I'm not going to argue with the parallels... however I think Christian is head and shoulders above Matt Hardy in just about every way. Another thing to consider is that it wasn't losing the ECW title that screwed Matt over, it was the ridiculous series of events that followed it. He turned heel on Jeff almost immediately after losing the title. Initially it almost seemed as if Matt was poised to maybe finally break through into the main event in that little heel run. However, the injury and RIDICULOUS face turn completely fucked him over.
Christian is probably one of the most over guys in the entire company right now, so it's going to be pretty hard for Vince to deny that. I am however really pissed at the decision to take the title off of him at the last minute. It was completely pointless and almost like a slap in the face to Christian and ECW in general. The guy carried the entire brand and was pretty much the only reason to watch the show, not allowing him to retire the title was a fucking disgrace.
I'm going to stay optimistic for Christian right now, especially if he heads over to Smackdown. There's a lot for him to do over there and it's obviously his best chance to break through and finally make it to the main event.
His little promo on ECW being a "demotion" was also extremely well done.
If Matt Hardy had been the one to leave the WWE, would he have had what it takes to become a Main Eventer like Christian became in TNA? No.
And I like Matt Hardy. He has been handed some pretty bad deals. But I am not going to delude myself into thinking that he is star material the way Christian is. Hell, I doubted Christian had what it took back in the days of The Brood. It wasn't until later that I actually began believing in him.
When the Hardy Boyz and Edge & Christian disbanded, that was the sink or swim moment. Everyone knew Edge and Jeff, the two most popular (actual TALENT arguable point here, but not popularity) would be fine. But the other two I don't think anyone had any hope for. Christian knew this and took off where he could have a fresh start and became the leading entertainer of that company. There is no denying, that even though he held the ECW Championship, he has been held back since his return to the WWE. Matt Hardy has been given the same opportunities that Christian has gotten since his return, and a lot more pushes and has not been able to capitalize on it and capture crowd interest the way Christian has. So no Christian is not equal, he is superior.
Is Christian equal to Matt Hardy?
No he is not. He is better, much better in every way.
^ This.
On the WWE ladder Christian is mile above Matt Hardy. Matt Hardy is at the very last rung if on the ladder at all. I am surprised he still has a job right now.
I would not start over reacting until Christian gets paired with the likes of say, the Great Khali.
I actually thought Matt looked ten times better last time I saw him (2 weeks or so ago) then the PREVIOUS time I saw him a few months back. The man is a solid mid-card wrestler.
And bite your tongue! As much as being swept under ECW's rug and losing that title last night has been a slap in the face of Christian, I don't think that anyone believes that being paired up, not even with just Khali, but anybody would not be in Christian's best interest. I'm sure he neither wants or needs to be shoved back into the tag team box. He worked damn hard to get out of the shadow of that.
