The former two times WWE World Champion The Miz won his second and latest WWE title at the Elimination Chamber PPV event earlier this year. He cashed in his Money in the Bank contract which he won last year during the Hell in a Cell PPV event. He defeated Otis to win the Money in the Bank contract from him.
After Drew McIntyre successfully defended his WWE Championship against AJ Styles, Jeff Hardy, Kofi Kingston, Randy Orton, and Sheamus inside the Elimination Chamber, The Miz cashed in his Money in the Bank contract and won the title from him.
The Miz Is Happy To Build Push For Bobby Lashley’s WWE Title Reign
After eight days Bobby Lashley challenged The Miz during an episode of Raw in a Lumberjack match. Bobby Lashley not only defeated the former eight times IC champion he completely destroyed him. This match really helped to build up Lashley’s main event role.
The former two WWE Champion recently spoke to the Yahoo! Entertainment where expressed his happiness for building up Lashley’s push. ‘The Awesome One’ said;
“Do I need a title to be relevant and a main event-caliber player in WWE? No, I don’t, but I can take a title and make someone else. I had the title for eight days, but if you really look at how much I did in those eight days, Bobby Lashley was made to be the biggest monster in WWE [during that time]. I’m proud to say that I was a part of that. Bobby Lashley deserves the WWE championship and my job was to make him the biggest, scariest monster out there. We did it in one night. There is no better thing than when you’re a bad guy and you get pinned, to hear the crowd erupt.”
During the interview he also looked back at his previous days in WWE;
“Guess what? Vince heard about [the media days] and would come up to me and say, ‘You’re doing a great job.’ That’s my boss. That’s the person I want to impress and the person who could get me to where I want to be. Now, at 40, with 16 years in the business under my belt, I get [what I was doing wrong then.] It was just through time and repetition and one day it just clicks. John Cena taught me all of that. When I started working with John Cena in live events, that’s when I learned what it takes to be a main-event caliber superstar.”
Currently, he is working on a feud with Damian Priest and it is going pretty well so far. With the return of his beautiful wife Maryse things are looking even more prosperous for the 40 year old.