Did I Really Just Write a Whole Entry about Pro Wrestling?

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The Miz, one of my two favorite WWE performers -- the other is Edge -- won his very first world title last night by cashing in his guaranteed contract after Randy Orton, the former champion, squeaked out a win over Wade Barrett. It was obvious it was coming based on promos from the past couple weeks, as well as Miz bowing out of an earlier King of the Ring qualifying match, sending out his lackey, Alex Riley, in his place. Then, during the introductions to the main event itself, Barret's stable ambushed Orton while he was on his way to the ring, and Barrett almost won the title himself, so when Orton managed to beat him with ten minutes to go, I was literally waiting for Miz's music to queue up.

I was still pretty excited when it happened, though, and was actually on the edge of my seat for the couple minutes it took him to finish Orton off. There have been a half-dozen Money in the Bank guaranteed contracts over the past few years and every single person who's cashed it in has won, so I was worried Miz would be the first to lose but he won with the Skull Crushing Finale, and earned his very first World Title.

I'm genuinely happy for him as he started out only a few years ago, but he put in a lot of hard work on both his acting and athleticism, and morphed from a reality TV never-was that no one took seriously into a legitimate character and performer that most either love or hate, but few to none are indifferent to; for instance, look at this girl's reaction to him winning. That is some serious hatred.

He's also obviously someone that loves the sport based on what I've heard of him from his Road Rules days. I think of reality TV in much the same way that most of you probably think of pro wrestling, so I never knew who the guy was until he entered WWE, but apparently, he was a huge fanboy and it's nice to see people like that realize their dreams. The WWE title is the most important one in the world of wrestling, so he's won its ultimate prize, and that is ... awesome.

Though really unlikely, I'm keeping my fingers crossed that he'll hold on to it until WrestleMania so I can see him defend the title live.