I Do Not Plan On Being A Transitional Champion - The Miz Posted By: Ben Kerin on Feb 22, 2021
The Miz’s latest WWE championship run is rumored to be a short one, but the newly crowned is confident he will not be a transitional champion, telling Sports Illustrated.
“I do not plan on being a transitional champion,” Miz said to Sports Illustrated after winning the belt at WWE Elimination Chamber. “That idea only fuels my fire, and hearing it is nothing new. It makes me think back to when I cashed in the Money in the Bank contract and won the belt in 2010. People thought I would lose, but I didn’t. Instead, I won the WWE championship. When I won, I heard I was only going to be a transitional champion, but I went on to main-event WrestleMania and I won, as a bad guy, in the main event, which never happens. Ten years later, I heard the same thing: I’d never win the title. So this is another opportunity for me to prove people wrong, which is what I plan on doin
On tonight s episode of
Monday Night Raw, WWE official Shane McMahon announced that later on tonight, former WWE Universal Champion Braun Strowman will square off against former WWE United States Champion, Intercontinental Champion and WWE ECW World Heavyweight Champion Bobby Lashley.
If Strowman is victorious against Lashley, then next week s episode of
Raw will feature a Triple Threat WWE Championship Match, which will see The Miz defending the title against both Strowman and Lashley.
He won t get a #WWEChampionship opportunity tonight, but @BraunStrowman WILL get @fightbobby one-on-one.
and if he wins, @mikethemiz defends the title against BOTH behemoths in a #TripleThreat Match next week on #WWERaw! pic.twitter.com/HX0H08s1GY