Oh please, nobody took The Miz seriously until he won the belt. Frankly I don't think anyone takes him seriously even after he held it. Sure he's got the skills to be an incredible ... mid carder, but still just imagine The Miz saying "I'm going to kick your ass!". Gets me every time. More like "I'm going to frown as hard as I can and look like I have a huge underbite while I mediocre my ass for fifteen minutes and accomplish abo****ely nothiiiiing". Yeah, he turned "mediocre" into a verb.
I don't know, I don't appreciate Chris Jericho clones. At least not the bad ones. I don't get his appeal. To me, Miz supporters are as mistifying as Zack Ryder supporters.
How in the blue hell you didn't take the Tag Team Miz and Morrison seriously?
Miz is great, and you probably missed last two raws, but he pinned Alex Riley and Kofi Kingston in one leg at the SAME NIGHT... Oh and he was fighting against Mysterio for the WWE Championship... Pretty strong now, don't you think?
Just think if Miz had won against Mysterio last week, would you be surprised?
I wouldn't
You can hate all you want, but the truth is that The Miz has proven himself in every division, since the tag division, mid card division and now main eventer.
He is charismatic, good on the mic, probably the 2/3rd one better in the company and his moves are all over with the crowd (yes not the best wrestler, but still pretty good)