Report:The Miz Expected to Elevate Back to Main Event Status in WWE

[Hard Hit Prince]

A rumour has started about Miz's carreer going forward in the next few months. Reported by WrestleNewz:

Future plans involving The Miz call for him to have a place back at a main event level in WWE.

Miz dropping the Intercontinental title to Kofi Kingston was to help solidify Kingston as a top mid-card star and free up The Miz to work in more important feuds. WWE plan to have Miz face other top talent and get back on track as one of the company’s top talents for the future.

In the WWE’s eyes, Miz has done all the right things and they are very pleased with his consistent improvement on the mic and inside the ring. Miz also gets praised for being very good and willing to do the intense media schedule to promote the company.

Sources also mentioned that The Miz was chosen to be on the cover of the Survivor Series poster as an indication for bigger and better things for him.

In my opinion, this is good news for WWE - I for once think that Miz is one of the most talented guys overall, some may say the total package. He is good looking, good on the microphone and he got a lot better in the ring from the past year or so. He had a good Intercontinental Championship reign, that in my mind elevated the title. I just find that appropriated, he is a former WrestleMania Main Eventer, he's easily the 4th, 5th biggest star in the company, so why not have him more prominently in the main event scene? He's still somehow young with 32 years old and a lot of achievements in six years.

I for once think that Miz can be turned now into a face to gain some consistency and stay different a bit. I don't think he can fit the mold very well as a babyface, but he does need to go to that route at least for sometime to make people rest a bit his six years run as a cocky, coward, a-list heel. By turning into face he will be able to feud with new people like Cody Rhodes, Damien Sandow, Alberto Del Rio or who knows a Dolph Ziggler.


So what did you thought about Miz's first main event run?
Do you think he deserves to be on top?
Discuss.

 

[Little Jerry Lawler]

I don't think he elevated the title one bit but that's another discussion.

Being on the Survivor Series poster doesn't mean jack shit to me. Kozlov was on a PPV poster and how that turn out for him? If he is going on to bigger and better things, it sure as hell isn't going to be on Raw for the forseeable future. He can fight Sheamus and whatever face they have on Smackdown.

Article also says that Miz dropped the title so that Kofi could be solidified as a top midcard star. Well, the Miz really didn't do that much for the belt so I don't know how solidified Kofi really is. Plus, the midcard is weak so Kofi is basically going to be the best of a bad bunch. The only top talent I see Miz beating is Orton so they better get on it quick if Orton wants to be heel again.

I did forget about Daniel Bryan and Kane. Wonder which one of those two is going to lose to Miz once the inevitable Hell No break up happens?

 

[Hard Hit Prince]

I don't think he elevated the title one bit but that's another discussion.

Being on the Survivor Series poster doesn't mean jack shit to me. Kozlov was on a PPV poster and how that turn out for him? If he is going on to bigger and better things, it sure as hell isn't going to be on Raw for the forseeable future. He can fight Sheamus and whatever face they have on Smackdown.

Article also says that Miz dropped the title so that Kofi could be solidified as a top midcard star. Well, the Miz really didn't do that much for the belt so I don't know how solidified Kofi really is. Plus, the midcard is weak so Kofi is basically going to be the best of a bad bunch. The only top talent I see Miz beating is Orton so they better get on it quick if Orton wants to be heel again.

I did forget about Daniel Bryan and Kane. Wonder which one of those two is going to lose to Miz once the inevitable Hell No break up happens?

I'm sorry I'll have to quote that because I want to say the reasons I think The Miz's reign elevated the title. First off the change happened at Raw 1000, and if you watched that you know how main stream attention it got and the number of viewers it had. Then he followed to have some pretty above average matches with the likes of Christian, Rey Mysterio and even Sheamus. He debuted his talk-shot called MizTV, and it gave him some pretty decent time to run his mouth and to his thing in the microphone.

The title had a somehow good reign from Cody Rhodes, until Big Show wins it, only to lose it back again to Cody, and for Christian to take it away sometime after in a random way at a random PPV. In my mind, that period of time like two months and a half saw three changes and quick reigns. The Miz is a former WWE Champion, he is a popular character weather you like it or not, and in my mind above the IC Title. Which means that the IC Title didn't made Miz, but quite the contrary. Miz used to brag about how prestigious the title was, he defended it successfully for three months and it ended abruptly because WWE needed to make a C-Show gain some momentum. He didn't fail in his job, so I do feel he had a good run. He was on every pay-per-view defending it.

Now WWE can use him the way they want, I can see him getting mixed up in this all situation with Sheamus/Ziggler/Big Show. But he can also go after Randy Orton. I do feel that his heel persona needs to change, but who knows? If John Cena stays out of the title picture until the Royal Rumble, I would be down for some Cena vs Miz thing with Flair and AJ on the mix.

 

[The Crock]

I have no issue with bringing Miz back into the main event. When he was the WWE Champion, I bought him as a top level heel -- he's good on the mic, good in the ring, and has proven to be consistent. I would have enjoyed a longer run with the Intercontinental Championship, but he was a decent choice to put Kofi over. Miz may not have much momentum now, but he's a former WWE Champion and a large portion of the crowd still associates him with the top level guys. A few solid wins for Miz and he should be well on his way back to the top of the card.

I figure this indicates a move to Smackdown for Miz, though. Like LJL pointed out, he certainly isn't going to be a top guy on Raw (the top of the card is set for the foreseeable future), but he'd be a great fit over on Smackdown. The main event scene in Smackdown is getting a bit stale anyway, so Miz could breathe so life into it.

 

[backwardsrko]

I loved it when the Miz was champ! Especially how he always had Riley by his side. They were cool , obnoxious, heelacious and knew how to draw alot of heat!

I know the majority of you guys on here are all against the push for the Miz. ?

You guys are disgruntled wrestling fans.

Look point being.. The Miz is AWEEESOME!

 

[Phil]

I am quite chuffed to read about about this. Personally it took me 5 years to warm to his character/persona, but after a while I honestly believe that he deserves to be pushed into the main event scene once again. I did feel he wasn't ready around Mania 27 time to of had received the push that he got, but now I would be more than happy to see him going over top talent. He brings something very different to the table, yes he's a fantastic talker and seems to be a very intelligent bloke. In ring he's not the worst by any means and will improve because he's only 32 years old.
I think if he had a face turn it wouldn't harm his status at all and probably would be quite entertaining to watch him build feuds with some of the more stale heels on the roster. My only concern is having him at the main event level as a heel, to me the believability factor is difficult to pull off. He's too clean cut and hardly intimidating, so I think giving him a push as a face would do him good. With the sharp mic skills that he has, he could easily win over the fans as funny/witty face.
The 'main event picture' is very short on great full-time stars at the moment, I say give him the push and make him the same level as a Sheamus or Orton. I can see it happening, if not this year then defiantly the next. He's paid his dues and rarely succumbs to injury. Why not I would be happy to see this happen.

 

[radec]

Miz for me was a good champion, the only thing that killed his 200+ tittle reign was that almsot every tittle defense that he retained his tittle was becuase he cheated or got DQ'ed. That not how you do it and it only hurts the miz. The WWE tittle was being treated like the IC tittle.

Miz is in line for a push. Yeah right... he got completly destroyed by Ryback on RAW. How those that help? Im a huge miz fan And I hope he gets the tittle again but hes being handled terribly. Lets all hope that this isnt part of the push becuase it sucks.

 

[The_Vigilante]

Giving The Miz another push can only be a good thing for WWE, he's hard working and fantastic on the mic. Although he is a fantastic heel, and the heat he was getting as WWE Champ was unreal, I think his current character could also work very well as a face. At this point I can only assume that he'd enter the World Heavyweight picture as opposed to the WWE Championship, however Miz can be used in a non-championship based feud and with that in mind there are a lot of options of how the WWE can utilise him.

 

[FarFromFine]

I think it would be nice to have Miz get a push but I hope they don't turn him face to do it. I really wish they would turn him into a "smart" bad guy that is able to manipulate people and take them off their game by messing with their head. But use this to actually win cleanly instead of by dq or other flawed finishes. Like if he wrestled Sheamus in a tables match and played possum leaned up against a table in the corner and he wins when Sheamus goes for the Brogue and Miz moves causing Sheamus to kick through the table for a Miz win. Or even more simple if he attacks someone in the back and "injures" them then manipulates them into giving him a match later in the night and he focuses on the injured parts and gets a clean win. It won't make them look weak because they weren't 100% but it would make Miz look strong and smart. Not enough smart characters, and not Sandow kind of smart where it's his gimmick, but old Eddie Guerrero type of smart where he does something underhanded then winks at the crowd or the camera.

 

[Peoples_Champ]

I absolutely loved The Miz as a top heel. He was believable as a jackass reality star - the type that even kids think they could beat up. Getting kids riled up is a big deal and Miz did it very well. I would keep Miz as a heel for 2-3 years until the ones in developmental start to get established, then turn Miz face to get over the developmental kids.

Lets not forget that Miz was ranked #1 on PWI's 500 last year - above Orton, Cena, Kane and CM Punk. He's a character that can definitely draw money if pushed properly, which, surprisingly enough, Creative did last year. My only question, who does he feud with to cement his main event status? Can't be Cena again.

 

[Sexcellence of Sexecution]

My only question, who does he feud with to cement his main event status? Can't be Cena again.

The ideal feud for the Miz would be against CM Punk, if Punk was still a babyface. CM Punk is a guy who paid his dues working on the indy scene for years and years before finally getting his break and making it in the WWE. Miz on the other hand got into the WWE through a reality show. The contrast in the paths they took to get where they are would make for an interesting dynamic between them. Punk could say how he's not in the business for the money/fame/women and that he's paid his dues to get where he is because he respects and loves wrestling. Miz could say that since he walked into the WWE he's had to prove himself to those who doubted him like Punk does now. You would have a lot of promo material to work with and the fans would really get invested into the feud. Also the contrast in appearance is excellent, you have the Miz who is always wearing a nice suit and Punk who just shows up in jeans and a t-shirt and has tattoos. They represent such different walks of life and such different subcultures so the "animosity" and "hatred" between them would seem legitimate, and that's really the key to a great rivalry. Think of the contrast between Austin and the Rock or between the Rock and Mankind and you'll understand my point.

Unfortunately, this feud can't really happen in the current climate of the WWE since Punk is of course a heel now. However, I could see a feud between Sheamus and the Miz working, because that would be another good contrast. You have the Miz with his "movie star good lucks" against Sheamus who looks like Sheamus. The Miz is stylish, sophisticated and well-spoken while Sheamus is just a tough Irish bastard who beats the shit out of people. Sheamus is pretty over as a face and Miz gets a lot of heat so the fans would be into it.

 

[Redemption-2012]

Personally, I think it's a good thing. I actually enjoyed The Miz main event push, although I still don't see him ever headlining wrestlemania again, he could still become a two time WWE champion. He is good on the mic and has improved miles since his very lackluster late 2011, early 2012 run. I kind of felt sorry for the dude.

He is a guy who has paid his dues and worked his ass off to get to where he is today. So yeah, why not give him the push? The only thing I'll say is, keep the beard but change the stupid looking haircut. it makes him look less of a character. I'm not saying, go back to the mowhawk, but defo change his current style.

The Miz was above the intercontinentle title and I think the WWE realized this. Seeing as the intercontintel title has been irrelevant for many, many years now, no one cared. The Miz is a guy who could be an asset and an addition to the main event right now The WWE are lacking main event guys. Miz has improved miles in the ring, and on the mic.

 

[Jack-Hammer]

I was a big supporter of Miz during his main event push in WWE. In my opinion, Miz was a good WWE Champion and did elevate the status of the WWE Championship. Whether you liked Miz or not, people were constantly talking about him. If you were a Miz fan or you weren't, he made you care about the WWE Championship picture in one way or another in the sense that you wanted to see him retain or lose the title. Either way, you were invested in his programs. I've said a million times that the primary job of a main eventer, or title holder in general for that matter, is to make people care about the fact that you're a champion and to care about what you're doing and Miz did that very well.

Probably the biggest complaint I've read regarding Miz's title run is that he constantly cheated or used the DQ method to retain the title. Again, it just seems to me that people have forgotten what being a heel is all about. Ric Flair, Triple H, Shawn Michaels, Harley Race and countless others were great heel World Champions and, more often than not, they cheated their asses off to retain the title. That goes especially for Ric Flair. I can't count the number of times he retained a title by getting DQ'd or counted out or hitting someone with a foreign object or having the Horsemen or JJ Dillon run interference for him at ringside. Something else I've noticed is that Bobby Roode in TNA had an 8 month run as TNA World Heavyweight Champion and did pretty much everything Miz did to keep his title, yet Roode has been praised on these boards for being a great champion. Can't have it both ways people. If Miz was a weak champ, then so is Bobby Roode and vice versa.

Miz didn't really do much as IC champ other than elevate Kofi a bit. We haven't seen much hype for the IC title this week heading into HIAC and I'm hoping that WWE isn't going to give Kofi another lame duck run. But that's neither here nor there. As far as Miz goes, I see him ultimately working primarily on SmackDown! for a while, though he'll still be on Raw of course. I don't see him going after the championship, either the WWE or World Heavyweight, because he needs to be rebuilt. The year 2012 has not been a good year for Miz and he's lost a LOT of steam, so it's going to take time for him to be built back up.

 

[sdelfin]

I know what you're trying to say, thread starter, and Miz SHOULD have been a good IC champ who elevated the belt after his WWE title reign, but he was a horrible champion, but that's not his fault as the WWE clearly has no interest in taking the IC or US titles seriously anymore. Cody's first reign was good. Big Show's run was horrible. Cody's second run was horrible. Christian's run was horrible, and Miz's run was horrible. In fact, I saw a Raw 1000 title change coming a mile away, and it happened in a match with no hype and which was rushed. And I want to point out that the length of Miz's reign is irrelevant. You say he defended the belt for three months. Here's where WWE messed up. The Miz lost the majority of his TV matches as champ. In fact, WWE pretty much had him doing clean jobs to people almost immediately after winning the title. I believe he lost an early match to Kane, and I also believe he did clean jobs on both Raw and Smackdown within a week or so. Then they had Ryback kill him recently. That's not how WWE should treat a title. At least have him pull a Honky Tonk Man and run away. WWE did the same thing to Christian and Santino. Christian was on fire for a couple of weeks as champ, and then they started having him put over Del Rio who also constantly beat the US champ. This is a topic that has been really bothering me this year and I've been pointing this out wherever I can.

With that said, thread starter, I agree with your larger point. I'll even go on to say that I find it baffling that WWE even de-pushed Miz as much as they did, but it's typical WWE for you. It's the stupid parity booking Mark Madden likes to rightly criticize. Miz was in the main event for a while and was champ and then for no apparent reason became an afterthought. The WWE knows that Miz has rare talent as a guy who is a good ambassador for the company in the media. But for whatever reason they don't protect people's characters anymore. And Ziggler is having the same problem. People are going to have to buy him as champ even though the casual viewer will tune in and see him lose repeatedly to Sheamus and whoever else.

 

[midgensa]

I know that like everyone in the business ... the IWC LOVED The Miz until he was on top and then turned on him.

I ... for the most part ... have loved The Miz his entire time in this business. I have serious respect for anyone in this business that works as hard as the guys like The Miz, John Cena, Undertaker, etc. They all have insane work rates (UT not as much as he has aged of course) and they all care immensely about the business.

You can see this every time The Miz performs. He is NOT all about himself. He is about the WWE and what is best for it. He is fantastic on the mic. Gets great heat. Will have an easy face run in him at some point. And he truly is mainstream with crossover appeal.

He has improved on a regular basis in the ring and that has been nice to see. I have no problem with The Miz getting back into the main event mix.

 

[shooter_mcgavin]

Probably the biggest complaint I've read regarding Miz's title run is that he constantly cheated or used the DQ method to retain the title. Again, it just seems to me that people have forgotten what being a heel is all about. Ric Flair, Triple H, Shawn Michaels, Harley Race and countless others were great heel World Champions and, more often than not, they cheated their asses off to retain the title.

I guess it depends though, the cowardly heel fit The Miz's character really well. Since he didn't look menacing to begin with he was just a young punk and people hated him as a result. I had a bigger problem when Chris Jericho's first Undisputed Title reign had him result to a lot of cheating to win matches, the difference with Jericho and The Miz is that Jericho already built up a lot of credibility at that point and a solid veteran with a ton of technical ability.

So I guess it really depends on which heel holds the World Title. In case of The Miz, the role fit him really well.

 

[CrazyMatt88]

I really think Miz is extremely overrated. I believe ring ability should come before mic skills. I mean its OK to talk a good game, but when you are constantly botching in the ring with limited moves, then you just look stupid. He should at least remain in the middle card.

 

[Nate DaMac]

Unless he goes to Smackdown, I'm not buying it. There's too much going on at the moment on Raw and there's no place for him, realistically. The goal at the moment should be to build up to the match with The Rock at the Rumble and Miz has no place in that discussion.

I was a huge supporter of Miz during his first title reign. He did very well, exceeding any expectation I ever had for him, but he piqued early and never really regained his momentum. It wasn't until recently when he got to take the gloves off during the Miz TV segment with Kofi that I saw something special with him again. His words had meaning again, they weren't just the same regurgitated shit he's been saying for over a year now.

He'd be a good foe for Sheamus if he were to go to Smackdown, but he's not in the league of Punk and Cena. He would be a huge downgrade.

 

[Saint Aron]

iv been a supporter of the miz since he was bragging about being 2-0 and 4-0 against the undertaker and getting last rided through the announce table. to me he was never a background character like kofi or justin gabriel. he was more of a guy with talent but wouldnt be put over. he did great as tag champs and i was happy to see him as wwe champ. honestly i think hes better than cm punk. cm punk is just pushed for having alot of indie buzz. i get hes a good wrestler but everyone saying hes best in the world and listing he does gets annoying shut up hes not Its scripted thats y he has all of those acheivments not because of skill cus its scripted. i think the miz is like john cena in his own way. its hard to explain it. he has the talent to be at the top and hes been around long enough. he does almost as much promotion as cena. i think if then fired cena he could the new face. they say they dont lyk him but people love to hate him in a way they lyk him. and if they wanted to make him heel or face again it could be as simple as helping a top star whos getting jumped or join in on beating him up. he could/should be wwe champion again. he has more memorable moments and more people know who he is. i mean look at cm punk you know how long it took him to convince people hes heel? and people now still cheer for him. honestly the only thing i remember about him is him getting beat down by randy, pushing wade barret off the steel cage and bits of the SES, but im getting more into y cm punk is over rated so ill stop here.

 

[Dagger Dias]

I was not a fan of Miz's first main event run. He did not come off as believable in the role of a top guy, let alone a world champion. I may have been a bit biased since I much preferred Morrison and had wished he got the better push when their tag team got split up. I'm not a hater but openly admit that in the beginning I was. However, as good as Miz is on the mic.... I do not buy into him as anything above a midcard title holder. I support WWE pushing him further at this point, but rather than due to his skills it is because I do not want them to have pushed him for nothing. They invested a lot into his push, even having him retain the WWE Championship against John Cena in 2011.

Miz has worked hard to improve and I give him all the credit in the world for going to extra mile to prove his haters wrong. I also like how he is so willing to do all of the publicity appearances that he does for the federation. He deserves to at least get a couple of world title shots here and there. That doesn't mean he is believable to me as a top guy yet. He might never be. It's odd that he would lose the Intercontinental Championship so soon, but he could always challenge Sheamus (or whoever is holding the belt) for the World Championship. I don't see him being fed to Punk (or Ryback if he happens to win the belt), it wouldn't make sense unless he is doomed to get lost in the shuffle. He isn't believable in the role to me, but from a business perspective I support Miz returning to the top tier and I hope he does not get lost in the shuffle at this point. At the very least, I always enjoy his promos. Now if only I could say that about his matches....

 

[Akhilleus]

I have no problem with this, I think the main event could use another guy with "main event credibility". I honestly think The Miz has been there long enough to be considered a big guy, and I'd much rather see him than one of the newer guys that were just thrown in our face the last couple of years.

But still I'm really hoping Kofi doesn't linger in the mid card too long. I hope they keep him feuding with The Miz, because it's really preparing Kofi for bigger and better things. Hopefully Kofi spends just about the same time as Miz did with the title, and then he too can move and and do some main event things for awhile.

 

[theBec2101]

I'm sorry but there are people way better that should be in his position. He brings nothing to the table. His opponents and others around him make him somewhat entertaining. Tell me the last good promo he had by himself that no one did a run in and interrupt. He hasn’t. He walks around saying really and I'm Awesome. That’s all he brings to the table.

 

[Arcade]

I'm sorry but there are people way better that should be in his position. He brings nothing to the table. His opponents and others around him make him somewhat entertaining. Tell me the last good promo he had by himself that no one did a run in and interrupt. He hasn’t. He walks around saying really and I'm Awesome. That’s all he brings to the table.

He owned Kofi Kingston on the mic two weeks ago on Monday Night Raw.

I would like to see The Miz back in the main event, since he's pretty good on the mic, and is a decent in ring worker, plus pushing The Miz back into the main event can't hurt the WWE. At this time, WWE need as many main event caliber guys on their roster, and The Miz is one of them.

 

[Nada]

Miz had his big push and it never materialized, i mean this guy beat John Cena for the title at Wrestlemania. And then he fell harder than any other wrestler in recent memory.

Miz, ADR and Swagger had their pushes and failed to take advantage of them, its Ziggler's and Bryan's turn imo

 

[JoeUK]

I'm not his biggest fan but I have no problem with this.

Miz had a solid match last night, looks well, is consistently good on the mic and generates heat week in week out.

See where it goes...