In the main event of WrestleMania 27 in 2011, The Miz defeated John Cena to retain the WWE Championship. During the match, Miz got concussed after his head bounced off the concrete floor. He still managed to finish the match, but doesn’t remember the finish.
During an interview on Chris Van Vliet’s Insight podcast, The Miz made a wild claim: his “Hate Me Now” video package at WrestleMania 27 is better than the legendary “My Way” video package for The Rock vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin at WrestleMania 17.
Here’s what The Miz said:
“I remember my entrance. I remember not seeing that vignette. That ‘Hate Me Now’ vignette is so good. I still think it’s the best. People say Rock and Austin ‘My Way’ (at WrestleMania 17), they say that one’s the best. I beg to differ, and the reason is what that vignette did in that moment.
I wonder if that vignette was put on SmackDown, there would have been a different feeling, energy going in. Because going in, I remember I was swallowed up. You’re the WWE Champion, I’m going up against titans, The Rock and John Cena, titans. Then there’s me with the WWE Championship.
Back then, it still is very, very competitive. But man, everyone was fighting for it. Everyone’s fighting for that spot, that main event spot. I’m like, man, I want this main event. I have to get this main event. This main event is everything. We have to get it.
I remember the pop of the crowd when I kicked out of the AA. I remember Cena saying, ‘Just grab onto the ropes kid, grab onto the ropes. We got you. We got you.’ Boom. Rock. Boom. I remember (Mike) Chioda going, ‘Cover him kid, cover him.’ I’m just like, Huh, what’s going on? 1, 2, 3, winning.
And I remember Chioda telling me, ‘Throw your title at The Rock. Throw your title at The Rock.’ I’m like, Yeah, okay, threw the title at The Rock. Remember The Rock coming in. ‘I got you kid. Don’t you worry. Don’t you worry. We got this.’ I have no idea. Boom, boom. And then it was over.
I remember, I see stuff on the internet; I was like, I don’t remember that; I don’t remember that; I don’t remember that; I don’t remember being backstage and me just being like, ‘Was it good?’ I don’t like seeing myself like that.
But some people are like, ‘Oh, what would you have done if they stopped the match?’ That would have been the worst possible scenario, the worst possible scenario, if someone would have stopped that match.
I was in good hands, and I trusted the two people in there, and I will always trust them and always be thankful for them, all three of them. It’s not just The Rock and Cena, Chioda as well. They all protected me. They all looked at me, and they all allowed me to do what I needed to do to make that whole situation a success.”
