Talking Smack!

The Miz vs. Daniel Bryan
If Joe and Styles were trading strikes, then Miz and Daniel Bryan were trading bombs. Not many seemed too impressed with their efforts though. There was admittedly a lull at some points, but all in all this first match between the two men proved to be a masterful piece of storytelling.
Leaning into their shared history, the two men specifically manipulated the essence of their talking smack points and brought it to life in the ring. Bryan, ever the stubborn goat, took many a risk but also proved why he couldn't just walk away from WWE; the audiences drive his passion.
Equally, The Miz, livid at Bryan's sentiments since the infamous talk show, has grown his game tenfold. Here he held on with every blow that came his way, dishing out his own a few times. This has earned him a modicum of respect among fans, enough so that the once Bryan loving crowd was shockingly partisan through the night.
Miz resorted to what he does best, cheating to win. This one is just getting started and there's a lot more hatred to mine from it.
The Miz uses a foreign object to beat Daniel Bryan and win the bragging rights!
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