Rating The Champ: Christian

May 2, 2020
5 min read

Welcome to a new series on the website, called Rating The Champ. This will follow my prior World Title Series, where I reviewed each and every WWE Heavyweight Champion in history from Hulk Hogan’s first title win in 1984 all the way to the current days. Money in the Bank cash-ins will not be included for obvious reasons, unless it was a proper match (ie: Rob Van Dam at One Night Stand 2006). Royal Rumble and battle royales won’t be included as well.

In this new series, I will rate all the PPV matches from each and every WWF/E Heavyweight Champion in history. To be fair, since this is the WWF/E title, I’ll only rate their PPV matches in the WWF/E. In this edition, we’ll be looking back at the PPV career of the one and only, former World Heavyweight Champion, Christian.

1998

Vs. Taka Michinoku – WWF Light Heavyweight Championship (Judgment Day) ****
W/ Gangrel & Edge vs. JOB Squad (Rock Bottom) *1/2

1999

W/ The Brood vs. Ministry of Darkness (Backlash) *
Tag Team Turmoil Match (SummerSlam) **
W/ Edge vs. New Age Outlaws – WWF Tag Team Championship (Unforgiven) **1/2
Ladder: W/ Edge vs. The Hardy Boyz (No Mercy) ****
W/ Edge & The Hardy Boyz vs. The Holly’s & Too Cool (Survivor Series) ***

2000

W/ Edge vs. The Hardy Boyz (No Way Out) ***
Triangle Ladder: W/ Edge vs. The Dudley Boyz vs. The Hardy Boyz – WWF Tag Team Championship (WrestleMania 2000) ****
W/ Edge vs. DX – WWF Tag Team Championship (Backlash) ***
W/ Team ECK vs. Rikishi & Too Cool (Judgment Day) **1/2
Elimination: W/ Edge vs. Too Cool vs. The Hardy Boyz vs. T&A – WWF Tag Team Championship (King of the Ring) **1/2
W/ Edge vs. APA – WWF Tag Team Championship (Fully Loaded) *
TLC: W/ Edge vs. The Hardy Boyz vs. The Dudley Boyz – WWF Tag Team Championship (SummerSlam) *****
Steel Cage: W/ Edge vs. The Hardy Boyz – WWF Tag Team Championship (Unforgiven) ***1/4
W/ “Conquistador Uno” vs. The Hardy Boyz – WWF Tag Team Championship (No Mercy) *
W/ Edge & RTC vs. The Hardyz & The Dudleyz (Survivor Series) ***
W/ Edge vs. Right to Censor vs. The Dudley Boyz vs. Road Dogg & K-Kwik – WWF Tag Team Championship (Armageddon) **1/2

2001

W/ Edge vs. The Dudley Boyz – WWF Tag Team Championship (Royal Rumble) ***1/2
Tables: W/ Edge vs. The Dudley Boyz vs. The Undertaker & Kane – WWF Tag Team Championship (No Way Out) **
TLC: W/ Edge vs. The Dudley Boyz vs. The Hardy Boyz – WWF Tag Team Championship (WrestleMania X-Seven) *****
Vs. Matt Hardy vs. Eddie Guerrero – WWF European Championship (Backlash) ***
Tag Team Turmoil (Judgment Day) ***1/2
Vs. Kurt Angle (King of the Ring) ***
W/ Edge vs. Lance Storm & Mike Awesome (InVasion) **3/4
Vs. Edge – WWF Intercontinental Championship (Unforgiven) ***1/4
Ladder: Vs. Edge – WWF Intercontinental Championship (No Mercy) ***3/4
Vs. Al Snow – WWF European Championship (Survivor Series) ***1/2
W/ Test vs. Albert & Scotty 2 Hotty (Vengeance) *

2002

Tag Team Turmoil (No Way Out) *1/4
Vs. DDP – WWF European Championship (WrestleMania X8) *1/2
W/ Lance Storm vs. ‘Hollywood’ Hulk Hogan & Edge – World Tag Team Championship (Vengeance) **1/4
W/ Lance Storm vs. Booker T & Goldust – World Tag Team Championship (SummerSlam) ***
W/ The Un-Americans vs. Kane, Booker T, Goldust & Bubba Ray Dudley (Unforgiven) ***
W/ Chris Jericho vs. Booker T & Goldust – World Tag Team Championship (No Mercy) **3/4
Elimination: W/ Chris Jericho vs. Booker T & Goldust vs. The Dudley Boyz vs. William Regal & Lance Storm – World Tag Team Championship (Armageddon) ***1/4

2003

Vs. Booker T – WWE Intercontinental Championship (Bad Blood) *1/2
Vs. Chris Jericho vs. Rob Van Dam – WWE Intercontinental Championship (Unforgiven) ***
W/ Team Bischoff vs. Team Austin (Survivor Series) ****1/4
W/ Chris Jericho vs. Lita & Trish Stratus (Armageddon) ***

2004

Vs. Chris Jericho (WrestleMania XX) ****
Handicap: W/ Trish Stratus vs. Chris Jericho (Backlash) ***
Ladder: Vs. Chris Jericho – WWE Intercontinental Championship (Unforgiven) ***1/2
Vs. Shelton Benjamin – WWE Intercontinental Championship (Survivor Series) ****

2005

W/ Tyson Tomko vs. William Regal & Eugene – World Tag Team Championship (New Year’s Revolution) **1/2
MITB Ladder Match (WrestleMania 21) ****3/4
Vs. John Cena vs. Chris Jericho – WWE Championship (Vengeance) ****
Vs. Booker T (The Great American Bash) **3/4
Vs. Chris Benoit vs. Booker T vs. Orlando Jordan – WWE United States Championship (No Mercy) ***1/4

2009

MITB Ladder Match (WrestleMania XXV) ***1/4
Vs. Jack Swagger – ECW Championship (Backlash) ***1/2
Vs. Jack Swagger – ECW Championship (Judgment Day) **3/4
Hardcore: Vs. Tommy Dreamer vs. Jack Swagger – ECW Championship (Extreme Rules) **1/2
Championship Scramble – ECW Championship (The Bash) **1/2
Vs. Tommy Dreamer – ECW Championship (Night of Champions) **1/4
Vs. William Regal – ECW Championship (SummerSlam) N/R (not rated)
Vs. William Regal – ECW Championship (Breaking Point) ***1/2
W/ Team Kofi vs. Team Orton (Survivor Series) ***1/2
Ladder: Vs. Shelton Benjamin – ECW Championship (TLC) ****

2010

Vs. Ezekiel Jackson – ECW Championship (Royal Rumble) ***1/4
MITB Ladder Match (WrestleMania XXVI) ***1/2
SmackDown’s MITB Ladder Match (Money in the Bank) ****

2011

Ladder: Vs. Alberto Del Rio – World Heavyweight Championship (Extreme Rules) ****1/2
Vs. Randy Orton – World Heavyweight Championship (Over the Limit) ****1/2
Vs. Randy Orton – World Heavyweight Championship (Capitol Punishment) ***3/4
Vs. Randy Orton – World Heavyweight Championship (Money in the Bank) ***3/4
Street Fight: Vs. Randy Orton – World Heavyweight Championship (SummerSlam) ****3/4
Vs. Sheamus (Hell in a Cell) ***
Vs. Sheamus (Vengeance) ***