LOL, so as I promised, I have returned NateDaMac. This time, you have chosen to create the thread for me to argue on. Although, soon I hope to discuss the merits of our fascination with death, if that intrigues you at all. As for this case, to many an extent, I agree with your revised statement. I believe right now that you've stated that The Miz was not buried, but that the program ended so abruptly. I would agree with such a sentiment, as it appears that The Miz and Cena are going to end their angle. I would have liked for an extension of said feud, just to keep Cena and Miz busy until Summerslam. The Miz wasn't exactly buried, per se. To the common fan (Read: Not us), he did exactly what fans would have expected to happen. I don't think it lessens how he's perceived whatsoever regarding the casual fan. Plus, one has to remember that this was supposed to introduce the fans to The Miz. Most fans probably hadn't heard much of Miz before he was drafted to Raw, and probably accepted him as "John Morrison's tag team partner". Sure, the two had a couple of tag matches while on Raw, but for the majority, The Miz spent his TV time in ECW, and the occasional Smackdown appearance. Now look at how we view Miz. He's a viable contender for The US belt, and could easily break the main event ceiling in due time. Working with Cena has done miracles to enhance the people's perception of The Miz, and has made him a recognizable face.
Alas, there is one thing I will offer for an argument, which we can go at for a little while should you accept it. And that would be this statement of yours;
Cena wouldn't have been hurt losing to The Miz in a fluke and getting his revenge down the line somewhere. But it would have helped Miz tremendously.
I would disagree on this matter, not because I didn't turn over the idea, because I will admit I did. The reason I don't like it, however, is that it's simply wasn't believable to have The Miz go over Cena, even in a fluke victory.
Sure, The Miz was able to play a lot of mind games with Cena, and get under his skin.... But either than one sucker punch, how much damage did The Miz really dole out to Cena? Most of the times that The Miz got the upper hand on Cena were moments in which The Big Show would interfere in matters, and attack Cena. Simply put, any damage The Miz did was directly correlated with The Big Show's attacks. And unless by a fluke victory, you mean that Big Show comes in, and does all of The Miz's dirty work, then I, as a fan, would find it extremely hard to believe that The Miz goes over Cena.
As a matter of fact, it reminds me of angle that is somewhat similar, and utterly flopped. It was suppose to raise a mid carder into a main event wrestler, and all it does was confuse the fans. Nobody bought that this man could beat the legend that was placed in front of him, yet the promoters figured it would work. In truth, all it did was bury a superstar, and embarrass the company.
Anyone remember this angle, and remember what it wound up doing to the superstar that was supposed to get the rub?
Needless to say, no one felt that Billy could have beat Hulk Hogan, because Kidman never did anything at all to insinuate that he stood a chance in Hell. The Miz, I feel, did nothing to warrant any belief that he could go over John Cena, and putting him over, in a fluke fashion, really places the audience in a sense of disbelief about The Miz. Now, what I feel should have happened was that it should have been an evenly matched contest, with Cena pulling out the win somewhere near the fifteen to twenty minute mark. That way, The audience is more willing to believe that The Miz is good enough to beat Cena, and if WWE decides they want to put Miz over John, the audience will be far more receptive on the matter.
Alas, hindsight is twenty-twenty, and the only thing The Miz can do is prove the WWE brass that he deserves a longer push, and that he can attract the fans for longer than a month.
And if he can.... Well, it surely makes him better than Billy Kidman, at least.
