74. TNA Bound For Glory 2006 - Rhino vs Christian Cage (8 Mile Street Fight)
So this is a come dressed as you are street fight, and Christian wears combats and a Christian tee. While Rhino has his wrestling gear on and a hoodie on top

. Before the match Christian cuts a great heel promo shitting on Rhino and the city of Detroit. Oh shit we get a great video package showing the early days to how it came to this, but then it gets ruined when some fan says Christian isn’t just fighting Rhino he’s fighting this whole city

The match starts in the parking lot with Rhino getting the better for a good few minutes as they take it inside, Christian then tries to get away by climbing on top of the Zamboni but Rhino then drives it into the arena down to ringside near the crowd. Rhino gets on top and begins to brawl with him knocking him off, they make it back to ringside and it’s still all Rhino but a rake to the eyes stop him and he picks up one of the plastic street lamps but Rhino blocks it and knocks him down with it. Back in the ring after like 2 minutes of Rhino putting weapons in the ring he hits him again with the street lamp for two. Rhino then sets him up for the GOAR! But Christian counters by killing him with a chair shot to the face. It’s now all Christian who is working over Rhino’s head and I should mention Rhino has a “concussion” and the doctors have told him to not compete but he said no. They brawl through the crowd and back to ringside as Rhino pulls out a table, they get back in the ring with Rhino hitting him with a belly-to-belly before he sets up the table in the corner. But Rhino has paid too much attention to the table allowing Christian to get a quick roll up for two, he gets back to his feet first and again kills Rhino with this huge 8 mile sign to the head. Seriously the sign is like 4 foot long, he then spits on it. What a heel. Christian then rolls out and takes out a ladder as Rhino is busted open from the sign shot, Rhino drop toe holds Christian’s charge attempt and places him on top of the ladder but he misses the splash off the top and Rhino goes crashing onto the ladder. Christian makes it to his feet first and connects with the unprettier for two, Christian uses the ladder as a battering ram and hits Rhino in the head he then goes under the ring and takes out a straight jack and places Rhino in it leaving him helpless. Christian sets up for the one man con-chair-to but Rhino rolls out and uses his feet to fight off Christian before getting the ref to take the jacket off him as 1/3 of the crowd boooo’s

both men are on the apron now and they are fighting off suplex attempts, he then hits the RHINO DRIVER OFF THE APRON TO THE FLOOR. He rolls him back in for a two count, Rhino goes for the GOAR! But Christian moves and Rhino goes head first into the table for two. Christian quickly pounces on him and connects with a 2nd unprettier but this time he does it on the broken table pieces but Rhino again kicks out at two. Christian then places the broken table, the 8 mile sign, 4 chairs and the ladder all on top of Rhino’s broken body and he begins to hit all those weapons that are on top on Rhino with a steel chair like 8 times before covering him for the win. Really fun brawl here, lots of intensity I liked that that didn’t get away from the concussion angle. ***1/4
73. WWE Superstars 05/31/2012 - Christian vs Drew Mcintyre
I don’t think I’ve ever seen this, Drew still has the epic theme music so he’s not been ruined by 3MB yet

mind games to start as Drew uses his height leverage to beat Christian on the mat getting the better with a side headlock but Christian tries to pick up the pace but Drew uses his strength to put a stop to that. It looks like Christian wanted to go back to mat wrestling but instead Drew starts taking the fight to him with punches before throwing him around, Christian does make a comeback going to the air but he goes one too many and Christian to the vintage getting shoved off the top rope down to the floor allowing Drew to work the ribs even though Christian’s head hit the apron and the floor first and Drew’s finisher is a DDT :hm: Drew’s rib work is impressive here, Drew gets cocky allowing Christian to make a great comeback he was moving like he was 24 again

they do this fuckin’ awesome spot where Christian goes for the crossbody but Drew catches him in mid-air and turns it around into a tilt awhirl backbreaker for two. They go back and forth for a bit until Christian attempts to some awkward backward triangle choke but Drew picks him out of the corner and flips him over into like some gut slam IDK but it looked cool as fuck, about a minute later Christian hit this dope jumping off the middle rope into a DDT for two. He sets hi up for a spear but Drew catches him running in and hits a spinning one man flapjack. Drew then tries the future shock DDT but Christian shoves him into the ring post that sounded sick, Drew then turns into the Killswitch but he’s not done as he hits his shitty looking frogsplash for the win. Really fuckin’ good unseen TV match, they have chemistry and did a number of great things. *** - ***1/4
72. WWE Raw 02/14/2005 Randy Orton vs Christian
OH SHIT! This is leading to WM 21 and Orton is super over with the fans and has dat burn my light theme. This is a revenge match for Orton here as last week he beat Tomko, but post-match Christian jumped him and hit him with the unprettier. They slug it out to start with Orton getting the better before locking in his vintage side headlock and that shit looks super tight, JESUS! You can tell Orton is a face and young here as he’s moving so quick. Christian does eventually get out of the headlock and takes him to all four corners choking and punching away at him. They fight to the outside and Orton gets distracted by Tomko allowing Christian to run around the ring and just to get punched in the face by Orton

Back in, and Orton does the corner ten punched move, this match just seems to be punches and kicks but Orton comes charging in at Christian but he gets back body dropped to the floor where Tomko throws him into the steps as the ref asks him did he do that

Back from a commercial and Christian has him in a headlock and we find out Tomko has gotten thrown to the back. HOLY SHIT! Christian has this huge lump on his head from all those Orton punches, lol even back during 2005 Orton was injuring him

Christian hits this sweet looking neckbreaker as he begins to work the neck softening it up for the unprettier. They do this epic reversal Irish whip with Christian getting killed going chest first but Orton did it so hard he goes head first to the mat before him makes great babyface comeback. I forgot Orton use to the foramen chest blows before Sheamus did. MAN the crowd for this match is phenomenal as they’ve been on their feet for the entire time, they go back and forth for a bit as Christian is trying to pull the turnbuckle pad off and the ref is trying to stop him, but while that is going on Tomko comes through the crowd and drills Orton with a big boot. Christian covers but only gets two, Orton hits an uppercut but gets poked in the eye before he can do anything. Christian then tries the unprettier but Orton hits the inverted back breaker he then tries the RKO but gets shoved off and Christian tries another unprettier but this time Orton leapfrog him and catches Christian charging in with an RKO for the win. FUCKIN’ AWESOME match, crowd was hot you could see only Orton gets older they could tear down the house and they do. Just real fun to watch whenever these two get in the ring together. ***1/4
71. WWE Summerslam 2002 - Lance Storm & Christian vs Booker T & Goldust (WWE Tag Team Championship)
Match starts off with Goldust and Booker getting the better of both men for a while, but during an Irish whip attempt Christian slaps Goldust on the back of the head but gets punched in the face allowing Storm to throw him over the top rope to the floor allowing Christian to ram him back first to the guard rails and now it’s the Un-American’s turn to take over working the back, using great heel tactics, but that could never take control for too long as Goldust would have these great mini-comebacks but would keep getting cut off. I loved this spot they did with Christian having Goldust in the front face lock but he would fight back to his feet and keep pushing him back to his corner where Booker is waiting, but he’s so close that Storm distracts the ref and Goldust makes the hot tag. Booker comes in and cleans house but because the ref didn’t see the tag he forced Booker out allowing Storm and Christian to pull Goldust back to their corner for more. More Awesome heel taunting and cut offs by them leads to Booker getting pissed off with Storm so he goes to chase him but while he’s doing that Goldust makes it to their corner but Booker isn’t there so again no hot tag and they pull him back to the middle with Storm bringing in two chairs they miss the con-chair-to and finally makes it to Booker who cleans house, Booker would attempt the scissors kick on Christian but he moves his head and tries the unprettier but gets shoved off into a flapjack Storm tries a running dropkick but Booker moves and takes out the ref. He then hits both men with the scissors kick he celebrates with the spinaroonie then the axe kick but the ref is still down. Storm tries to hit him with one of the title belts but Booker ducks and he and Goldust take Storm out of the ring with Goldust following him out. Suddenly, Test runs down and kills Booker with a big boot allowing Christian to cover for the win. Textbook tag wrestling here at its finest, Storm & Christian used all the tricks in the book to keep the isolation period interesting and build up anticipation for the hot tag by Booker was extremely well done and Goldust selling well pretty epic too, man he was so underappreciated during this time. ***1/4
70. WWE Smackdown 04/29/2011 - Christian & Randy Orton vs. Alberto Del Rio & Brodus Clay
This is the go home show before Extreme Rules and one Raw they had that yearly draft, Del Rio is now Raw property while SD gets Orton. lol at WWE having these guys wearing SD or Raw tee to show what brand they are on. Del Rio and Christian starts but before they lockup he tags Clay in who uses the weight and power to make Christian his bitch, but once he slaps Clay that somewhat gets him out of his game allowing Christian to use the stick and move offense. In comes Del Rio now who targets the arm but a kick to the chest allows him to tag Orton in hitting high impact moves but Del Rio hits an desperation arm breaker before tagging in Clay before we go to a commercial. Back now, and Del Rio has Orton in a headlock. Orton fights off and makes the hot tag to Christian the same time Clay gets in, but unlike the start of the match Christian gets the better now but during a crossbody attempt he gets caught and Clay throws him ¾ across the ring before working the mid-section. Del Rio is also targeting it, but Christian is able to fight off and drops him to the floor but as he reaches to tag Orton in Del Rio doesn’t stop it instead he tags Clay in who cuts it off, the heel team keep working the mid-section as Del Rio hits this AWESOME kick but he taunts Orton too long allowing Christian to snap off a hurracanrana off the top. Hot tag to Orton who takes out Del Rio and even hitting the
AngleOrton Slam before the middle rope DDT he tries an RKO but Clay cuts it off, Del Rio tags him in but as Clay comes charging in Orton hits the RKO out of nowhere for the win. Basic TV match here, loved the heat on Christian with Orton playing the hot face part. **3/4
69. TNA Impact 11/16/2006 Christian Cage vs Rhino (Barbed Wire Six Side Of Steel)
This is the rematch to the BFG match, the match has to come to an end so what better way to do it by giving away a
Barbed Wire Six Side Of Steel match on free TV. Both men do some nice intense stalling by looking at the barbed wire before slugging it out in the middle, Rhino uses the power and tried to throw Christian early into the cage but gets blocked and Christian comes back with strikes with his own. Both men go back and forth some more until Christian hits an inverted DDT and calls for his steel chairs that he won, but Rhino hits him from behind and the refs refuse to give it to him

oh I should mention they had a match on impact with these weapons up for grabs. Christian won steel chairs and bolt cutters while Rhino won the key for the door along with the straightjacket. Shoulderblock to Christian in the corner, he hits another. He goes to whip Christian again but he puts the breaks on a tries to climb the cage but when he gets to the top he has nowhere to go as I guess he forgot the top had barbed wire on it. Rhino pulls him down and throws him face first into the cage mesh, he does it again before press slamming him into the cage a 3rd time busting him open. Rhino calls for the key but instead of using it he taunts Christian then throws if out as we go to a commercial. Back now and Christian has cut the wire and it half way over the top but Rhino pulls him back in but he manages to punch Rhino down then hits the frogsplash. He again tries to climb out but again Rhino stops it by grinding his face into the cage and barbed wire, but he’s not done so he back bodydrops off the top rope. Rhino gets up first and calls for the straight jacket and attempts to put Christian in it now but has no luck. He again climbs the cage but Rhino follows up he tries to use the wire on Rhino but gets blocked so he smashes his head into the cage then hits the unprettier off the top down to the mat. Christian now puts Rhino in the straight jacket but can’t lock the arms so instead he locks the arms over the top rope, he goes to climb out but looks back and sees Rhino is trapped so he calls for the steel chairs. Christian is about to hit him with the chair but instead gets kicked in the balls allowing Rhino to comeback, he hits a spinebuster and goes for a con-chair-to of his own by Christian moves and hits him with a chair to the back. Christian sets up both chairs in the seated position before attempting the unprettier but Rhino blocks and kills him with a TKO on top of the chairs. Christian crawls to the door as Rhino sets him up for the GOAR but Christian throws a chair at him but Rhino catches it and throws it right back at him knocking him down. He goes back to setting him up for the GOAR! And connects breaking the cage door sending Christian down to the floor as well and Christian wins the match that way. FUCKIN’ AMAZING FINISH to a great free TV blood brawl of a match. I forgot how much I enjoyed this match, good shit I highly recommend it. ***1/2
68. TNA Victory Road 2007 - Chris Harris vs Christian Cage
Chris Harris

we get this video package of him wanting so bad to be a singles guy and we all saw how that ended up. Man this video package is epic, it starts off with Harris talking about how much he wants to be known as a singles and how much he wants this win. But then Christian’s part comes in and it’s like 30 seconds long which stole the promo package. He even dropped the “I’m gonna make you famous” line, they go face-to-face to start before locking up and they trade reversals which I enjoyed a lot. Harris picks him up for the delayed vertical, for two but he tries to clothesline Christian but he gets out of dodge and they take it to the outside where Christian takes this brutal looking suplex on the stage. Back in, and Harris flapjacks him then tries the running powerslam but he’s too close to the ropes and Christian slides out down to the floor. He trips up Harris and pulls him balls first into the ring apron, and now it’s Christian’s turn to take over as he works the midsection. Harris has a pretty nice mini-comeback but uses his smartness to dodge a shlouldertackle but again he gets too cocky allowing Harris to get his full comeback in. They go back and forth for a while until Christian goes for a reverse tornado DDT but gets blocked with Harris going for a superplex but Christian counters into a front suplex off the middle. He goes for the unprettier but Harris shoves him off and tries the catatonic but Christian counters into another unprettier attempt but Harris counters into one of his own for two. Christian rolls to the ring apron, and catches Harris with a knee he then jumps over the top rope and runs into a spear

for two. Harris goes for the catatonic again but Christian shoves him off he then jumps over the spear as Harris hits the ringpost, Christian pulls him out hitting the unprettier for two. Christian takes the turnbuckle pad off but Harris catapults him into the exposed steel before hitting the full nelson slam for two. Christian slides out to grab but Harris blocks him but he makes the mistake of shoving the ref allowing Christian to kill him with a chair to the head followed by a frogsplash for two. Suddenly, the camera cuts to the ramp and we see Dustin Rhodes standing there, Christian is distracted allowing Harris to roll him up for two. Christian calls for Tomko and he comes out but the ref stops him, anyway Harris gets him in the catatonic but Rhodes comes in and hits him from behind allowing Christian to roll him up for the win. I liked the start and towards the end, but once Dustin came in I didn’t care as it look predictable as fuck the rest of the match was meh it didn’t do anything for me. **1/2 - **3/4