The Graduate

There comes a time where students leave their education and graduate, and go do their own thing, over the past 2 weeks we have seen the graduation of Alex Riley from being The Miz's apprentice/CEO of corporate relations and to now fly on his own.

When the draft was made and Riley was heading to SmackDown, I was excited for him, as I knew that Alex Riley was ready to go solo, Alex has it all, he is, no pun intended, The Total Package, he can talk on the mic, he has charisma, he is entertaining and importantly, he can wrestle. Let us not forget that Riley is a former FCW Champion, FCW is the development territory for WWE before they get the call up to the big leagues.

Looking at the brawl that Miz and Riley had 2 weeks ago on Raw was more than anyone was expecting, majority of people, myself included, were thinking that it was going to be Miz who turned on Riley for all the screw ups of late, however, WWE decided to give a “Rookie” the opportunity to beat up the previous WWE Champion, and in impressive fashion too, for a beatdown/brawl, this was one of the better ones that WWE has done in quite some time.

Monday's brawl was also cool, because it showed that Alex Riley can fight back from being assaulted and even being called a “Bastard” by Michael Cole of all people. Things are looking up for Alex Riley, he's been given a rock/metal anthem to enter the arena too, and generally when WWE gives major songs to Superstars, they intend to push these guys as far as possible, and in Riley's case, he can be a WWE Champion within 2 years in my opinion, it looks like Riley will meet The Miz at Capitol Punishment, which could be a show stealer that night.

I really hope that Alex Riley does get this push now, and that it lasts after his pending match with The Miz, and that he isn't buried by The Miz and forgotten about once Capitol Punishment is over, but I think that the sky is the limit is for Alex Riley.