Miz Shocks Orton (2010)

The Miz’s Money in the Bank cash-in is criminally underrated, just like his wrestling career.

It began with John Cena (notice a pattern here?) getting fired from the WWE on Raw due to his failure to secure a title victory for Wade Barrett against champion Randy Orton the night before. Barrett was granted a rematch, and as “The Viper” made his way to the ring, the Nexus jumped him, badly injuring his knee.

Still, the match went on as scheduled, and as Barrett closed in on a win, Cena returned to interfere, and a hobbled Orton hit Barrett with an RKO to retain.

Night over. All is good in the world. Right? Wrong.

Shortly after commentator Jerry “The King” Lawler remarked, “Awesome, awesome,” on Randy Orton’s heroic title defense, The Awesome One’s music hit and he cashed in his briefcase, much to the chagrin of the WWE Universe. Miz targeted Randy’s knee and pulled off one of the smoothest finisher reversals you’ll ever see, countering an attempted RKO into a silky Skull-Crushing Finale.

The storytelling beats in just one evening amounted to an electrifying, heat-generating cash-in. The look on “Angry Miz Girl’s” face said it all.