The Miz: Winning Matters In WWE, Especially If You’re A Babyface

The Miz discusses the topic of wins and losses mattering in WWE, especially if a babyface talent is the one taking them.

Over the years, fans have debated if wins and losses truly matter in the predetermined sport of professional wrestling, including to how it comes into play for championship matches. Now, a prominent member of the WWE roster has addressed the debate.

While speaking on the latest episode of Insight With Chris Van Vliet, The Miz discussed his attempts at a babyface run over the years, while also discussing how wins do matter in WWE, especially for babyfaces.

“My character doesn’t really work as a babyface, if I’m being honest. It’s a person that can lose, and then the next day, you’ll forget about that loss, because I’ll just cut a promo and just make you believe. But with the babyface, babyfaces can’t really lose a lot. If a babyface loses too much, you lose [appeal]. Everyone always says winning doesn’t matter, winning doesn’t matter. It matters. It really does matter. Especially if you’re a babyface, because in my opinion, if you’re a babyface and I’m a kid out there, my kids always ask me, ‘Did you win? Did you win? Did you win?’ I always have to go, ‘Ah, daddy didn’t win this week. But you know, I’ll get him next week.’ You can only say that so many times to a kid where they’re just like, I want a winner. I want a winner. I want to cheer a winner. People like winners, people like first place, they don’t like second place, they don’t like third place. They want the guy, their guy, and they want their guy to win, so if he doesn’t win… So that’s why I feel like my character, I’m so good at losing and then making you forget about that loss, and then making you believe the next day that I can beat the biggest superstar in the world. I could lose to whoever. Guy comes up from NXT, Je’Von Evans, and beats me. The next day, I can be in the main event. I can go up against John Cena, not anymore, but I go up against your biggest superstar, and I can make you believe I can beat that person, and you will believe that I will beat that person. But as a babyface, it’s a little tougher. It’s been weird these past couple of years, though. I would say this past year has been weird.”

Elsewhere in the same interview, Miz spoke about how he still worries if he’s going to be released when one is announced in the news. You can read more about that here.