Hey, readerland. How we doing, my friends? Well, I hope.
So, I have a problem with Wrestlemania 27. It's not that there's no Money in the Bank or that Undertaker probably isn't going to retire after his match (which he should). No, my problem is The Rock.
A few days ago, I wrote a blog about nostalgia and what an awesome thing it is and I'm not taking that back. If nothing else, seeing The Rock back in a WWE ring is pretty sweet. However...
One problem that I've read over and over about The Miz is that he's being booked like crap, because he's being booked as a weak, cowardly champion who can't win a match without cheating or interference. Okay, I can see why people have that opinion, although I'm not one of them. My opinion is that The Miz cashed in his Money in the Bank contract and defeated an already wounded Randy Orton, but it wasn't a 30-second match. From bell-to-bell, the match lasted approximately two minutes and forty seconds with Orton actually getting in a decent amount of offense, considering the circumstances. In my opinion, he won the WWE Title in as strong a fashion as everyone else who has won Money in the Bank, with the exception of Rob Van Dam.
With The Miz retaining the WWE Title and going to Wrestlemania, this was WWE's chance to book Miz strongly against John Cena and have the Miz win cleanly, thereby making him look stronger as the champion and go on to Extreme Rules (or whatever else pay-per-view) as the champion and continue being booked as a strong champion.
But now, with the introduction of The Rock into the feud, due to comments by John Cena about The Rock when Rock said he was done wrestling to make movies, The Miz has been overshadowed and try as he might, The Miz is the third fiddle to The Rock and John Cena now. In fact, the whole feud has been overshadowed because "everyone" wants to see Cena/Rock instead of Miz/Cena. I put "everyone" in quotes because I've seen a LOT of writers say that everyone wants to see Cena/Rock at Wrestlemania. I am not part of that "everyone." I want to see The Miz win cleanly over John Cena.
See, as great as seeing The Rock and everything is, they should have brought him him back on the night of Wrestlemania (and maybe the HOF induction) and not two months before. Announce him as the host maybe a couple of weeks before to boost the buyrates. He comes out as the host and right before the WWE Title match, John Cena runs into Rocky backstage. They have a small verbal confrontation, with The Rock saying that read what Cena said about him when he left and that after the title match, The Rock might have a few things to say to Cena. Cena goes out and loses cleanly. That way, you can still have your Cena/Rock feud, but you let the Miz get the win and THEN go into that feud, instead of bringing Rock in early, because now "nobody" (again with the generalization) cares that The Miz is defending the title, except for Miz's fans. "Everybody" want to see Rock/Cena. And you know what? I get it. Old school vs. new school. Great mic worker vs. great mic worker. Attitude era vs. Ruthless Aggression. It makes sense. Bringing back The Rock for Wrestlemania makes sense. But I think the timing is all wrong.
I've seen a fair number of predictions that say that, because of John Cena giving The Rock an Attitude Adjustment on RAW, that The Rock will interfere in the title match, costing Cena the title and thus igniting their feud. And I get it. Ratings are up for RAW and now there's an excitement about Wrestlemania, because The Rock is probably going to get involved in the Miz/Cena match. I get it. What I DON'T get is how this helps the title match or how The Miz, assuming he wins due to Rock interference, looks any better.
Miz has looked like a weak champ due to bad booking and only in the last couple of weeks has he started to look like a champion. If the WWE has faith in The Miz and want him to be the next "face" of the company, they HAVE to let him start winning on his own or no one will believe he's a credible champion. And right now, we need all of the credible champions we can get.
Thanks for reading. Until next time, take care.
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