The miz and riley 10 points?

I think that taking the belt from Miz was a mistake. He's the perfect candidate for the classic Ric Flair storyline. Where Ric, the cocky arrogant and hated champ would lose to a plucky challenger in a tag or non-title match. This would show the fans that the hated heel champion *could* lose to the challenger. But when the big PPV title match comes up Flair (or in this case Miz) would win by the skin of his teeth. The result was the challenger now has credibility (he beat the champ in the non-title match and almost beat the champ for the belt) and the hate champ keeps the belt, and they line up the next opponent, rinse and repeat. I think such an arrangement would help in making new stars and also keep a lot of heat on Miz. It would be folly putting Riley over Miz at this point. Riley isn't totally over yet (Miz is) and Miz is far more marketable at this point than Riley is.