It's not revisionist, before the Christian angle he was going nowhere, in September (per the article you posted) he was hot again, after Christian and then during Mark Henry's legendary run. Again, that's two guys bringing Orton up on their own. After Henry, Orton was right back to obscurity. Before Christian it was Punk carrying the feud both guys were in because of something that happened years ago, I don't know, shoe-horned in to keep em both active, near the spotlight and at WMania.
This ain't shade on Orton, but he was a face without a face..........just, there, living off his name, legacy and theme song. Christian feuding with him brought him back, Henry crushed him and he was insignificant until recently. And hell, even now he's just..........there, holding two belts, the B side, if you will.