After Christian attacked Randy Orton at the end of last week's Smackdown, the question was whether Christian had actually turned heel or if he was going to be a tweener and gradually morph into a heel.
That question was answered during the opening segment of Smackdown Friday night. Christian, who came out to a mixed reaction, cut a promo in which he blamed his recent misfortune on the fans (aka his peeps) and said that he no longer wants anything to do with them.
After saying that he would never talk to the fans again, Christian drove home the fact that he was a full-blown heel by calling Michael Cole into the ring and saying that Cole was the only person he would talk to. Having Christian associate himself with the hated Cole guaranteed that he'd get booed.Christian's promo was solid, although I wouldn't categorize it as a home run.
Later in the show, Christian got more heat on himself for refusing to meet Orton in the ring face to face after Orton called him out. Christian instead chose to speak with Orton from the parking lot via the big screen. After getting Orton to agree to defend the world heavyweight title against him at the Capitol Punishment pay-per-view on June 19, Christian then got in his car and drove off.
If you've been watching wrestling for any length of time, you know what that meant. Of course, Christian came back to the arena to interfere in Orton's non-title, no-disqualification match against Sheamus in the main event.
Christian once again KO'd Orton with the title belt, which allowed Sheamus to cover Orton for the victory.
With Sheamus getting screwed out of the title by Christian last week and then pinning the champion this week, I wouldn't be surprised if he was added to the Orton-Christian match at Capitol Punishment to make it a triple threat.
Other thoughts on Friday's show:
The Orton-Sheamus match went more than 20 minutes and was really good. I still think a babyface turn for Sheamus is going to happen in the near future. I also think that if/when he does turn, he will be more over than he ever was as a heel. ...
Orton's snap powerslam on Sheamus into the ring steps looked quite painful. ...
I'm not sure why Orton was allowed to accept Christian's challenge for a title match at Capitol Punishment without getting the OK from Smackdown general manager Teddy Long first. Would it have been that hard to just have Long come out and say that he was making the match official? ...
The tag team match in which Daniel Bryan and Sin Cara defeated Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase Jr. was fine, but not quite as good as I thought it would be. It's nice to see Bryan – who scored the victory for his team by making DiBiase tap out to the LeBell Lock – winning matches on a consistent basis. ...
Wade Barrett walked out on fellow Corre members Justin Gabriel and Heath Slater again – this time during a six-man tag match against Ezekiel Jackson and The Usos – and it looks as if the dysfunctional heel faction is finally done. ...
By the way, when did The Usos become babyfaces? ...
The Divas match that saw A.J. upset Tamina was OK. It was interesting that after going 0-2 as a tag team with Kaitlyn, A.J. won her first singles match. A.J., by the way, definitely has a Mickie James-like spunkiness about her. Whether she has James' charisma and in-ring ability remains to be seen. ...
Jinder Mahal was put over strong for the second week in a row, as he squashed Trent Barreta. I like what they're doing with Mahal so far. ...
Last week, Johnny Curtis cut a promo about spilled milk in which he poured milk over his head. This week, he said he had a chip on his shoulder, and then ate a potato chip that had been sitting on his shoulder. I predict that next week he will have a stuffed toy monkey on his back, and he'll say that he needs to have a match on Smackdown so he can get the monkey off his back. Either that or he'll have his foot stuck in a door and he'll say that he's trying to get his foot in the door in WWE.