton199]

Batista apparently got backstage heat in 2005 where he was dissing the Smackdown roster, or rather, people that got a certain push in WWE that didn't deserve it because of laziness, but specifically name dropped Christian out of the whole WWE roster as strongly underutilized, with so much fan support, awesome work ethic, great attitude, stays in shape, and has a great mind for the business while not getting his opportunities. I remember that from Batista's Wikipedia page back than where you can still find it around 2008-2013 where he was interviewed twice by The Sun.

[@Stormie33]

​@@ReuploadsRelivingWrestling It''s not like every heel gets massive reactions just because it's a smark crowd, you still have to be over in a big way to get the type of reaction he did. And it's not like he was only getting cheered in Birmingham (and Canada), he was getting noticeably mixed reactions in the U.S too.

[@MichaeldeFilippi]

Christian is so great. Always thought he was much funnier than Edge.

[@IanIsrael]

Christian’s got a really dry sense of humor, which I love.

[@ICONOCLAST]

@@IanIsraelno he doesn’t lmao he’s in character

[@DownfallDarkness]

@@ICONOCLAST what character?

[@Vampir1324]

Edge was so unfunny to me for some reason. He always seemed like he tried to hard to be funny

[@kevin084life]

TNA back in the day was crazy. They had AJ Styles, Christian, Kurt Angle, Sting, Samoa Joe, Kevin Nash etc.

[@ShisamiiGames]

Yup but they fucked up a lot especially when it came to Aj styles. The made him a joke especially earlier on

[@corbencarter-dixon5758]

Don’t forget Team 3D

[@HammertonWay]

Being there for their Uk episode of Raw where Christian was the most over guy on the show, it was absolutely surreal for a little kid who wasn’t yet a mark for the business. The Cena feud later that summer should have been a stepping stone for him.

[@bonky221]

Christian is clearly a brilliant mind who understand the wrestling business. Im shocked he was never pushed. Going to TNA did help him elevated his game and now hes doing his best work in AEW. Great interviews overall as you learned alot about these wrestler.

[@patrickboian8545]

Christian Coalition for life. 👊🏿

[@LuminescentShine]

Christian Cage got me into watching TNA. Christian's run in TNA amazing. It made me realize that WWE wasn't that good and that there were better options.

[@rigsby1454]

His Captain Charisma run was great. Mad they never at least attempted to go with him a bit

[@ajbahus]

Christian is an interesting case in that he looks better the older he gets. The grizzled look fits him better than Edge, I think.

[@theonlygoodonehere2259]

I thought I was the only guy who said this, wtf, he looks much cooler and masculine when he is older, and his voice got deeper, he looks like he can destroy, if they put this christian in 2005, I would instantly put him in the main event scene hositing wwe or world heavyweight championship, and he got much more meaner and brutal on the mic

[@bigdaddydiesel5520]

Edge looks like he's on meth lol. Did not age well.

[@BrotherIsraelTopics]

​@@theonlygoodonehere2259he'd basically be in the same position as Punk in WWE

[@BrotherIsraelTopics]

​@theonlygoodonehere2259 Doing side quest and hosting , commentating. Big feuds every now and.then but probably not have the beat for an extended time . Probably a run , maybe 2 due to age

[@flyguy7825]

In my opinion, Christian Cage best run was with TNA that propelled him to the main event and he’s literally in my opinion one of the top 10 to 20 greatest stars that ever worked for that company

[@alaooooy7]

Christian is one of the best ever and he deserved much more in WWE. Vince was being a fool and he made sure to hold Christian back again and again. It's like Vince wanted to get other people over but the people chose Christian so he took that personally. Christian Cage is still one of the very best in the world and he deserves much more credit for his work than he gets. I hope he gets an AEW World Championship run as the top heel in AEW. He truly deserves it.

[@andrewmacdougall]

I hope I get to see Adam Copeland and Christian Cage as aew tag champs before they retire both are in my top 10 favourite wrestlers of all time and favourite tag team ever!

[@infatuatedts5072]

sting retired at 64, billy gunn still wrestling at 60, i could see christian retiring at 55 or 60 which is lots of time for him, he has to make up for the lost time

[@mccown2690]

Yes! In 2005, Christian was DEFINITELY over with the fans in WWE. Kudos to him for knowing his worth. Much respect ✊🏾 💯

[@johnnywalker5745]

Man, there was a chance that Christian would win the WWE Championship before Edge.

[@khesipresents1885]

He ended up never winning it ..he won the world heavyweight championship when it was a shell of itself and a midcard belt

[@Weezy-zy9qy]

Yes. And that fvcking maniac Vince didn’t like it when superstars get over with the crowd on their own/proving Vince wrong.

[@johnnywalker5745]

@@khesipresents1885 Orton vs Christian feud is underrated.

[@khesipresents1885]

@@johnnywalker5745 never headlined a ppv ...in that era ...

[@Money_era]

@@johnnywalker5745”one more match” will always be funny 😂😂😂

[@Jermaine2099]

I was a huge peep! Had his Waterproof Blonde theme on every game that I could

[@hakeemfullerton8645]

As good as his run in AEW is, it probably won't have happened without his run in TNA as they were the first company that allowed him to be booked/treated like a megastar

[@bradlee3109]

DAYUUMMM…. Christian literally said what we’ve been ALL saying for decades now lol.

[@Elkott]

I hope he gets a run with the AEW World title before he retires

[@SlyCarey]

Christian was so over in 2005. Vince dropped the ball

[@TV247]

I feel like if you didn't attend a WWE event during that time frame, then you could easily scoff at the idea of him being super over around that time, but as someone who was the Smackdown taping when it was revealed he was drafted to Smackdown, the pop he got was unbelievable. Christian was indeed extremely over around that time.

[@TheWonderpickle]

I was like 8-9 around the time he had the feud with Randy Orton for the world title and I remember being pissed at the booking despite Randy being a face at the time. That's a testament to how over he was during that run.

[@madrobert0944]

I was at the UK taping he spoke of and it was so weird seeing the TV version instead of the live show at a certain time I wondered if I was just in a pro Christian section

[@reymondlopez7468]

It’s been well documented Vince never liked Christian. He has to get over despite Vince not pushing him. Problem is, if you get over on your own the Vince would spite you and bury you. Example: Damien Sandow, Zack Ryder, Bray Wyatt, and yes Christian.

[@alphanerd7221]

There is no such documentation.

[@theonlygoodonehere2259]

what do all those guys have in common???? supercena, although I don't know if christian suffered from supercena, I remember christian eating a few losses from cena

[@raveoreynolds6049]

Which documents? You mean the multiple times Vince threw a World Title on him?

[@Weezy-zy9qy]

@@theonlygoodonehere2259Cena doesn’t book the matches you dummy, Vince does. So sick of people blaming Cena for everything. Sure Cena has made some bad decisions, but to act like he’s the one always in charge is ridiculous. And some of the people Cena ‘buried’ sucked anyway. Jack Swagger, Alex Riley and the entire Nexus except for Wade Barret…they all sucked. PERIOD.

[@LINKKART8]

Yeah he disliked him so much that he made him world champ

[@bigvanpapi]

That mid 00’s NWA/TNA era = Chefs kiss

[@Undertakerfan365]

Christian is so severely underrated that it's criminal. He deserved a good lengthy run with the World Heavyweight Championship. I'm so glad he's also getting a second chance to end his career on his terms.

[@Pushateetee83]

What’s crazy is that Christian has an all-time-great career, and he is still one of the most underrated and greatest “what ifs” in modern wrestling. Christian was white hot with the WWE audience before he first left. What would have happened if Vince did pull the trigger on him then? Not only would that have changed his career, the main event scene and other careers may have been very different too.

[@alaooooy7]

I will never forgive Vince McMahon for the fact that this man never won the WWE Championship. He never won a Royal Rumble, King of the Ring or even a Money in the Bank despite being in many of those matches where he obviously was the one holding the match together. Christian deserved a huge push before TNA but Vince pushed him so low down the card that he had to leave. He then proved himself with an iconic TNA run yet when he returned Vince locked him up in ECW where he still managed to almost singlehandedly make that show worth watching. One of the most underrated wrestlers ever and one of the best wrestlers ever! The fact that he's still one of the very best in the world both in the ring and on the mic tells you all you need to know about this legend. I really hope he gets a run at the very top in AEW. He deserves to be remembered in the best way possible for all that he gave to wrestling and how he always made sure to make other wrestlers look better than ever throughout his career. Christian Cage deserves for his name to forever be cemented on the list of AEW World Champions!

[@Darrakkii]

What Royal Rumble or King of the Ring or MITB match was Christian in where he was holding the match together? Christian hasn't ever even been in a MITB match. What round of King of the Ring was Christian ever in? What Royal Rumble match was he keeping together in the late 90s and 2000s with a star loaded roster. Vince gave Christian more then he's ever been given in TNA or AEW, the world heavyweight championship

[@alaooooy7]

@@Darrakkii Are you being serious?!?! Go check all the MITB matches that were at Wrestlemania before the stand alone PPV and see how many of them was Christian not on. That silly claim on its own shows how unserious you are. Not to mention how Christian Cage won the NWA World Heaveyweight Championship twice and the Undisputed Impact TNA World Championship and each of those three reigns were longer than his two WWE World Heavyweight Championship reigns combined which were less than a month put together. Christian deserved much more in WWE. Many way lesser men won much more. If you'd rather defend a filthy sick criminal maniac like Vince through a whole lot of misinformation and lying to disrespect a legend like Christian then you know nothing about wrestling.

[@Bbbnjjjn]

​@@Darrakkiitony khan give 3 time chances for Christian cage

[@datboiderrty]

The angle where they made AJ styles a super mark for Christian is burned into my memories

[@siegfriedc2332]

AJ and Tomko were actually a really good tag team too. Tomko had a good run in TNA.

[@jamescoravic4389]

He should have been a 5 or 6 time WWE champ. The character he is playing now would have got over wildly in WWE but for Vince being Vince.

[@jamessunderland7435]

It was the best decision he made at the time. When he arrived in TNA he was immediately treated as a big deal and I enjoyed most of his run there.

[@rdrouynriv]

That's a code word for Vince McMahon.

[@bradlee3109]

What is?

[@rdrouynriv]

@@bradlee3109 The reason he left WWE.

[@RavenV2]

it's about time christian got his flowers. edge fans acted like christian was never in his league even though he overachieved with half the opportunities on smaller platforms

[@TheWonderpickle]

Love seeing the Christian respect in the comments. Watching that WWECW run as a kid hooked me and I've been a fan ever since. One of the most consistent and enduring wrestlers of all time

[@durnno]

I had a chance to meet Jay once. He is honestly a solid guy, humble and always makes time for fans. Nothing but respect.

[@ripplecutter233]

Holy crap he was 35 when he came back? It's 2024 and he still looks good!

[@taftmh]

I was at that uk show back in 05 and can confirm that Christian was the most over person on the show, even more so than William Regal.

[@louisplaat8984]

def loved him in TNA

[@agentorange1156]

It's ironic because that triple threat with cena and jericho is one of my favorite matches ever. That vengeance 2005 was one of the best shows of all time.

[@siontimmy1]

Winning World title was great for him when he came back to WWE but in reality he should've won WWE title

[@jkyle1018]

"Tomko, give me a beat."

[@sonicheroxd5767]

I started watching wrestling in 2006. I first watched WWE around Mania season that year. And I was introduced to TNA that same year when Kurt Angle signed. So I started watching TNA and thought Christian was great. Loved his heel work. And I had no clue of his work prior. So when he went back to WWE, I thought it was a big deal. Unfortunately no one in management saw it that way.

[@crusherdominator5149]

Underrated af

[@AfrooChe]

Christian should've been WWE Champion during that era `04-05

[@BSmokeyGaming]

Christian in TNA was his best work, same case scenario with Kurt Angle. Also those two left the WWE at the perfect time due to the company’s transition to PG. Even tho Christian returned back to the WWE in 2009, Christian’s best work and run was in TNA. Also, his TNA theme is god tier.

[@alaooooy7]

I don't care what anyone says about age or whatever. Christian Cage is still one of the very best in the world today and he must get a run at the very top in AEW! He's a true master of the game. His demeanor, his cadence in a promo and the way he controls the crowd, how he makes everything in a match mean something and how unbelievably professional he is to put so much effort into what he does despite already being one of wrestling's legends! He deserves much more credit than what he gets and I truly hope to see him have an iconic AEW World Championship run!

[@Capta1nAsh]

The blue dot 🔵 story comes to mind

[@kaptainkirk11]

Christian cage instant classic promo is timeless

[@carlitocool8393]

Vince only saw value in Christian when he was tied to Edge as a tag team partner. He never saw his potential as a singles star like he did Edge. Vince was so wrong. Christian is truly showcasing his talent in AEW. I am happy for him.

[@CapnNutbutter]

And now, if he isn't the biggest star right now, he's heads above the best heel going right now.

[@seanhagelbarger6801]

He is doing his best work right now in AEW

[@user-bd6ni6hk4w]

i still remember what Don West and Mike Tennay says about Cristian Cage in TNA.. a young lion heart of TNA... Instant Classic.. still love him during in TNA match

[@kenterminateddq5311]

TNA and AEW helped Christian become a bigger than life main eventer when Vince had no faith in him.

[@thomashyde2653]

He is just a great guy and a true professional

[@HulkVahkiin]

One thing I like to point out is that Christian brings up something that is forgotten and/or possibly revised by people claiming Cena was the face of the company from 05-13/14. They forgot leading to his babyface turn and until the start of 2006 - Batista was the company's biggest babyface. It's similar to how people say SCSA was the face of AE, which is overall true, but The Rock was the company's biggest star in 2000, and arguably past that all the way to 2002.

[@martinsolon5496]

I was at that show in the UK he was talking about, it was in Birmingham and the pop he got that night was insane, everyone loved him and booed the shit out of Batista.

[@AllHailKingKurt]

It was over 20 years ago, can’t dwell on it too much either, he’s done good for himself

[@sonofage]

I was supporting christian to be champion back then and the WWE destroyed it. I felt they did the same with brey Wyatt but I could be wrong . The nexus burial will always be in my mind . Man , I just recalled how pissed I was back then when they screwed christian

[@SuperThegreatone23]

This was when my dislike for Vince started. Christian in 05 was white hot as a heel and was the perfect foil for Cena even before Edge, but Vince never saw Christian as more than a tag team wrestler. Christian should of been the one to dethrone Cena back in 05.

[@tombardsley3081]

Or dethrone Batista on smackdown even if that didn’t work out with Cena on raw

[@theonlygoodonehere2259]

@@tombardsley3081 they wanted muhammad hassan to do it, but they should have pivoted to christian since they buried muhammad hassan, very dumb, because someone could have catapulted to the main event scene, if they beat a prime 2005 batista fresh off of ending triple h's reign of terror

[@tombardsley3081]

@@theonlygoodonehere2259 yep obviously Hassan was unlucky given what his gimmick was and what happened in the real world with the 7/7 attack.

[@theonlygoodonehere2259]

@@tombardsley3081 yeah, in the middle to later years of 2005, was just unlucky after unlucky after unlucky, I feel thats when wwe could have gotten close back to attitude era, or exceeded it, but brock decided to leave, so did goldberg, the london un bombing buries and causes muhammad hassan to lose his job, eddie guerrero passing away, and not taking the chance on christian to push him onto the main event scene by beating batista, and batista injury, L after L

[@tombardsley3081]

@@theonlygoodonehere2259 yeah that was a tough year. The only thing that went well was the Orton Undertaker feud which ended in one of my favourite hell in a cell matches

[@AnthonyMcqueen1987]

This man along with edge is a hall of famer he alongside edge one of the greatest tag teams of all time.

[@PlayGuy200]

That part in the end is a good way to look at the salary😄

[@Cableguy15]

This isn't meant to be a knock on Edge, but what I don't understand about WWE at the time is that Edge was given multiple chances even when he had setbacks like his 2003 injury. Having that confidence in him paid off. Christian never got a chance for some reason. And I remember the 2005 Captain Charisma run pretty well. He was definitely catching on with the crowds and was consistently entertaining. This was despite the fact that Cena was consistently beating him and Jericho up. The same thing kind of happened with the Hardys. It felt like Matt deserved to break through the midcard, but only Jeff was ever given a real opportunity to do so. It's almost like the execs at the time just picked one half of a tag team and decided "Yep, he's the guy. Screw that other guy, though" lol

[@ajbahus]

Vince had a soft spot for Edge but had no time for Christian. Who knows why.

[@813South]

People forget that Ron Killings paved the way for WWE guys to go to TNA.

[@flyguy7825]

Not really I really think it was Christian because Ron killings was not a star when he first came to the WWE. I barely remember him when he first got to the WWE

[@813South]

@@flyguy7825 yeah he was k wick or quick can't remember the spelling with road dogg. True he was not a star at that time but he was two time nwa champion in tna and that's what got him back in WWE much like everyone else. Go away and get better is what I'm saying

[@flyguy7825]

@@813South oh no, that I will agree he I would say it was the first guy that came from TNA to jump from the WWE that I remembered I watched TNA a little before they had their TV deal with Spike Fox Sports network late at night and R Truth Now, but at the time, Ron Killings was one of my favorites 2 live crew was one of my favorite stables. At that time he was tearing it up being a mean guy. It’s a damn shame that never translated to the WWE.

[@ToeTag9899]

Christian first entrance theme just close your eyes with the female vocalist was so damn good I always wonder why it was changed when he came back. Christian should of beat Cena in 2005 he was way over than Cena and it wasn't even close.

[@stevewoodley5387]

Christian and his golden shower era still cracks me up but I watch the dub now.

[@mkchamp9645]

I met jay back in 2016 when i was working at toys r us around the holidays for extra cash, he was so cool and took the time to take a pic with me and chat for a second, his daughter also almost ran over on a scooter...lmao

[@chrono050]

Wish i watched more TNA back then.. I watched it in like 02-04... When was the Main Event Mafia formed ? I saw a lot of that as well .. Anyway Christian is imo on his best run of his career as the leader of the patriarchy i would assume is the correct title he's "must see" tv .

[@lrm215]

Christian is so great Vince never saw nothing in him

[@hyperchord]

Oh come on, he's so much better with a blue dot on his head!

[@alphanerd7221]

Then why did Vince feature him so often?

[@theonlygoodonehere2259]

@@alphanerd7221 because he freaking had no choice, only so much burying you can do, the crowd wants and loves him, give them what they want every once in a while

[@lrm215]

@@theonlygoodonehere2259 Thank you

[@hyperchord]

@@alphanerd7221 Why do you think he featured him so often?

[@sajanaryal6932]

Christian was crazy over in 2005. He should have beaten Cena for the WWE title.

[@user-fp6gm9cw8i]

When iwas kid i like it Christian he was different ❤

[@brown_recidivist]

Vince dropped the ball with CC in 2005 and he knows it. He was so over esp during the promos he had with Cena. But TNA welcomed him with open arms. I remember watching TNA when in grade 10 at the time and the way he was being presented was a true superstar unlike WWE where he was upper mid card at best. Only wish he stayed in TNA longer.

[@josephrother7950]

Off topic, but Christian has pretty much become Stephen Dorff. Not an insult. Christian is one of the best there is, period.

[@alaooooy7]

Christian Cage is the GOAT!

[@IkechiUkazu]

Legend

[@DIVIDEDNATION]

I think it's funny how Jeff Hardy & Edge were the marketable stars but Christian & Matt Hardy had much better in depth characters. It's a shame that WWE didn't see this Christian gimmick or Broken Matt Hardy but power to them for going elsewhere to showcase what they had

[@Ell-J]

I'm glad Christian Cage joined the majors (AEW),over the Minors (WWE)

[@everyonesidol9731]

TNA Cage was my favourite version of him

[@valitsemllaluokanavahyvaks3556]

Vince hated how Christian looked he thought he was ugly, thats one of the big reasons why Vince didnt want to push Christian further past Mid-card.

[@el84oro]

always liked captain charisma, thought he was hilarious as a heel. him and edge were great, but him and jericho as a tag was even greater. and he was great in the ring whether single or tag, great on the mic too. super funny

[@film79]

I would miss my kids recitals for free, but don't tell anyone.

[@Tom-hn5hn]

Captain Charisma was so underrated!

[@knightshousegames]

Christian in 2005 was such a missed opportunity. That Captain Charisma gimmick had to be one of the hottest heels on Raw besides Triple H himself at that time. He was so ready to make that jump to the main event level, but they had that idea in their heads in WWE back then where they put all their energy into one guy on the team, and just abandoned the other, when they could have gotten 2 huge stars out of the deal instead.

[@malcolmmaze2583]

He had a great run in TNA

[@Kingofthekop1]

ONE MORE MATCH

[@danerius6051]

"We get paid for the inconveniences in our lifes"

[@nathanm8792]

i will say i am glad he did leave he made a decent tna run in my opion

[@3starskiwi]

Christian's always a top tier guy in 2nd tier promotions.

[@jovermars1920]

I haven't watched much of Christian at all in the last 20 years, just his run in wwe when he returned and the occasional TNA highlight and AEW clip. Is he working in these interviews playing to his character or is he genuinely like this outside of the ring? Love him either way but I'm curious, thanks peeps

[@familyman7sf]

Christian and Sting got me watching TNA

[@redzzder7951]

Captain Charisma Christian for the peeps was my favorite version of him he was so over as a heel

[@WTFudgie]

Always been the Greatest heel

[@lakibody]

Paid for the inconvenience of what we do, just like people who work overseas for long time. Price to pay for a easy life of your family.

[@ksdnsdkumar1375]

Turtleneck in CVV podcast? Most kayfabe guy.

[@47FloridaManDre]

The original Undesirable to undeniable.

[@SonnyK248]

When Shannon Sharpe talks about the NFL he always says he played the game for free because he loves the game. They paid him to train, paid him to eat healthy and always stay in shape but he'll always maintain that he played the game for free.

[@WillMayberry]

I always preferred Christian’s career to Edge. Both great in the ring but Christian better in the mic.

[@cool-lemon]

Christian going to TNA was without a doubt the best decision he ever made. Really proved to people he was deserving of that main event spot. WWE was absolutely insane not taking him more seriously, was literally like another Jericho (cocky, good in-ring , great on the mic) but Vince just didn't like him. So stupid.

[@NiceDiggz]

Cage was awesome in TNA