10 Best WWE Storylines Of 2017
3. Totally Awesome
Nobody need cry for The Miz as he films the latest instalment of the company's 'Marine' franchise ahead the birth of his first child and a welcome return to the Monday Night Raw roster in 2018. But as per bloody usual when the two come together, the 'A-Lister' deserved a lot more from John Cena at WrestleMania 33.
In 2011, Miz was an afterthought in victory over 'The Champ' as he played third wheel to an impending programme between Cena and The Rock, but the mixed tag team match pitting him and wife Maryse against 'Big Match John' and partner Nikki Bella this year was a senselessly disposable spectacle.
The layout was particularly shameful considering the effort made by Mr and Mrs Mizanin to get the conflict over. A series of skits parodying John and Nikki's portrayal on 'Total Divas' were an absolute riot. Again proving himself as one of the best actual actors on the roster, The Miz getting into character as his WrestleMania rival was a sheer delight. As too was Maryse's p*ss-funny take on Bella's unhinged infatuation with her beau.
It made for palpable, uncooperative tension when the four took the ring on select editions of SmackDown Live! too. The promo battles were fierce and believable, even if their eventual contest was decidedly less so. In defeat, The Miz was worshipped by the WrestleMania audience unlike any crowd he'd ever worked in front of. It was a resounding acknowledgment of his graft, regardless of the outcome.