Jim Ross Blogs: The Miz, Lawler's TLC Match

On Lawler's TLC Match: Loved the Miz-Lawler show closer in the impromptu TLC bout for the WWE Title. I thought a really solid story was told, that the pacing of the match was at a level that could be easily processed and, equally as important, retained, and the closing moments had ample twists and turns that made a somewhat predictable conclusion appear to be up for grabs.

On The Miz: WWE Champion Miz' persona as a resourceful, athletic, brash, self confident, young man who is beatable on most given nights was illustrated perfectly on Raw IMO. Personally, I like those attributes in an antagonist champion. Miz's verbal skills are getting better and better and he has the opportunity to become one of the biz's best all time talkers before all is said and done if he keeps improving.

I'd rather see a heel champion that'll struggle to retain his championship, resorting to cheating and stuff instead of a dominant Superman-like champion. I think it gets us more invested as fans in cheering or booing the character, which is the bottom line for anybody to get over.

^^For a second there, I actually thought King was going to win the WWE Championship. It sounded impossible going into the match, but I bought it during the match. That was compeling and dramatic TV and I loved it.