Nemeth agreed that titles can feel like props, but that they can be elevated to feel like something more with the use of emotion, or even tears. Nemeth then delved into that subject a little more, explaining how the right use of crying or emotion in a title victory can help, using his feud with The Miz over the WWE Intercontinental Championship as an example.

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“I think something when it’s happened once in a while, and it’s special, much like [it was when] I said I had tears in my eyes when…I was putting my career on the line [against The Miz] and I was assuming I was leaving WWE and my career forever, and I had some genuine, felt, pent-up emotion there,” Nemeth said. “And that was a one-time thing.

“Now, had we addressed it three weeks and I cried all three weeks, it would’ve felt forced. It would’ve felt like I was faking it. Like ‘Guys, it’s my last couple of weeks. Shouldn’t I be in tears? Isn’t this is a big deal?’ So we didn’t do it that way. The one time that emotion got the most of me, was [when] I announced ‘I’ll put my career on the line. Let’s do it. I don’t give a damn. I don’t have any other options.’ And holy s**t, you do it one time, and everybody talks about it.”

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