Rating The Champ: The Miz

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

TOP FIVE

5. John Cena, John Morrison (Extreme Rules 2011)

4. CM Punk, Alberto Del Rio (TLC 2011)

3. Seth Rollins (Backlash 2018)

2. Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, Cesaro (Extreme Rules 2016)

1. Dolph Ziggler (No Mercy 2016)

Average rating per year

• 2006 – 0
• 2007 – 2.5
• 2008 – 2.55
• 2009 – 2.33
• 2010 – 2.5
• 2011 – 2.96
• 2012 – 2.36
• 2013 – 2.1
• 2014 – 2.2
• 2015 – 2.5
• 2016 – 3.36
• 2017 – 2.93
• 2018 – 3.31
• 2019 – 2
• 2020 – 3.25

Overall average rating

2.46/5

Don’t miss the next article here on Rating The Champ, where we’ll be looking back at former World Heavyweight Champion, Kane.