I really like Miz. As some have said he has worked very, very hard to make us forget about his reality TV past (or at least make it something we're not holding against him). Miz can talk and he's better than average in the ring.
There are things about his character that I don't love (the "Really" thing - SNL has been doing that bit for three years now, so let's find something new), but all in all the guy is a future main eventer. Where I disagree with a lot of the posters is in an inevitable babyface turn. Miz is a born heel and as a heel he can legitimately main event. As a babyface, he's got no shot. He doesn't have the body to be a main event level babyface. In the WWE a guy with Miz's look can only win titles as a heel.
Take Chris Jericho - not a big guy, but an exceptional professional wrestler. Probably the best in the business right now. But, the WWE would never invest in Jericho as champion as a babyface. If you look back all of Jericho's World/WWE/Undisputed title runs took place with a heel Jericho. The only way WWE lets guys that look like them win is as heels. Look, further, at a guy like Punk. They gave Punk the title as a babyface and it was a joke, as a heel - totally different story. Jeff Hardy may have broken the mold, but we'll never know because he's gone. Yes, they gave him the title, but he never had the time to actually BE champion. Unless you're a jacked freak WWE will be very reticent to push you as a babyface world champion.
The exception to this rule is, of course, HBK. Well, HBK is HBK. Probably the greatest worker of all time. Miz is no HBK, friends. And even through most of his title runs, Shawn was a tweener, so...
There are things about his character that I don't love (the "Really" thing - SNL has been doing that bit for three years now, so let's find something new), but all in all the guy is a future main eventer. Where I disagree with a lot of the posters is in an inevitable babyface turn. Miz is a born heel and as a heel he can legitimately main event. As a babyface, he's got no shot. He doesn't have the body to be a main event level babyface. In the WWE a guy with Miz's look can only win titles as a heel.
Take Chris Jericho - not a big guy, but an exceptional professional wrestler. Probably the best in the business right now. But, the WWE would never invest in Jericho as champion as a babyface. If you look back all of Jericho's World/WWE/Undisputed title runs took place with a heel Jericho. The only way WWE lets guys that look like them win is as heels. Look, further, at a guy like Punk. They gave Punk the title as a babyface and it was a joke, as a heel - totally different story. Jeff Hardy may have broken the mold, but we'll never know because he's gone. Yes, they gave him the title, but he never had the time to actually BE champion. Unless you're a jacked freak WWE will be very reticent to push you as a babyface world champion.
The exception to this rule is, of course, HBK. Well, HBK is HBK. Probably the greatest worker of all time. Miz is no HBK, friends. And even through most of his title runs, Shawn was a tweener, so...