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Originally Posted by Superturtle

That poor bastard needs all the credibility he can get.

And wrestlemania is only 6 weeks away. It's not like they have much time.

Not only has Miz been booked as a weak champ who can't win without interference, a guy who's basically a big mouth and nothing else, Cena treated him like a complete joke about a year ago. That perception has to change if they're going to sell this match to anybody. Miz has to be elevated. And that isn't going to happen if he's losing matches to announcers a month and a half before the big game. Daniel Bryan was the start of it.

Giving Lawler the title would have been pointless. It couldn't possibly do the Miz any good, even if he got the title back last night (which would have emphasized just how meaningless titles are, but that's a whole 'nother topic...) and it couldn't possibly do anything to build the Miz/Cena mania match. All the match last night was was an effort to sell some more buys for the EC PPV (because people did want to see Lawler win - which was why it was a 10 minute match, people got worked...) and to help build two mania matches (miz/cena and lawler/cole). Lawler didn't need to win for either of those builds.

The match was booked the right way. I don't think the cheap crowd pop would have been worth it.

Hopefully they don't screw it all up tonight. Miz does not need to look like a brainless puss any more between now and April. I'm sure the end of the feud (assuming it doesn't carry through to summerslam after mania, which it might) is going to be superman John Cena giving the Miz his, but it'll mean a lot more if the Miz doesn't look like a fool beforehand.