10 Ways WWE Hasn't Learned From Its Mistakes

2. The Miz As WWE Champion A Full Decade Apart

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It didn't work the first time. That's the insane bit.

What WWE are doing, for the sake of a transition that isn't at all necessary and at the detriment of the optics - The Miz is a nice bloke and he works exceptionally hard, but he's not going to get anyone jazzed - is repeating a mistake that didn't work 10 years ago. The Miz as WWE Champion changed nothing and will change nothing. And if it's not meant to change anything, and it's just a bit of administration to do something at the inconvenient Fastlane pay-per-view, here's something:

Don't do a f*cking Fastlane!

The Miz isn't a World Champion-calibre wrestler. He isn't. Much of his work is unconvincing and see-through. A very entertaining modern midcarder at his best, it would be in-cor-rect to state that this version is anything less than insufferable 2007 nostalgia. 2007 nostalgia is an oxymoron.

The weirdest take is "It doesn't really matter," or "It's only temporary". You're not meant to know that. You're not meant to be able to see the direction. You aren't supposed to calmly measure the situation. This title change and how they arrived at it and what it means is more than "lol Miz is WWE Champion in 2021".

It's an indictment of the wider star-making process.

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