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The "good Christian thing" gets booed.

Would it surprise you if they brought back the "Over the Edge" PPV for Edge? And here comes HBK.

They didn't have the pyro and fireworks to start the show when I was there live last week.

Nah, I've never seen that on Unlimited before.

You guys hearing this on Unlimited?

Anyone else not getting audio on Unlimited?

She's booked for upcoming house shows in tag matches on the way to Wrestlemania, so get ready.

Do you have any idea how much shit like that goes down, or other situations where someone would be "fired in almost any other line of business"? These wrestling companies would be letting people go after just about every show if they fired people based on what a normal business would.

Because that's what I was trying to say. When he's sour on his "golden boy's" flick, it just shows how bad things are.

OMG itz Shaq!!!

Only if his last name is Shango.

Didn't Meltzer also report recently that Vince is very happy with Kane's flick, but is pretty sour on what they have from Cena's so far?

I think they turned Angle heel and gave him the title because he was vocal backstage about being VERY unhappy about what they were doing with him and making him say, and about them not letting him beat Cena throughout their feud. And when in the hell was Boogeyman ever a heel? I must have missed that one.

The problem in all of this, is that they aborted a fantastic, and proven champion (I don't care what anyone says, Edge proved his worth over the past few weeks), in Edge and used him as a pawn in the Cena/HHH story. Unless they do something soon, like tonight, to make Edge look stronger than ever then they have possibly destroyed him for good. Why would they do this for Cena, after he's been a joke for so long? It's nothing new, but..."it just doesn't make sense".

I still don't exactly get your point. Is it all just based on a ton of "what if" instead of reality? Like, what if they do the right thing with Cena's heat, etc...? I don't think there is any question that Edge was a success as champ either. If you know me, you know that I'm not an Edge fan by any stretch of the imagination. Just ask Bob and CanadianChick what my opinion of Edge has been since he broke into singles. However, since his feud with Matt Hardy, I have seen the guy improve quite a lot, both in terms of character and a little bit in the ring. He had the entire MITB angle going, and finally cashed it in at the perfect time. The Cena hate was reaching something of a climax, they pulled the trigger on Edge, and the fans in that area went insane cheering for the guy like he was the second coming - this was mainly due to everyone being so fucking happy that Cena was no longer the champ. Then on the following RAWs, in my opinion, Edge really solidified himself as a main even level world champ heel. All of his shit with Lita really got under everyone's skin, and he did what a true heel does - he got to the point where the fans loved to hate him. Contrary to what many people believe, you can have a heel that is so great at what he does, that he actually is the main draw instead of whatever face is trying to top him. Edge didn't reach the climax of something like that like we've seen from the really great heels of the past twenty years, but he did reach it to a certain point. The fans loved to hate him, period. His work with Flair in the TLC match was fantastic as well, and while many fans wanted Flair to beat Edge, once Edge finally did beat him the fans started to respect Edge even more, while still giving him the proper heel heat. Then we have the "new" Cena. They let him go out and talk about being hated, and that was great, it was the first step to get some fans back on his side, and it worked for a few weeks. They allowed him to go back in time just a little bit, and many of the haters got back on board, mainly because Edge was doing such a great job as a heel. Then when we hit PPV, Cena just beats Edge in the middle of the ring, cleanly. The only result that can come from this is a total backlash against Cena unlike what we've seen before. It may not be way huge tonight, but over the next few weeks you'll see the fans turn on Cena way more than what you've seen in the past. Fans were getting behind the guy because he wasn't the champ, and the PPV undid all of that. As for Edge, his stock really fell last night in the eyes of the fans. There is this great new heel that was being booked in a great way, and he just up and jobs perfectly clean to the guy that the fans didn't want to see as the champ anyway. Depending on what they do tonight, we could see both of these guys have their careers damaged for quite some time. I will agree that the only good that will come from giving Cena the strap back, is watching the fans once again turn on him. Hell, it started last night before the match was over when the fans noticed that he was about to beat Cena clean. I do love watching when shit like that happens, much like a car crash.

I can't believe that some people are trying to take up for Cena. Just take a look at the crowd reactions to him over the past few months. You'd have to be blind to not be able to understand that the fans were turning on him, more and more with each and every week. It got to the point where their number one face was their most over heel on the entire show. Then look at everything they did to try to get him over and keep him over. I mean, seriously, it was a failure unlike most others.

Let's say that creative was split on giving the title back to Cena, and they are going to give Edge the title back tonight because the side that was against Edge dropping the title talked some sense into the other side. After what happened last night, would that really repair what they had undone last night? What could be done to repair everything...if anything?

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A highly exciting initial title win eventually ending with a loss in forgetable afterthought match on a big PPV to a face the fans will likely not get behind? I'd say its a fair assesment. The only big difference is that Jericho had a somewhat long reign (you know, compared to Edge's). However, Edge had a really, really good short run, and Jericho had a really, really shitty time with the strap (other than a few things here and there). I'm not sure which one I think is worse, given the circumstances.

Is it safe to say that his title run was...Jericho'd?

I saw that 50's style gimmick at the past RAW, and I actually thought it was pretty cool.

You know what guys, this reminds me of WCW more than just about anything else that they've ever done. Not just what happened tonight, but the possible plans leading up to Wrestlemania as well. I don't think WWE is going to die, or any of that shit, I'm just saying...it's all very WCW-like.

According to the ratings since Edge won the title, no. Like I said before, they've made a huge mistake. If Cena is booed once again, I see them turning HHH face and Cena heel, and just going with that.