Christian has shown in the past that he plays the heel role very well, and I’m really looking forward to next week’s show to hear what he has to say about his actions.

As for those fans who thought that Christian was being buried when WWE took the world title off him last month just two days after winning it, it appears that your concerns were unwarranted.

Christian is on the verge of becoming the top heel on Smackdown, which means he’s going to be main-eventing more pay-per-views, and I wouldn’t be surprised if the big gold belt ends up back around his waist in the very near future.

Other thoughts on Friday’s show:

The Orton-Sheamus match was good. Sheamus was kept strong by the fact that he legitimately had the match won, only to have Christian screw him over – first by feigning an arm injury that prevented him from making the three count, and then by punching Sheamus (with his “bad” arm), which allowed Orton to hit the RKO for the win. ...

I wouldn’t be surprised if Sheamus does a babyface turn sometime soon, and I wonder if what happened at the end of his match against Orton was the start of it. Smackdown is a little thin on top-level fan favorites right now, as after Orton, you have Sin Cara, Kane, Ezekiel Jackson and Daniel Bryan. I think Sheamus’ character would actually work better as a face. ...

The Daniel Bryan-Ted DiBiase Jr. match was very good. After Bryan got the victory – that’s two wins in a row for Bryan! – Cody Rhodes attacked him, and Sin Cara made the save, so I assume we’ll be seeing Bryan and Cara against DiBiase and Rhodes in a tag match. That should be fun. ...

I like the Rhodes character, but his promos aren’t doing much for me right now. ...

The show-opening match between Christian and Mark Henry also was good. Christian – who scored the clean win – proved once again that he can have good matches with just about anyone. ...

The Intercontinental title match between champion Wade Barrett and Ezekiel Jackson was OK. It was interesting that Barrett -- who lost the match by countout -- hung fellow Corre members Justin Gabriel and Heath Slater out to dry rather than joining them in attacking Ezekiel Jackson, who quickly got the better of them. WWE just needs to put The Corre out of its misery. ...

Jinder Mahal was put over strong in his in-ring debut, as he squashed Yoshi Tatsu in about a minute. If the role of The Great Khali – who accompanied Mahal to the ring – is to be Mahal’s bodyguard or perhaps his tag team partner, I think that’s a great way to use the big guy. It’s certainly better than giving him a main-event singles push at this point. ...

Tamina was impressive in the Divas tag match that saw her and Alicia Fox defeat Kaitlyn and A.J. for the second straight week ...

I’m mildly curious to see where things are going with Natalya mentoring Kaitlyn and A.J., who are now 0-2 as a team. ...

Rosa Mendes is apparently a heel now, as she was in the corner of Tamina and Fox. Unless I’ve missed something, I think this is the second time Rosa has switched sides without a story line reason for turning. Last week, it was Tamina who showed up as a heel for no apparent reason. ...

I’m not sure to what to make of Johnny Curtis’ bizarre “spilled milk” promo, but at least he’s finally on TV after winning NXT Season 4 three months ago. I’m surprised that WWE actually acknowledged that Curtis and his pro, R-Truth, were supposed to get a shot at the tag team title as a result of him winning the competition.