Rating The Champ: The Miz – SmarKDown's Blog

Welcome to a new series on the website, called Rating The Champ. This will follow my prior World Title Series, where I reviewed each and every WWE Heavyweight Champion in history from Hulk Hogan’s first title win in 1984 all the way to the current days. Money in the Bank cash-ins will not be included for obvious reasons, unless it was a proper match (ie: Rob Van Dam at One Night Stand 2006). Royal Rumble and battle royales won’t be included as well.

In this new series, I will rate all the PPV matches from each and every WWF/E Heavyweight Champion in history. To be fair, since this is the WWF/E title, I’ll only rate their PPV matches in the WWF/E. In this edition, we’ll be looking back at the PPV career of the one and only, former WWE Champion, The Miz.

2004

Dixie Dog Fight: Vs. Daniel Puder (Armageddon) N/R (not rated)

2006

Vs. The Boogeyman (Armageddon) DUD

2007

Vs. CM Punk – ECW Championship (Cyber Sunday) **
Vs. CM Punk vs. John Morrison – ECW Championship (Survivor Series) ***

2008

W/ John Morrison vs. Finlay & Hornswoggle – WWE Tag Team Championship (Night of Champions) **
W/ Morrison vs. Hawkins & Ryder vs. Jesse & Festus vs. Finlay & Hornswoggle – WWE Tag Team Championship (The Great American Bash) **
Championship Scramble – ECW Championship (Unforgiven) ***1/2
W/ John Morrison vs. Cryme Tyme (Cyber Sunday) **1/4
W/ Team JBL vs. Team HBK (Survivor Series) ***

2009

Vs. John Cena (The Bash) 1/2*
Six Pack Challenge – WWE United States Championship (Night of Champions) **3/4
Vs. Kofi Kingston – WWE United States Championship (Breaking Point) **1/2
Vs. Kofi Kingston vs. Jack Swagger – WWE United States Championship (Hell in a Cell) **1/4
Vs. John Morrison (Bragging Rights) ***
W/ Team Miz vs. Team Morrison (Survivor Series) ***

2010

Vs. MVP – WWE United States Championship (Royal Rumble) **
Vs. MVP – WWE United States Championship (Elimination Chamber) **1/2
W/ Big Show vs. John Morrison & R-Truth – Unified WWE Tag Team Championship (WrestleMania XXVI) *
Tag Team Gauntlet Match (Extreme Rules) DUD
W/ Chris Jericho vs. The Hart Dynasty – Unified WWE Tag Team Championship (Over the Limit) ***1/2
Vs. R-Truth – WWE United States Championship (Fatal 4 Way) **1/2
RAW’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match (Money in the Bank) ***3/4
Vs. Daniel Bryan – WWE United States Championship (Night of Champions) ***1/2
Submissions Count Anywhere: Vs. Daniel Bryan vs. John Morrison – WWE United States Championship (Hell in a Cell) ***1/2
W/ Team RAW vs. Team SmackDown (Bragging Rights) **1/4
Tables: Vs. Randy Orton – WWE Championship (TLC) ***

2011

Vs. Randy Orton – WWE Championship (Royal Rumble) **3/4
Vs. Jerry Lawler – WWE Championship (Elimination Chamber) ***1/2
Vs. John Cena – WWE Championship (WrestleMania XXVII) *1/4
Steel Cage: Vs. John Cena vs. John Morrison – WWE Championship (Extreme Rules) ****
I Quit: Vs. John Cena – WWE Championship (Over the Limit) ***
Vs. Alex Riley (Capitol Punishment) **1/2
RAW’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match (Money in the Bank) ***3/4
W/ Del Rio & Truth vs. Rey, Morrison & Kofi (SummerSlam) ***
W/ R-Truth vs. Air Boom – WWE Tag Team Championship (Night of Champions) **1/4
W/ R-Truth vs. Triple H & CM Punk (Vengeance) ***
W/ R-Truth vs. The Rock & John Cena (Survivor Series) **1/4
TLC: Vs. CM Punk vs. Alberto Del Rio – WWE Championship (TLC) ****1/4

2012

Elimination Chamber Match – WWE Championship (Elimination Chamber) ***
W/ Team Johnny vs. Team Teddy (WrestleMania XXVIII) **
Vs. Brodus Clay (Over the Limit) 1/2*
RAW’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match (Money in the Bank) ***1/2
Vs. Rey Mysterio – WWE Intercontinental Championship (SummerSlam) **3/4
Vs. Rey Mysterio vs. Cody Rhodes vs. Sin Cara – WWE Intercontinental Championship (Night of Champions) ***1/4
Vs. Kofi Kingston – WWE Intercontinental Championship (Hell in a Cell) **1/2
W/ Team Foley vs. Team Ziggler (Survivor Series) ***1/4
W/ Del Rio & Brooklyn Brawler vs. 3MB (TLC) 1/2*

2013

Vs. Antonio Cesaro – WWE United States Championship (Elimination Chamber) **
Vs. Wade Barrett vs. Curtis Axel – WWE Intercontinental Championship (Payback) ***1/4
Vs. Curtis Axel – WWE Intercontinental Championship (Money in the Bank) **1/2
Vs. Fandango (Night of Champions) *1/4
No DQ: Vs. Kofi Kingston (TLC) *1/2

2014

Vs. Dolph Ziggler – WWE Intercontinental Championship (SummerSlam) **1/2
Vs. Dolph Ziggler – WWE Intercontinental Championship (Night of Champions) **1/2
Vs. Sheamus – WWE United States Championship (Hell in a Cell) **1/4
W/ Damien Mizdow vs. Goldust & Stardust vs. The Usos vs. Los Matadores – WWE Tag Team Championship (Survivor Series) **3/4
W/ Damien Mizdow vs. The Usos – WWE Tag Team Championship (TLC) *

2015

W/ Damien Mizdow vs. The Usos – WWE Tag Team Championship (Royal Rumble) ***
Vs. Ryback vs. Big Show – WWE Intercontinental Championship (SummerSlam) **

2016

Ladder Match – WWE Intercontinental Championship (WrestleMania 32) ****
Vs. Cesaro – WWE Intercontinental Championship (Payback) ***1/2
Vs. Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn vs. Cesaro – WWE Intercontinental Championship (Extreme Rules) ****1/2
Vs. Darren Young – WWE Intercontinental Championship (Battleground) *
Vs. Apollo Crews – WWE Intercontinentl Championship (SummerSlam) **
Vs. Dolph Ziggler – WWE Intercontinental Championship (Backlash) ***1/4
Retirement: Vs. Dolph Ziggler – WWE Intercontinental Championship (No Mercy) ****1/2
Vs. Sami Zayn – WWE Intercontinental Championship (Survivor Series) ***1/2
Ladder: Vs. Dolph Ziggler – WWE Intercontinental Championship (TLC) ****

2017

Elimination Chamber Match – WWE Championship (Elimination Chamber) ****1/2
W/ Maryse vs. John Cena & Nikki Bella (WrestleMania 33) *1/2
Vs. Dean Ambrose – WWE Intercontinental Championship (Extreme Rules) ***
Vs. Dean Ambrose – WWE Intercontinental Championship (Great Balls of Fire) **1/2
Vs. Jason Jordan – WWE Intercontinental Championship (No Mercy) **1/2
Handicap TLC: W/ Braun, Kane & The Bar vs. Angle, Rollins & Ambrose (TLC) ****
Vs. Baron Corbin (Survivor Series) **1/2

2018

Elimination Chamber Match (Elimination Chamber) ***1/2
Vs. Seth Rollins vs. Finn Bálor – WWE Intercontinental Championship (WrestleMania 34) ****
Ladder: Vs. Seth Rollins vs. Samoa Joe vs. Finn Bálor – WWE Intercontinental Championship (Greatest Royal Rumble) ***1/2
Vs. Seth Rollins – WWE Intercontinental Championship (Backlash) ****1/4
Money in the Bank Ladder Match (Money in the Bank) ****
Vs. Daniel Bryan (SummerSlam) ***1/4
W/ Maryse vs. Daniel Bryan & Brie Bella (Hell in a Cell) **3/4
Vs. Daniel Bryan (Super ShowDown) *
W/ Team SmackDown vs. Team RAW (Survivor Series) ***1/2

2019

W/ Shane McMahon vs. The Bar – WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship (Royal Rumble) ***
W/ Shane McMahon vs. The Usos – WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship (Elimination Chamber) ***1/4
W/ Shane McMahon vs. The Usos – WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship (Fastlane) ***1/4
Falls Count Anywhere: Vs. Shane McMahon (WrestleMania 35) *
Steel Cage: Vs. Shane McMahon (Money in the Bank) DUD
Vs. Shinsuke Nakamura – WWE Intercontinental Championship (Clash of Champions) **1/2
Vs. Bray Wyatt (TLC) *

2020

W/ John Morrison vs. The New Day – WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship (Super ShowDown) ***
Tag Team Elimination Chamber Match – WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship (Elimination Chamber) ***1/2