Christian suffered an ankle injury during the European tour and flew home early. No update at press time. The injury occurred during a match with Sheamus in Belgium. As I’m told this was a complete freak accident.

He did a baseball slide and caught his right toe on the apron and his ankle twisted around 180. They then went to a finish and referee’s helped Christian to the back.

For Sheamus, it was a chance to catch up with an old relative. The Celtic Warrior revealed his family ties with Beaker, assistant to Dr. Bunsen Honeydew. “There’s always one black sheep in the family, and that’s him,” he said. The Great White saved his ginger-haired cousin from Christian, who destroyed a special Muppet Labs potion Bunsen cooked up for Santino Marella.

It turns out Christian wasn’t thrilled with the Muppets invading the locker room. “Beaker ran into me like he owned the place. They walked around like they owned the whole show,” Captain Charisma growled.

He felt Beaker didn’t give him the respect that a former two-time World Heavyweight Champion deserves. “I was a little upset that he didn’t acknowledge the fact that I deserve one more chance to become the World Heavyweight Champion. That proves my theory that Muppets don’t have souls.”

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With the DVD stirring up some serious debate in the locker room, WWE.com cornered 15 competitors, including John Cena, Christian and CM Punk, and asked the inflammatory question: “Shawn or Bret — whose side are you on?” What we heard in response was controversial, surprising and always entertaining — just like the rivalry between HBK and The Hit Man.

Who was your childhood hero?

Bret “Hit Man” Hart made his WWE debut on Aug. 24, 1984 in a tag match alongside The Dynamite Kid. Four years later, on July 7, 1988, Shawn Michaels set foot in a WWE ring for the first time. In the decade that followed, their paths crossed in tag bouts, WrestleMania main events and one life-changing night in Montreal, Quebec in November of 1997. Along the way, they inspired an entire generation of young hopefuls to step through the ropes and pursue the impossible dream of becoming a WWE Champion.

CHRISTIAN: I followed Bret Hart’s career ever since Calgary Stampede Wrestling, so I really enjoyed watching him grow as a performer and move on to the Intercontinental Championship and then, of course, the WWE Championship. I always admired his style. He was just no-nonsense — a pure wrestler. That’s what he wanted to be known as, and the people loved him because of that.

Who made the right decision in Montreal?

The rivalry between Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels raged for nearly a decade both in and out of the ring, but it came to be defined by a single date: November 9, 1997. That night, HBK and The Hit Man clashed for Hart’s WWE Championship at the Survivor Series in Montreal, in a bout that changed the course of WWE. Knowing that Hart was planning to leave for WCW, Mr. McMahon came to ringside during the bout and forced the official to call for the bell when Michaels had The Hit Man locked in the Sharpshooter, thus stripping Hart of the title. The incident changed not only the three men involved, but the very direction of WWE as The Chairman became a loathed villain and standards of taste dipped to new lows in the absence of the heroic Hart.

CHRISTIAN: I was there. Edge had a developmental contract with the company at the time. I went with him to the show and we got to be flies on the wall. We saw a lot of hoopla going on in the locker room. We were a little bit confused, so we just tried to stay out of the way until an official came up and said, “It’s probably better if you guys left.” We just got out of there and we didn’t even realize until the next day what had happened, so it was kind of crazy.

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“Christian is a hell of a performer in the ring, and he’s just had a hell of a run. He’s recently added a few exclamation points to his work and his promo style-but, again, there’s at least one more level for him to step up,” he feels.

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Thanks to my friend Virginia for passing this on.

WWE has released a first look preview video via Amazon of their upcoming Ladder Match 2: Crash and Burn release.

It reveals that Christian will be the host of the feature.

The sequel to the first Ladder Match set is scheduled to hit stores on DVD and Blu-ray formats in the USA on October 11, then follows in November to the UK/Europe at Silvervision.co.uk, you can also check out the full listing of the DVD by clicking the previous link.

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WWE.com attempted to tally the number of opportunities Christian has already had to compete for the World Heavyweight Championship. Unfortunately, our calculators only go up to eight digits.

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*Christian cost me the World Heavyweight Championship against Randy Orton a couple of months ago on SmackDown when he failed to count to three,” Sheamus said of his June 3 clash with The Viper, which had been officiated by the bitter Canadian. “I haven’t forgotten that, and I won’t forget it.”

Former world heavyweight champion Christian, meanwhile, is proud to say that Pacquiao is one of his friends.

“I am friends with the most famous Filipino ever,” said the Canadian superstar.

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Since the match will take place during the special LIVE SuperSmackDown, Hart felt it fitting that the match be special as well, so he declared that the World Title be contested in a Steel Cage Match.

In an exclusive interview with WWE.com Christian was very matter-of-fact about the SummerSlam actions of his friend Edge, the decisions being made by SmackDown GM Theodore Long and WWE COO Triple H, and exactly why he will have a huge advantage entering a steel cage with The Viper this Tuesday. Is he right? Does he have what it takes to emerge from the unforgiving steel draped in championship gold once more?

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