Tonight is the night, folks, for Friday Night SmackDown! And as the show began, The Miz made his way out for yet another edition of MizTV. This was to be a fairly prominent one however, as he was reintroducing John Morrison to the WWE universe! He did so only after trying to make an apology to Kofi Kingston for what he did last week, stating it was just a lapse in judgement, the result of a bad day.
However, Morrison took a different tone in sticking up for his friend, attacking the crowd for booing him after he assaulted Kofi Kingston. The New Day made their way out to interrupt this, not buying his apology. After an argument, a very 2008 feeling match was setup. It saw Kofi Kingston face off with the Miz, who had John Morrison in his corner.
You can see an excerpt of my recap of this match below:
He evades a corner charge, Kofi springs from the second rope with a twisting crossbody. Miz cuts off the momentum with a kick to the leg that sets up the Snap DDT for a nearfall. It Kicks, Kofi avoids the last one, wants the SOS, reversed into a Skull Crushing Finale attempt. Kofi counters into a cradle like last week but Miz barely kicks out. Kofi nails the SOS this time for the nearfall! Miz with several charging high knees, Kofi eventually counters one with a Shuriken. Off the top rope, meekly clips the leg in mid-air, figure four leglock. Kofi grabs the bottom rope to stop the match. Miz leaves the ring to get some cheap shots in, Big E confronts him but Morrison gets him with a parkour flip senton over the steps! Kofi is distracted, allowing Miz to slip in beside him for the Skull Crushing Finale for the victory.
Winner: The Miz
The first match of the night, it was pretty standard fare for the most part. But the blast from the past was interesting and it’s cool seeing Morrison again in general. Ultimately, Miz got the dirty victory and it looks like Miz & Morrison will be challenging the New Day for their tag titles in the near future.
