The Miz Says He Was Supposed To Win WWE Title Tournament In 2011
In 2011, CM Punk “left” WWE with the WWE Championship, and a new champion needed to be crowned. A tournament was held with Rey Mysterio defeating The Miz in the finals, leading to Mysterio vs. John Cena.
According to Miz, he was supposed to win the tournament and face Cena before plans changed.
“CM Punk left the show and he took the title with him. They made up a ‘paper champion’ or whatever. They brought a championship and said, ‘He’s leaving the show. He’s gone.’ They put the title in a refrigerator; that was the big meme. They were going to have a tournament. I went up against Rey Mysterio. I was going to beat Rey Mysterio and then beat John Cena, so I would be the champion. They switched it because usually we like babyface vs. heel. Bad guy vs. good guy. In this instance, it would have been babyface vs. babyface. ‘You need bad guy vs. good guy.’ I was the bad guy, but then, it was two huge monumental babyfaces that are Rey Mysterio and John Cena. Let them go at it. There was a moment there where I would have been a (two-time) champion,” said Miz on Bussin With The Boys.
Mysterio ended up defeating The Miz before immediately losing the title to Cena, who was confronted by a returning CM Punk.
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