The Miz has done it all -- he's been WWE Champion, starred in films, and he's even won in the main event of WrestleMania. His path to the top has been the stuff of storybooks and the sheer hard work, determination, and improvement he's shown are legendary. The Miz belongs in the WWE Hall of Fame as sure as anybody does. The problem is that the fans simply don't take him seriously. It's not Miz's fault -- since the end of his title reign, he's been booked less and less like a champion. The Awesome Truth had potential as a team, but they were quickly squashed and broken up. After that, Miz languished, turned babyface, languished some more, turned semi-heel, and continued to languish. Today, he's a full-fledged heel with a comedic "Hollywood" gimmick that's not doing him any long-term favors. Over the past three years, the fans have come to think of Miz less as a former WWE Champion and more as a silly reality star. It's a shame and an unfair one, but it doesn't change the fact that interest in seeing him go into the Hall of Fame is not currently high.
Scott Fried is a Slammy Award-winning* writer living and working in New York City. He has been following/writing about professional wrestling for many years and is a graduate of Lance Storm's Storm Wrestling Academy. Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/scottfried.
*Best Crowd of the Year, 2013
