4 Ups And 7 Downs From WWE Raw (Dec 28)

3. More MITB Hijinks

The Miz briefcase
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Even though this column typically is far more negative about WWE than it is positive, this writer is not really trying to be down on the product. But it’s hard to give the company the benefit of the doubt when it keeps fumbling and failing at every turn.

So while the concept of a sniveling heel using tricks and maneuvers to get the Money in the Bank briefcase returned to him like The Miz did Monday Night might seem like a great angle, it’s hard to be optimistic. After all, Miz has been portrayed as an incompetent comedy mid-carder rather than a world champion-in-waiting. It’s hard to believe he’s going to be presented as anything else going forward.

Miz closed out 2020 winning exactly two of nine singles matches all year, and only five of 28 matches in total since WrestleMania. That’s not exactly the stat sheet of a future world champion.

So while the MITB briefcase being returned to Miz gives the opportunity for more mischievousness, we’re not holding our breath.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.