Alberto Del Rio buries The Miz in a public interview
by Keith Harris on Feb 11, 2012 9:00 PM EST
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As the old saying goes when it rains it pours. The Miz just can't catch a break in the worst week of his career, arguably rightfully so. It all started on Monday's Raw when Miz failed to protect R-Truth on a risky dive, who was lucky to escape without a serious injury, but the unnecessary bump to the back of his head would have done Truth no favours. The end result was tons of heat from his fellow performers for his unfortunate error and a tongue lashing from future WWE boss Triple H.
Now, Alberto Del Rio steps in to rub salt into the wound.
In an interview with 95.7 FM The Game, a sports station in the Bay Area, Del Rio when asked whether he socialises with his fellow WWE wrestlers rather bluntly admitted that he doesn't like many of his colleagues. Probed about the guy he least likes in the ring, the Mexican superstar pulled no punches in detailing how much he hates The Miz:
"This is not part of the show I really dislike that guy. I've tried to punch him in the face several times, not in the ring I mean outside the ring, but he's just like a little girl, he's always running away from me.... There's a big difference between The Miz and I, I'm a real athlete, he's just a loud stupid little kid. He's probably one of those guys that was bullied when he was in school, that's the reason he's now oh so loud and he wants to get attention from everybody, but in my case he's the real deal.... I don't think [he has many female fans] because he's fat and ugly."
It's probably not wise for Del Rio to make light of bullying when WWE runs a high profile Be a STAR anti-bullying campaign, but otherwise I don't expect management to be upset with his comments in light of Miz's current standing with the company.
What this proves is that it's open season within WWE for The Miz, who made few friends within the company when he debuted in 2006, due to his abrasive and obnoxious attitude, already carrying himself like a star thanks to his prior exposure on numerous reality shows, most notably The Real World in 2001. He managed to turn things around somewhat by working hard to transform himself from one of the greenest guys on the roster into one of their hottest rising stars, but as he never became more humble, lingering resentment obviously persisted. However, his enemies had to keep their thoughts to themselves when he became a management favourite in the summer of 2010 due to being such a media darling and so willing to do all the PR work they required. Now the tide has turned, there doesn't seem to be any holding back, which may not be a pretty sight for The Miz to behold.
After the jump, you can see a YouTube video of the comments in question.
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All the reporting that Miz is in “hot water” with management because he’s cocky? Yeah, those same people gave Meltzer information that Alberto del Rio apparently is cocky too and that no one likes him because he’s arrogant. It’s all speculation.
We go with what we have, and what we have is Alberto del Rio being pretty goddamn unprofessional.
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by Thomas Holzerman on Feb 11, 2012 9:23 PM EST reply actions
Alberto del Rio is cocky.
And, if you paid attention to how half hearted his push was, and CM Punk burying him in the Survivor Series build up, you’d also see that he was in hot water. All that’s going on here is Del Rio trying to win back favor from the top brass and salvaging the train-wreck that is his current career.
oh del rio is cocky
but i doubt he was in hot water, cm punk saying shit like, you’re boring, was just punk’s promo style, he did the same to ziggler, he did the same to cena, he does that to everyone, thats the only think he knows how to do nowadays and thats why i dont like his “voice of the voiceless” bs character
and del rio’s lame push was just officials scared of the low ratings he got, and thats why he jobed to cena even when he was the goddam champion
del rio is a smart guy , i dont think he even gives that much of a shit about officials and politics, if they release him he has a job secured in mexico with good money, hell, he was making good money before going to wwe, imagine how much he can do now, its the same as mistico, they dont give too much of a shit because they’re not scared of being released because of how easy it’d be for those guys to get a job and make good money in mexico
and like he said, he is a totally different beast than the miz, del rio is cocky, sure, but he can back it up, miz, not too much…
Del Rio's depush started months before he got the title.
Not to mention, the key word of Punk’s promo was “boring.” Punk never called Cena or Ziggler boring, that’s why it was a burial rather than just a face digging on a heel.
del rio's depush started
because edge screwed the whole thing by retiring, that pretty much fucked the whole push they had going on, perhaps he got heat for that too, since some say it was he who fucked edge’s neck one last time, altho i dont believe that
and cmon man, punk does that with everyone, boring was just the keyword for del rio, he does it to everyone and we all know it, he even buried HHH when they did promos, and you’re not gonna say they were depushing HHH are you?
Nobody important says this.
since some say it was he who fucked edge’s neck one last time, altho i dont believe that
Anyone with even a rudimentary knowledge of Edge’s medical history knows that if he fucked up his neck after his fusion, it wouldn’t have just been another injury, it would’ve been permanent paralysis.
edge screwed the whole thing by retiring, that pretty much fucked the whole push they had going on,
Del Rio was jobbing clean to Christian, who has never been given a serious push by WWE at any point in his career as a singles wrestler, weeks before his ’Mania match.
Not to mention, how is Edge’s retirement a valid excuse. If you know a guy is never wrestling again, any sane company would have him go out on his back clean to someone you can push. Sure, you could say they were rewarding Edge for working hurt, but if they were that concerned with his safety, they shouldn’t have given him the title in the first place, and pulled him from the active roster as soon as symptoms of paralysis showed up.
and cmon man, punk does that with everyone, boring was just the keyword for del rio, he does it to everyone and we all know it, he even buried HHH when they did promos, and you’re not gonna say they were depushing HHH are you?
There’s a difference between digging on a guy and burying him. Digging on a guy should make the audience want to see the babyface kick the heel’s ass, burying a guy is one wrestler making the other guy look like someone no one wants to pay money to see. Punk did the former in every other feud he was in, so it was all well and good, he did the latter in his Del Rio feud, so it was a burial.
well, yeah, he was jobin to christian, thats what makes me think he really got heat backstage for edge’s “retirement” injury, he was being pushed strong and then edge announces his retirement and del rio’s push went downhill, and lets face it, knowing wwe, can you really doubt someone backstage indeed blamed del rio ?
about punk, well, i guess its a matter of how you take his promos, the way i see it, he was burying HHH like there was no tomorrow, not to mention kevin nash, say what you want but telling keving nash people switched channel whenever he was on tv was the same or even worse than saying del rio was boring, and hey, it was one of HHH bestest friends in the world
like i said, i guess it really depends on how you take the thing those guys say, to me, saying someone is boring is not that much of a burial, a burial would be punk saying del rio cant wrestle, heck, you could even say punk was shooting at creative because del rio is one of the most, if not the most scripted guy in that roster whenever hes cutting a promo on tv, or even shooting at vince because it is well known he likes the character quite a lot
Edge’s retirement injury was a consequence of his neck fusion, if Del Rio actually hurt Edge’s neck, Edge would either be permanently paralyzed or dead. Notice how Steve Austin, who had the same injury and same surgery as Edge, also retired at the age of 35.
Also, you have no idea what an actual burial is. Show me one clip of Punk insulting Triple H in a way that wouldn’t make people want to see their match, because that’s exactly the kind of thing that happens when you call someone boring.
No, I can see people blaming Del Rio in some capacity for Edge's retirement
He had been able to work, despite having a fragile neck, for about a hear-and-a-half to two years. He then has his match with Del Rio, and probably through no fault of Del Rio’s, he has to retire or risk further permanent damage to his neck. Though absolutely nothing I can think of says that working with Del Rio was what caused Edge to have to retire or risk further permanent damage, it wouldn’t be outside the realm of possibility for an executive to say to themselves, “Edge was able to work with Jericho, no problems. Edge was able to work with Orton, no problems. Edge was able to work with the Undertaker, no problems. What did Del Rio do?”, despite Del Rio not having actually done anything.
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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Feb 12, 2012 4:35 PM EST up reply actions
There are enough neck fusion surgeries in the WWE
to where an exec knows said wrestler is working on borrowed time and it’s a matter of time before the neck gives out
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by WVPiratesfan on Feb 12, 2012 6:52 PM EST up reply actions
Well according to Punk in an interview he said Del Rio s a bit rough in the ring
"When Life gives you Lemons give the lemons BACK!"
Or obviously
This is one giant stinking honking work, which is what it feels more like to me.
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by Thomas Holzerman on Feb 11, 2012 9:52 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Yep
If this was TNA, I wouldn’t think so. But the WWE is way too tight lipped about things like this for someone to outright call a guy out like this. Even Orton in his too candid interview from a while ago never said anything worse than Kelly Kelly had sex with a lot of wrestlers (which was likely stating a fact).
its not speculation
according to the dirtsheets the miz has a lot of heat right now, officials dont like him, HHH himself doesn’t like him, and apparently now, some guys on the roster dont like him
del rio wasn’t unprofessional, they asked him something, he gave a straight answer and it was for somethin, del rio is a smart guy, and hes obviously well aware of what he can and cannot say when hes being interviewed, you can tell this by the way he constantly puts the wwe and guys like orton and sheamus over even when hes not being asked about that at all, he didn’t answer the groupies question either, so, it is pretty damn obvious he had green flag to bash miz
"According to the dirtsheets"
That right there means it’s speculation.
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by Thomas Holzerman on Feb 11, 2012 10:51 PM EST up reply actions
But it's not according to the dirtsheets, it's according to the Observer.
The difference between the word of the dirt-sheets an the word of the Observer is like the difference between the word of FOX News and the word of Martin Luther, both King and the original.
Unprofessional
…
And fucking awesome.
Forget it Donny, you're out of your element.
by Geno Mrosko on Feb 11, 2012 10:36 PM EST up reply actions
genius.
Respectfully raping people with my words, since 1993.
by marsexxxy23 on Feb 11, 2012 10:08 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
could be a work, could be real, could be allowed just due to the current situation
miz can be shown to be in hot water tho by falling from the main event picture rather quickly.
not everyone is going to get along in the same company, let alone the same industry
but maybe it is a work and they are turn 1 of them face in the future.
by wrestlingfan12 on Feb 11, 2012 11:41 PM EST reply actions
How many botches has Orton done over the years but doesn’t get shit for it so whatever. It’s political bitches like HHH that only want to stroke their power on people he didn’t have a hand in making a star himself cause he’s in position to fuck everyone else over that he doesn’t see is worthy of his admiration. If his lackey Sheamus would’ve done something like this, I bet you wouldn’t hear a damn thing about it. Who the fuck is Del Rio even to say anything also? He’s got the right people pushing him and is a 2 time champ already not working nearly as hard as Mizzy so yeah he may have screwed up but I’m sure Del Rio has done it on more than one occasion. Everyone fucks up but if people can learn from their mistakes than it shouldn’t be a big deal…..unless you’re name is HHH then nothing is good enough unless your name is Orton or Cena. Did I mention Sheamus? Of course the WWE fanbase are to fucking stupid to see this and are blinded by their own ignorance, cheering for someone who wouldn’t even be in the position they are in if it wasn’t for HHH. The same thing happen when they shoved Batista down people’s throats that instead of thinking for themselves, they’ll follow what everyone else is doing like the sheeple they are.
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by congestedthoughts on Feb 11, 2012 11:44 PM EST reply actions
It's one thing to mess up because that happens
It’s a whole other to move out of the way, which is what the Miz did
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by WVPiratesfan on Feb 11, 2012 11:50 PM EST up reply actions
Just noticed your sig.
And that’s hilarious. Not the line but your mistake within the line.
Forget it Donny, you're out of your element.
by Geno Mrosko on Feb 12, 2012 12:20 AM EST up reply actions 9 recs
LOL, I just noticed that
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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Feb 12, 2012 4:37 PM EST up reply actions
Ortons scoop slam is almost a botch every time
Especially if he doesn’t like the guy he’s working with. He’s supposed to grab around their shoulder and under their crotch, yet most of the time the arm that goes to the crotch is not even touching anywhere on the body.
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by marsexxxy23 on Feb 12, 2012 2:17 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
This is likely both work and shoot.
It’s no secret that Del Rio thinks his shit doesn’t stink but Miz is definitely in the doghouse. When Insider and Observer are saying it’s so, that’s as close as it gets to being fact as far as pro wrestling reporting is concerned. Also, you can tell who is in the doghouse and who isn’t based on who is and isn’t winning matches.
Remember when Miz jobbed clean to Kofi Kingston a few weeks back and we were all surprised? We shouldn’t have been. That’s an indication that he’s in the doghouse. Also, when looking at match records, I believe Miz hasn’t actually won a match since last November. You know, the same month as the Survivor Series show that he’s reportedly taking the fall for after the buyrate wasn’t what they wanted it to be.
Miz has been made to look like garbage as of late and that’s all we need to see to know that he is, in fact, in the doghouse.
Hopefully, this means Del Rio comes back for a feud with Miz. Mostly because I want Del Rio to get over big when he comes back. Give him a guy to work with that he’ll potato.
Forget it Donny, you're out of your element.
Also, you can tell who is in the doghouse and who isn’t based on who is and isn’t winning matches.
This cannot be quoted enough. For too long people have been ignoring this, and the only time it’s ever not been the case was when said wrestler was about to take some time off (i.e. Jericho and Triple H in 2005), or when said wrestler is about to retire (i.e. HBK and Batista in 2010), and in both those cases, said guys are never made out to look like jobbers.
Yes
I knew Kofi would win that match because WWE needed to justify that he belonged in the Chamber because of merit (and not a very thin roster.) So he needed to beat someone else in the Chamber for it to make sense. The fact the chose the Miz is telling, like you said, because he’s getting buried. (The other option would be Truth.)
People bash Sheamus for being HHH’s lackey (though I’ve heard reports that he worked his arse off to get where he is too.) However, even he had a pretty bad losing spell after the King of the Ring victory. I don’t know if that was a right of passage before his next big push or if he was in the dog house at the time. (And I wasn’t reading Cageside at the time, so I don’t know if that was something of significance that I missed.) Anybody here know?
Sheamus was in the dog house with Kevin Dunn as soon as that segment where he ran away from Nexus aired.
It doesn’t take much to figure that out, even without reading the Observer, if a two time holder of the top belt in the company is given both a stupid costume, starts a multi-PPV long jobbing streak in September, only wins out of luck rather than their own ability before that, made to never win a match for four months, jobs to Mark Henry, The Great Khali, and Evan Bourne, and has their Wrestlemania match pulled from the card, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to tell their in the dog house and not just being tested for some push in the future.
OK OK
I apologize for not being bright enough for knowing that Sheamus was in the dog house. I didn’t know why he may be, so I asked. I’ll think better of it in the future.
Jesus Christ.
Every time I post people take it as an insult. I was just answering your question. Don’t take all jokes as personal insults, you’re not hfl2013.
I personally enjoy your post
but you have a unique way to get ppl huffy puffy. I thank more sarcasm font might help ya out
He knows the guy with the bandage on his ass is going no were. Were you going fucking no were
by Elstriko on Feb 13, 2012 10:05 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
The thing about the internet
Is there’s no way to read sarcasm. So I just read your words and your words implied stupidity.
If you’re writing with dripping sarcasm most of the time, I’ll just keep that in mind. Though at least since you said “People take it…” so I know I’m not alone. In the end, I still came out not knowing anything about the incident why Sheamus got in trouble for running from the Nexus. I legit knew nothing about the incident going in.
None of this shit sounds sincere...like he's got a big grin on his face the entire time
and that makes you the markiest of marks.
That's what it sounded like to me too. I think they'll turn one face and have a feud.
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by HeartOfHawkness on Feb 12, 2012 2:03 AM EST up reply actions
the thing with del rio is
you dont really know when hes in character and when hes not, because he often acts the fucking same when hes out of character, aside from the fake millions and luxury cars, i’d say the character is not that different from how del rio is in real life
Or maybe he's just one of the few wrestlers out there
who understands the value of being in character at all times. He’s taking a page out of JBL’s book.
So let me get this straight: A second generation luchador and nephew of one of the greatest names in Mexico might understand the value of being in character?
You’re shitting me.
I don’t blame Del Rio for not liking the Miz. Imagine being steeped in the tradition, becoming an amateur wrestler who places about the top in nearly any big competition you’re in, and then compete in MMA in Japan, only to have someone who’s never paid his dues and acts like King Shit get promoted as being better and headlining the company’s biggest event.
The guy has broken someone’s arm with a belly to belly suplex, and got KO’d by Cro Cop, and still came back and choked out five guys. Out of all the guys on Vince’s roster, that’s the guy I’d be afraid of. He’s legit been ko’d by one of the best kick guys in the business and didn’t quit.
One of the other things you can say about the guy is that even in his wins, he almost always sold and made the other guy look good. I can’t think of a single match where he sandbagged or made someone look bad. That’s respect.
At the end of the day, you can call him unprofessional, but you would at least trust him to catch your ass if you needed him to, because he understands the business better than someone who only watched the business on TV and said “Hey, I can do that.”
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"But he's just like a little girl"?
I can’t imagine anyone saying any of that with a straight face. I can hear the grin in del Rio’s voice. To me it just sounds like a guy ragging on his buddy. But it could be purposeful, i.e., leading to a Miz/del Rio feud. A propos of Miz getting potatoed (as Geno mentioned), could someone please gif that moment of Sheamus pounding the hell out of Miz’s chest? In my book, it’s the only worthwhile thing he’s done.
Here's one.
Forget it Donny, you're out of your element.
by Geno Mrosko on Feb 12, 2012 3:41 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
LOL
something…something…government mule.
#HustleLoyaltyVagisil
by TheAngryApe on Feb 12, 2012 11:03 AM EST up reply actions
Thanks!
Somehow it really brings out The Miz’s Ken doll legs.
by joliemadchen on Feb 12, 2012 11:45 AM EST up reply actions
This all sounds very tongue in cheek to me.
Still hilarious though.
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