Christian's contract with TNA expired at the beginning of the month, and so far there's no word on what's going. The dirtsheets speculated he was going to the WWE, but the WWE is terrible at keeping their signings secret and there hasn't been any solid rumors or news on him in over a week. Also, his profile is still featured on TNA.com, and they are notorious for taking down profiles as soon as guys leave. Whatever happens, he needs to be on my TV.

Yeah, he lost a match at the last PPV, and because of a stipulation in the match, he was supposed to join Kurt Angle's Main Event Mafia. Instead, when he came down to the ring at the next episode of Impact, Angle accused him of being in negotiations with WWE and the MEM beat the hell out of him and refused to let him join. He hasn't been on TV since. If he's re-signed with TNA, I imagine he'll be at the PPV on Sunday.

Guys seem to jump over to WWE from TNA because the money's better. But it never really seems to help them. Look at Sabu. He was huge in TNA, jumped over to WWE for the money, and he was no one there. Or Ron "The Truth" Killings. He was World Champion in TNA, and he's done little of note in his WWE return as R-Truth.

Not that I blame guys for going to the WWE. The pay is better and the matches are far less physically demanding. Gail Kim is back in the WWE, where she'll fight midcard matches against divas who are there to throw slaps and look pretty, rather than bonafide female wrestlers.

So basically, Christian Cage can stay in TNA, where he's mostly liked guaranteed another title run if he re-signs, or he can go to the WWE where he'll make more money and get stuck in the midcard. Edge and Michael Hayes are both pushing for Christian's return, but Vince wasn't impressed with him last time around.

MOGHARR wrote:

Awww, Gail Kim went to the WWE? That's ridiculous, she was all about being a real female wrestler. She hated divas and all that shit. What a hippocrate.

More money, less work.

Though the WWE has a few semi-legitimate female wrestlers now like Beth Phoenix.

According to a recent interview with TNA President Dixie Carter, Christian is indeed back with the WWE.

It has been rumored for weeks that he was going to return to the WWE, align himself with Edge, and feud with Jeff Hardy; this would seem to be official confirmation. That, or it's a work. But it's probably not.

So Christian debuted on ECW, which is essentially the WWE's dumping ground. It's a place for guys who are past their prime and guys who aren't good enough to be on the real WWE shows. This is a far cry from the original plan, which was to have him team with Edge against the Hardys. Of course, those plans got leaked, so Vince decided that he had to pull a SWERVE SWERVE OH MAH GAWD SWEEEEEEEEEEERVE on the internet fans, even though they were genuinely excited about a Hardys vs. Edge and Christian feud. Oh well.

I can't imagine Christian's happy with this.

Heh, wonder how long of a deal Christian signed.