WrestleMania 28 may have been WWE’s biggest event of 2012, but it was a night The Miz would rather forget.
The previous year, The Miz had retained the WWE Championship in the main event against John Cena, albeit thanks to interference from The Rock.
By the next year, The Miz had plummeted down the card and would be one of several names in the ‘Team Teddy vs. Team Johnny’ tag-team match.
Speaking on a recent edition of the “Unbreakable” podcast, The Miz compared headlining WrestleMania 27 to his role at WrestleMania 28. He said,
“I was at the top … I lost the title, then I started losing every single match and by the time we got back to WrestleMania, I was almost not even on it. It was very embarrassing for me, I don’t know what happened.
“I couldn’t figure out how to maneuver myself to be a top-tier talent. It took I would say six years … it wasn’t until a guy named AJ Styles came in. When he came in, we started having a program together and it elevated him — I think we just elevated each other.”
Close to a decade after losing the WWE Championship, The Miz regained the title in 2021 but would only hold the gold for eight days.
