Surprise... there will be no Surprise.

[D.J]

OOC: Hey Guys hope you like this! I'm off to Money in the Bank! Look for me on TV! Good luck to my opponents

And just like that, The Miz run of momentum was halted in the blink of an eye by Chris Sabin. The Miz was bounced from the KOTR tournament, but would still be a part of the card, as the self proclaimed "Awesome One" would be defending his Intercontinental Championship in a Triple Threat ladder match between Syxx and Bad News Barrett. The Miz was no stranger to Ladder Matches as he had won 3 of them over the past few months. In order to remain the reigning Intercontinental Champion, he would have to find a way to win another on Sunday Night.

The scene opened up in a formal room, one that we had seen before on EBWF Programming, and sitting in front of the camera were two very familiar faces. One, was doinng a black EBWF Long Sleeve Button Up Shirt and a Black Cowboy hat, I'm talking of course about longtime EBWF broadcaster, Jim Ross. The Other wore a Blue suit with a white undershirt and matching blue tie. His hair was slicked all the way around and he had the EBWF Intercontinental Championship over his shoulder, Jim's guest for this interview was none other than The Miz. Without much hesitation from Ross, the segment began.

Jim Ross: Hello ladies and gentlemen, my name is Jim Ross, and the man next to me, is EBWF Intercontinental Champion, The Miz. Miz how are you?

The Miz thought for a second before he answered.

The Miz: I've been better Jim.

Jim Ross: I'll bet. It was definitely a tough loss for you to Chris Sabin this past Monday Night. I know you had your sights set on winning the King of the Ring.

The Miz: It's one of those things Jim, that when you have accomplished as much as I have, you have a check list to stay hungry. You never want to get content with the things you've done, and you need to stay goal oriented. King of the Ring is one of those things I've always had a desire to win, and plus right now I wanted it more than ever due to the fact that it's been awhile since I've been the EBWF Champion. It's something I think about Jim.. daily.. and it pisses me off that I let it slip through my fingers again this past Monday when I lost to Chris Sabin.

Jim nodded.

Jim Ross: Right Miz, but it's in your best interest to have a short memory here, because just 6 days since the loss you will be defending your Intercontinental Championship in a triple threat ladder match vs. Syxx and Bad News Barrett.

The Miz looked at Jim and didn't speak right away. Finally after a couple beats he responded.

The Miz: I know, Jim. Normally I'd sit here and I'd say how much I'm not worried, and what a joke both of these opponents will be, but I'm not going to do it. The fact of the matter is, I have seen this happen to me before in my career. I get hot, and I streak for awhile and it looks like I'm going to reach the pinnacle once more, only to have a loss, like the one I suffered on Monday, bring it all crashing down. The fact is Jim, I am taking this Sunday's ladder match about as serious as any match I've ever had in my life. Are Syxx and Bad News Barrett good competitors? No. Of course they aren't, but that doesn't mean they should be taken lightly. If my loss to Chris Sabin showed me anything it's that anything can happen on any given day. Someone once told me that even a blind squirrel can find a nut every once and awhile, and considering Syxx is about 80 years old, I literally may be facing a blind squirrel so I know I have to keep my guard up, assuming that there is any truth to that statement.

The Miz smirked at the first light moment of this interview. Ross had a slight smile as well.

The Miz: The fact is Jim, sometimes I get caught up in the things I don't have and the things I want, because I am a very goal oriented competitor, it is the reason why I have been as successful in this business as I have, but it also causes me to lose sight of the things that I do have. I am the reigning EBWF Intercontinental Champion, and this Sunday there is going to be two guys who are going to want nothing more than to make sure that's not the case come Monday morning. So if I'm going to mope about the fact that I didn't win King of the Ring, that I might as well just hand my title over to Bad News Barrett right now.

Jim Ross: What about Syxx?

The Miz laughed.

The Miz: No, I mean Syxx isn't winning Jim, be serious.

Jim Ross: I thought you weren't underestimating anyone?

The Miz: It's freaking Syxx though, Jim. I mean I want to be reflective and take every threat to my title as a grave one, but Syxx, come on, really? Look the fact is, all jokes aside, the Intercontinental Championship means a lot to me, hell it means everything to me, it's what I got, it's who I am. So I mean even though I'm facing a dwarf that smells constantly of Jack Daniels, and a guy who can't get noticed without a 29 foot high podium, my mind is definitely hell bent on showing just why, I SHOULDN'T be taking this two seriously, even though I am. The Miz is a name that people know mean something, they know that I am for real. The only thing that doesn't seem real is that these are the two guys that the EBWF has chosen worthy of a shot at this Intercontinental Title. I mean let's start with Syxx, honestly the cheap one liners aside, what is this guy doing here still? There's no punchline, I really want to know. Time and time again they throw this guy into every match you can think of as if they almost forget to book him. They are all like looking at the card, and they feel good about it, and then all of a sudden someone is like "CRAP!" and some other guy is like "WHAT?!" Then the first guy is like "We forgot Syxx again." Then he appears in the Intercontinental Title ladder at match at King of the Ring. Sense? It makes none, but regardless I plan on continuing to prove why those people are constantly forgetting him. The fact is Jim, the guy is forgettable, he hasn't been relevant since he was smashing his groin with his hands and telling other men to 'suck it.' I don't know what he'll say this week about this match, I don't know what he'll say about me, but this guy has fallen off one two many bucking bronco's if he thinks he's going to take this off my shoulder. The fact is Jim, he couldn't even lift this belt let alone wear it. He'd tip over. Is that what we really want an Intercontinental Champion who were always worried won't compete because he's going to tip over from the weight of the belt and not be able to stand back up?

Jim Ross: Well I..

The Miz cut him off.

The Miz: Of course it's not Jim, no need to respond, the answer is no. Think about something for a second Jim. Someday we are only going to just be a memory. I mean look at you, you are every bit as recognizable as someone like me when it comes to this company. You are the voice of wrestling, but someday even you are going to have to call it quits. Some day someone else will be "Bah Gawding" over there at the announce table, maybe not to the level that you are at, but they are going to be trying. Now imagine you have a tough time accepting it. Imagine you absolutely lose your mind and you're trying to announce at 85 years old, because you've spent all your hard earned money on booze and anger management classes. Now you're basically the Syxx of announcers. Wouldn't you want someone to put you out of your misery? Wouldn't you want someone to put a stop to the madness?

Jim Ross: I suppose I would.

The Miz: Of course you would! That's what I'm going to do to Syxx this Sunday Night. I'm going to put him, hell I'm going to put all of us out of our misery. Syxx wants me to do this, he needs me to do this. He needs me to beat him to the point where they put him in a padded cell and give him apple juice, he needs me to beat him to the point where wrestling is long in the past, to the point where wrestling is a distant memory, just like he should have been before he came back for the 975th time.

Jim Ross: One would argue he is one of the most influential successful superstars in this companies history though Miz. Don't you think you're downplaying his ability a little?

The Miz: Look I'm not downplaying anything Jim. I'm just saying what everyone is really thinking. I mean Syxx comes out and he yells at us like we all need hearing aids. He cusses he spits, he really just shows us how hardcore he is by packing as many gross bodily functions into one segment as he possibly can. This is entertainment, according to Syxx. Then he gets into the ring, and yeah he throws a spin kick in, yeah he does some more spitting, he thrusts his crotch into helpless guys.

Jim Ross: Easy Miz.

The Miz: Alright, but just forgive me if I'm not in the line to give this guy a stitch of credit more than he deserves. I recognize that he's done more in this company than someone like him should ever do. He may be many things, but an idiot isn't one of them. He's aligned himself with the right people all throughout his career, and he's made more of a name for himself than he probably ever should have. I'm just saying, he's like when you write your name on a driveway in chalk. In time it fades, and no matter how much you swear "I wrote my name right here." Eventually you can't see it anymore, that's just how it works. Syxx name in chalk has faded, and after Sunday Night, he's not even going to be around anymore to "swear" that he wrote his name on the driveway that is this company.

Jim nodded, sensing that Miz had said all he needed to say about Syxx, so he quickly changed the subject.

Jim Ross: What about Bad News Barrett? He is on the otherside of the spectrum isn't he, Miz? A newcomer who unlike Syxx has not made a name for himself just yet. How do you see this hunger playing into the match tonight?

The Miz: I mean if Bad News Barrett is hungry, he should have himself a jolly good hamburger, because no hunger, no desire is going to help him become the Intercontinental Championship on Sunday, and if he thinks it will.. well then.. I'm afraid I'VE GOT SOME BAD NEWS. You see Wade.. or Bad.. whatever your first name is.. there are some guys

The Miz pointed to himself

The Miz: That just have it, and other guys.

He pointed to the camera basically directly to BNB.

The Miz: That don't, and you "mate" are just someone that doesn't have it. You can be a "brawler" you can put on your little elbow pad that somehow makes a forearm strike a match ending manuver, or you can have a gimmick that makes people chuckle, but in the end Barrett we aren't laughing with you, we are ALL laughing at you. That cape you wear when you're walking out could be Superman himself's cape, and it's still not going to help you win on Sunday. Hell you could keep the cape on during the match and have the ability to fly, and even though the match is a ladder match, and you'd think flying would help your cause significantly, you STILL wouldn't win the match, because Barrett, I am in this match, and there will never be a match in which you and I are both in, that you win.. because as the great Ricky Bobby once said.. "if you win.. how.. how am I gonna win?" And Barrett I am going to win. I am walking out of King of the Ring with this bad boy on my shoulder, no way around it. Good news for me, bad news for you. Be. Jealous.

The Miz smirked.

Jim Ross: Miz any final comments before we let you go?

The Miz: Jim, it's been a pleasure to sit with you here today. I really needed a chance to get things off my chest. When it comes to this match on Sunday, everything in the world is going to make sense again. This past week when Chris Sabin defeated me, things got weird all over the place. Hell got a little bit colder, Syxx got a little bit taller, Michael Cole got laid. However after Sunday, Hell is going to be ridiculously hot, Syxx is going to seem just as tiny as ever, and Michael Cole's little Mike is going to be as flacid and as unused as ever.. and I am STILL going to be the Intercontinental Champion of the EBWF. Unexpected things happen in this business, and last Warfare was just as good as an example as any, but they don't usually come in two's and King of the Ring will prove that. I am on another level, I am the next level the level that neither Syxx nor Bad News Barrett are ready to be on. Jim, I don't like surprises especially when that surprise is me losing.. so this Sunday I'm telling you and the rest of my Mizfits to NOT be surprised when I beat the living hell out of these two jamoaks I'm facing and to NOT be surprised when I climb that ladder and retain MY title.. but I don't have to tell them or you that Jim, because YOU ALL WILL NOT BE SURPRISED.. and the reason for that Jim is because I'm The Miz... and I'm... AWESOME!

The Miz winked into the camera.

Jim Ross: Well there you have it! Thanks for your time Miz.

The Miz: My pleasure.

The two men shook hands and that brought the interview to a close as the scene faded to black.