Michael Gregory Mike Mizanin who is best known as his ring name The Miz is multi-talented personality. He is professional American professional wrestler, reality television star, media personality and occasional actor. In his illustrious career he won almost all WWE title which includes WWE Championship, Intercontinental Championship, Tag Team Championship and US Championship.
In 2006 when he signed contract with WWE he became the host of WWE Diva Search and also started his career as professional wrestler. His personal moves are Mizard of Oz, Reality Check and Skull Crushing Finale. The Miz was born on 8 October 1980 in Parma Ohio. From his childhood he is good sportsman who played basketball and also participated in swimming.
Initially starting out as the host of the WWE Diva Search, The Miz began making an impact with a controversial undefeated streak and interviewed wrestlers in a controversial talk show called Miz TV. Miz was a spike-haired guy who would flirt with girls especially ECW's dance troupe Extreme Expose and call himself the Chick Magnet. Miz's career rose as a competitor by forming a tag team with John Morrison that dominated WWE's tag team division from 2007 to 2009 until Miz turned on Morrison to break the tag team and move on to singles success. He experienced greater success with a rivalry against John Cena and changed himself from the Chick Magnet to the Awesome One. He would go on to win numerous singles championships including the sports-entertainment's most prestigious reward, the WWE Championship and elevate his status as a main event competitor. He has competed in numerous tag teams and is also responsible for ending the career of his former tag team partner John Morrison.
World Wrestling Entertainment (2004)
After starting his professional wrestling career in Ultimate Pro Wrestling (UPW), Mike Mizanin debuted in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as a competitor of Tough Enough IV, a reality competition with the winner earning a WWE contract. The contest took place on WWE's SmackDown! brand. On October 21 edition of SmackDown!, Mizanin debuted on WWE television as one of the eight finalists of Tough Enough in the first segment of Tough Enough IV. Mizanin failed to win the competition but signed a contract with WWE's developmental territory Deep South Wrestling (DSW).
SmackDown! (2006 - 2007)
After competing in WWE's developmental territories including DSW and Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), Mike Mizanin signed a WWE contract in March 2006 and was assigned to the SmackDown! brand. Mizanin debuted on WWE television on April 21 edition of SmackDown! under the ring name The Miz. He tried to crash JBL's Great American party but his debut was cancelled by the network executive Palmer Cannon. Miz made his debut on June 2 edition of SmackDown!. He became the host of SmackDown!. He would handle hosting duties like introducing matches and hosting the 2006 Diva Search competition.
Layla won the Diva Search competition and Miz began pursuing her affections but failed in achieving so. On September 1 edition of SmackDown!, Miz competed in his first WWE match. He cheated to defeat Tatanka and established himself as a heel. Miz began an undefeated streak as he would win matches by cheating. Miz formed an alliance with Kristal to feud with Layla after Layla rejected his advances. During his alliance with Kristal, Miz began a rivalry with Boogeyman, which culminated in a match between the two at Armageddon, which Boogeyman won, thus ending Miz's undefeated streak.
On January 26, 2007 edition of SmackDown!, Miz participated in a Battle Royal against Chris Benoit, Kane, King Booker, Finlay and Montel Vontavious Porter. He was eliminated by Finlay. The match ended in a no contest when Undertaker interfered and eliminated all the participants. At Royal Rumble, Miz competed in his first pay-per-view match as he participated in his first Royal Rumble match as the #29 entrant. He lasted seven seconds until he was eliminated by The Great Khali.
CW (2007 - 2009)
After being drafted to the ECW roster, Miz competed in his first match as part of the ECW roster on July 10, defeating Nunzio. ECW's dance troupe Extreme Expose became interested in Miz and they began accompanying Miz during his matches. Miz began a rivalry with Balls Mahoney as Extreme Expose member Kelly Kelly began falling in love with Mahoney. She tried to go on a date with Mahoney but Miz prevented her from doing so as he owned the contracts of Extreme Expose. This would end up in Kelly leaving Extreme Expose.
At Cyber Sunday, Miz unsuccessfully challenged CM Punk for the ECW Championship. On October 30 edition of ECW, Miz lost to Morrison to determine the #1 contender for the championship. Miz and Morrison began a rivalry with each other for the championship. On November 16 (taped November 13) edition of ECW, John Morrison and Miz defeated Montel Vontavious Porter and Matt Hardy to win the WWE Tag Team Championship. Morrison and Miz were both rivals of each other but managed to team up to get the victory. At Survivor Series, Miz competed against CM Punk and John Morrison in a Triple Threat match for the ECW Championship. Punk won the match. Morrison and Miz established themselves as a top tag team by retaining the WWE Tag Team Championship against several tag teams on SmackDown! and ECW.
Entering 2008, Miz participated in a Battle Royal on January 22 edition of ECW. He was eliminated by Kane. Shelton Benjamin won the Battle Royal. At Royal Rumble, Miz participated in the 2008 Royal Rumble match as the #16 entrant. He lasted thirteen minutes until he was eliminated by Hornswoggle. In February 2008, John Morrison and Miz started a live webshow on WWE.com called The Dirt Sheet, in which they sat in a Hollywood-based set and mocked WWE wrestlers and tag teams through different get-ups and mannerisms. On March 14 edition of SmackDown!, Miz lost to John Morrison in a qualification match for the Money in the Bank Ladder match.
At the pre-Show of WrestleMania XXIV, Miz participated in a Battle Royal to determine the #1 contender for the ECW Championship. He was eliminated by Jamie Noble. Kane won the Battle Royal. At Judgment Day, John Morrison and Miz successfully defended the WWE Tag Team Championship against Kane and CM Punk. On June 10 edition of ECW, Morrison and Miz successfully defended the championship against Kane and Punk in a rematch. On June 23 edition of Raw, Miz participated in a Draft Pick Battle Royal as a member of Team ECW, consisting of Matt Hardy, John Morrison, Chavo Guerrero and Shelton Benjamin. He was eliminated by Batista. Edge won the Battle Royal.
At December 13 house show, John Morrison and Miz defeated CM Punk and Kofi Kingston to win the World Tag Team Championship. At Tribute to the Troops, John "Bradshaw" Layfield, John Morrison and Miz lost to Jeff Hardy, CM Punk and R-Truth in a six-man tag team match. Entering 2009, Miz participated in the 2009 Royal Rumble match as the #13 entrant. He lasted one minute until he was eliminated by Triple H. Randy Orton won the Royal Rumble. On February 23 edition of Raw, Miz competed against CM Punk and John Morrison in a Triple Threat match to qualify for Money in the Bank Ladder match. Punk won the match.
John Morrison and Miz began pursuing the affection of Bella Twins, which resulted in a rivalry against Carlito and Primo, which resulted in Brie Bella siding with Carlito and Primo and Nikki Bella siding with Morrison and Miz. At the pre-show of WrestleMania XXV, Morrison and Miz competed against Carlito and Primo for Carlito and Primo's WWE Tag Team Championship and Morrison and Miz's World Tag Team Championship in a Title Unification Lumberjack match. Carlito and Primo won to unify both championships. Morrison and Miz's reign ended at 113 days. On April 6 edition of Raw, Morrison and Miz unsuccessfully challenged Carlito and Primo for the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship in a Lumberjack match.
On April 13 edition of Raw, Miz's partnership with John Morrison ended when Morrison accidentally cost Miz, a match against Kofi Kingston, which resulted in Miz being drafted to the Raw brand, thus separating the two. However, Miz turned on Morrison by attacking him and ending their friendship.
After being drafted to the Raw brand, Miz began his career as a singles competitor and began elevating his status. He began a rivalry with John Cena on the basis that he was unable to wrestle a proper match against Cena and proclaimed himself undefeated against Cena. On June 15 edition of Raw, Miz participated in a Battle Royal to determine the #1 contender for the WWE Championship at The Bash. Miz was eliminated by John Cena and Triple H. Triple H won the Battle Royal. At The Bash, Miz lost to Cena. The following night, on June 29 edition of Raw, Miz participated in a Night of Champions Tournament to determine the #1 contender for the WWE Championship at Night of Champions. Miz lost to John Cena in the semi-final round to end the rivalry.
Miz began pursuing the affections of Maryse and began an affair with her. At Night of Champions, Miz competed against Kofi Kingston, MVP, Carlito, Primo and Jack Swagger in a Six-Pack Challenge for the WWE United States Championship. Kingston retained the championship. On August 3 edition of Raw, Miz lost to John Cena in a Lumberjack match, which resulted in Miz being banned from Raw and SummerSlam as ordered by the Raw guest hosts Dr. Ken and Jeremy Piven. The following week, on August 10 edition of Raw, Miz dressed as Calgary Kid and defeated Eugene in a Contract on a Pole match to earn a WWE contract. After the match, Calgary Kid unmasked himself revealing to be Miz and debuted a new finisher, Skull Crushing Finale by delivering it to Eugene.
At Elimination Chamber, Miz competed against CM Punk, Chris Jericho, Kofi Kingston, Dolph Ziggler and R-Truth in the Raw Elimination Chamber for the WWE Championship. Punk retained the championship. At WrestleMania XXVIII, Miz was on David Otunga's Team Johnny, consisting of Mark Henry, Drew McIntyre and American Perfection against Santino Marella's Team Teddy, consisting of Booker T, The Great Khali, Kofi Kingston, R-Truth and Zack Ryder to determine the General Manager of both Raw and SmackDown!. Team Johnny defeated Team Teddy after Eve distracted Ryder, allowing Miz to pin Ryder. As a result of Team Johnny won, John Laurinaitis became the General Manager of both brands.
At the pre-show of Extreme Rules, Miz unsuccessfully challenged Santino Marella for the WWE United States Championship. At Over the Limit, Miz participated in a Battle Royal with the winner earning a WWE Intercontinental Championship or WWE United States Championship match of his choice. Miz was eliminated by Christian for the win. Miz disappeared from WWE television.
At Money in the Bank, Miz made a surprise return to WWE television, competing against John Cena, Chris Jericho, Big Show and Kane in the 2012 WWE Championship Money in the Bank Ladder match. On July 23 edition of Raw, Miz defeated Christian to win the WWE Intercontinental Championship, upsetting Christian to win the championship. At SummerSlam, Miz successfully defended the championship against Rey Mysterio. At Night of Champions, Miz defeated Rey Mysterio, Cody Rhodes and Sin Cara in a Fatal Four-Way to retain the championship.
On October 17 (taped October 16) edition of Main Event, Miz lost the WWE Intercontinental Championship to Kofi Kingston. Miz's reign ended at 85 days. At Hell in a Cell, Miz unsuccessfully challenged Kingston for the championship. On November 6 edition of SmackDown!, Miz turned babyface by offering a handshake to Kingston after losing a championship match to Kingston. At Survivor Series, Miz was on Team Foley, consisting of Kofi Kingston, Randy Orton and Team Hell No against Dolph Ziggler's Team Ziggler, consisting of Alberto Del Rio, Wade Barrett, David Otunga and Damien Sandow in a Survivor Series match. Miz was eliminated by ADR. Team Ziggler won. Ziggler survived the match.
At TLC, Alberto Del Rio, Miz and Brooklyn Brawler defeated 3MB in a six-man tag team match. On December 17 edition of Raw, ADR, Miz and Tommy Dreamer defeated 3MB. Entering 2013, Miz began feuding with Antonio Cesaro for the WWE United States Championship. On January 14 edition of Raw, Miz was honored by Ric Flair to use Flair's Figure Four Leglock on Cesaro, leading to Miz using it as his new submission maneuver. At the pre-show of Royal Rumble, Miz unsuccessfully challenged Cesaro for the championship. At Royal Rumble, Miz participated in the 2013 Royal Rumble match as the #28 entrant. He lasted five minutes until he was eliminated by Ryback. John Cena won the Royal Rumble.
At Elimination Chamber, Miz unsuccessfully challenged Antonio Cesaro for the WWE United States Championship by disqualification. The following night, on February 18 edition of Raw, Miz defeated Cesaro in a No Disqualification match. On March 1 edition of SmackDown!, Cesaro defeated Miz in a Two out of Three Falls match to retain the WWE United States Championship and end the rivalry. At the pre-show of WrestleMania 29, Miz defeated Wade Barrett to win his second WWE Intercontinental Championship. On April 8 edition of Raw, Miz lost the championship back to Barrett. Miz's reign ended at 1 day.
At the pre-show of Extreme Rules, Miz defeated Cody Rhodes. At Payback, Miz competed against Wade Barrett and Curtis Axel in a Triple Threat match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship. Axel won the championship. At Money in the Bank, Miz unsuccessfully challenged Axel for the championship. Shortly after, Miz began short rivalries with Fandango and Randy Orton.
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