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) ***
2012
- Vs. Cody Rhodes – WWE Intercontinental Championship (Over the Limit) ***
- Vs. Cody Rhodes – WWE Intercontinental Championship (No Way Out) ****
- SmackDown’s MITB Ladder Match (Money in the Bank) ****
2013
- RAW’s MITB Ladder Match (Money in the Bank) ****1/2
- Vs. Alberto Del Rio – World Heavyweight Championship (SummerSlam) ****
2014
- Elimination Chamber Match – WWE World Heavyweight Championship (Elimination Chamber) ***1/2
TOP FIVE
5. Randy Orton (Over the Limit 2011)
4. Alberto Del Rio (Extreme Rules 2011)
3. Randy Orton (SummerSlam 2011)
2. The Dudley Boyz & The Hardy Boyz (WrestleMania X-Seven)
1. The Dudley Boyz & The Hardy Boyz (SummerSlam 2000)
Average rating per year
- 1998 – 2.75
- 1999 – 2.5
- 2000 – 2.80
- 2001 – 3.11
- 2002 – 2.43
- 2003 – 2.94
- 2004 – 3.63
- 2005 – 3.45
- 2009 – 3.08
- 2010 – 3.58
- 2011 – 3.89
- 2012 – 3.67
- 2013 – 4.25
- 2014 – 3.5
Overall average rating
3.26/5
Don’t miss the next article here on Rating The Champ, where we’ll be looking back at former World Heavyweight & WWE Champion, Rey Mysterio.