The Miz
Michael Gregory Mizanin (born October 8, 1980) is an American professional wrestler, reality television star, and actor. He currently competes for the WWE, where he wrestles under the ring name The Miz. Before joining the WWE, The Miz was a cast member on MTV's The Real World: Back to New York and its spinoff series, Real World/Road Rules Challenge.[3] He was also the first runner-up during the fourth season of WWE's Tough Enough.
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Born | Michael Gregory Mizanin October 8, 1980 Parma, Ohio, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
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Years active | 2001–present | ||||||||||||||
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The Miz is a two-time WWE Champion, eight-time Intercontinental Champion, two-time United States Champion, four-time WWE Tag Team Champion with John Morrison, Big Show, John Cena and Damien Mizdow, two-time World Tag Team Champion with John Morrison and Big Show, Raw's Mr. Money in the Bank in 2010, two-time Slammy Award winner, the 25th Triple Crown Champion and fifth Grand Slam Champion.
Championships
- Deep South Wrestling
- DSW Heavyweight Championship (one time)
- Ohio Valley Wrestling
- OVW Southern Tag Team Championship (one time) (with Chris Cage)
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI Most Hated Wrestler of the Year (2011)
- He was ranked #1 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the "PWI 500" in 2011.
- World Wrestling Entertainment/WWE
- WWE Championship (two time)
- WWE Intercontinental Championship (eight times)
- WWE United States Championship (two times)
- WWE Tag Team Championship (four times) (with John Morrison (1), Big Show (1), John Cena (1), Damien Mizdow)
- World Tag Team Championship (two times) (with John Morrison (1) and Big Show (1))
- Money in the Bank (2010)
- Slammy Award for Best WWE.com Exclusive in 2008 (with John Morrison)
- Slammy Award for Tag Team of the Year in 2008 (with John Morrison)
- Fifth Grand Slam Champion (two-time under the 2015 format,[4] overall he's 14-time)
- 25th Triple Crown Champion
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- Most Improved Wrestler (2008, 2009)
- Tag Team of the Year (2008)
The Miz Media
From 2007 to 2009, The Miz spent the majority of that time as either WWE or World Tag Team Champion, teaming with John Morrison
After his split from Morrison, Miz's first singles feud was against John Cena
The Miz as United States Champion and Money in the Bank contract holder in August 2010. Miz would later cash in his Money in the Bank contract to win the WWE Championship
The Miz (right) successfully defended the WWE Championship in the main event of WrestleMania XXVII in April 2011
In 2011, Miz was involved in a short-lived tag team with R-Truth (right) known as The Awesome Truth
In June 2014, The Miz adopted a movie star persona, bringing in Damien Sandow as his "stunt double" (known as Damien Mizdow)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "The Miz Bio". WWE. Archived from the original on May 29, 2016. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
- ↑ "The Miz". Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Archived from the original on April 29, 2015. Retrieved January 3, 2008.
- ↑ "'The Miz' goes from 'Real World' to WWE champ". ESPN. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
- ↑ "The Miz becomes first two-time Grand Slam Champion in WWE history". WWE. Retrieved September 17, 2023.