Jim Ross Praises The Miz For His Talking Smack Promo, Charlotte And Corey Graves Tell A Story

Current Intercontinental Champion The Miz got a lot of people talking on Tuesday night when he cut an intense promo on Daniel Bryan during Talking Smack. WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross recently shared his thoughts on the promo on his blog, and you can check out the full entry here along with a quote below.

“@mikethemiz created a buzz in social media circles after his reality based, organic sounding promo that Miz aggressively executed on ‘Talking Smack’ on the WWE Network after Smackdown Live went off the air Tuesday night. MIz’ promo represented his best work IMO in a long while as he seemingly expressed himself from his heart and not from his memory. Few wrestlers in today’s marketplace are truly accomplished in being able to have a quick turnaround upon once receiving their promo copy, memorizing it, and then being able to deliver the copy in a real, authentic manner when it counts and that’s on live, TV. The “I’m Not Working You” feel of any pro wrestling promo always resonates infinitely more than does a memorized promo that sounds as if it is being recited from pure memory without true, motion behind it.

All promotions should consider putting more confidence in their own talents to let them create a large portion of their own promos but with the help of a producer who also realizes that less is truly more when it comes to the heavily scripting of promos and inadvertently producing the personality out of these verbal adventures.”

WWE has released a new Superstar Ink video which features Corey Grave and current WWE Women’s Champion Charlotte sharing a story about how they created their own secret handshake, which can be viewed below.