The Miz says he walked into WrestleMania 42 anticipating to struggle John Cena — however that showdown by no means occurred.
Chatting with Complicated Graps Wrestling Podcast about what was speculated to go down at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Miz revealed that he believed he was about to sq. off with Cena on WWE’s largest stage. As a substitute, the second shifted when Cena gave him the highlight reasonably than throwing punches. Miz made it clear that he entered the scenario prepared for a struggle and totally anticipating issues to show bodily.
“Once I was on the market, I used to be anticipating to must struggle John Cena. John Cena was like, ‘No, have your second, right here’s a microphone. Do what you do finest.’”
For Miz, the expectation of combating Cena made the second really feel large earlier than something even occurred. The 2 have historical past courting again to their WWE Championship conflict at WrestleMania 27 in 2011, which solely added extra weight to the potential for one other showdown years later.
As a substitute of getting the struggle he anticipated, Miz mentioned he pivoted right into a promo second that was supposed to incorporate a significant reveal tied to the American Gladiators reboot. He defined that he was able to roll out footage he believed would make headlines popping out of WrestleMania.
“I’m about to speak, I’m about to provide everybody a never-before-seen footage of American Gladiators, this new American Gladiators, I’m about to throw it on the market at WrestleMania. Large proper? That is massive.”
However the largest takeaway from Miz’s feedback wasn’t the reveal — it was the missed alternative to struggle Cena, one thing he clearly believed was about to occur earlier than the second modified course. The scenario didn’t unfold the way in which he imagined, particularly as soon as the section was interrupted and spiraled into chaos.
“And who interrupts it? Danhausen.”
Miz later described how the second utterly shifted from what he had pictured, particularly given the stage and the expectations tied to WrestleMania inside Allegiant Stadium.
“That’s not the way in which you wish to have a WrestleMania second, particularly at Allegiant Stadium. That’s not what I imagined my second can be.”
The Miz and John Cena share a protracted WrestleMania historical past, and the concept Miz walked into WrestleMania 42 anticipating one other struggle provides a brand new layer to what followers noticed play out on the present.
Do you assume WWE ought to have adopted via with a John Cena vs. The Miz struggle at WrestleMania 42, or did the way in which issues performed out work higher for the present? Drop your ideas within the feedback and tell us what you assume.