The Miz
Miz as WWE Champion at Tribute to the Troops 2010.
Michael " Mike" Gregory Mizanin ( born October 8, 1980 in Parma, Ohio ) is an American professional wrestler, actor and former reality television actor. Currently in WWE he performs under the ring name The Miz.
His biggest success is winning the WWE Championship. Since February 2013 Mizanin is engaged to former WWE Diva Maryse Ouellet.
- 2.1 Title
- 2.2 Awards
Career
His first TV appearances was Mike Mizanin in 2001 as one of seven participants in the U.S. show "The Real World: Back to New York," where he remained for four seasons long. He then had appearances in the television shows " The Gauntlet ," "The Inferno ," "Battle of the Network Reality Stars."
In 2013 he took over the lead role in the action film The Marine 3: Homefront. In the same year, he starred in the action-comedy Christmas Bounty was also granted.
Mizanin had his wrestling debut in 2003 when he took up at Ultimate Pro Wrestling. In October 2004, he took part in the fourth season of WWE Tough Enough casting show. Mizanin reached the finals, but eventually it lost to Daniel Puder. Due to its ( the part of the WWE as well -assessed ) Skills Vince McMahon offered him a development contract in WWE, took the Mizanin. Mizanin entered first as Mike Mizanin later under its current ring name The Miz in the development promotion Deep South Wrestling, where he is with the DSW Heavyweight Championship won his first title in December 2005.
From January 2006, Mizanin joined Ohio Valley Wrestling, another WWE developmental promotion, at. There he was given his own interview segment called Miz TV and won as a team with Chris Cage the OVW Tag Team titles.
WWE
SmackDown! and ECW
In April 2006, Mizanin made his debut in WWE's main show Smackdown, where he first appeared only in meaningless matches. In the line-up change on 17 June 2007, he was then sent to ECW. On 16 November 2007 he was awarded the WWE Tag Team Championship from Matt Hardy and MVP in the team of John Morrison. In the big event Great American Bash on July 20, 2008, she had the title in a Fatal Four Way Tag Team Match Zack Ryder and Curt Hawkins leave, while Jesse & Festus and Finlay & Hornswoggle were involved. On 13 December 2008 a house show was allowed Mike Mizanin get the World Tag Team Championship from CM Punk and Kofi Kingston with John Morrison.
On the official WWE website Mike Mizanin and John Morrison had a kind of comedy talk show, The Dirt Sheet, for which both a Slammy Award received.
RAW
On April 13, 2009 Mizanin was transferred as a result of the WWE Draft on Monday broadcast Monday Night RAW, and then the team with Morrison broke. On 5 October 2009, he won there the WWE United States Championship from Kofi Kingston. In the big event WWE Bragging Rights on October 25, 2009, Mike Mizanin his former tag team partner John Morrison defeat in a match.
On February 8, 2010, he could win and Big Show in a Triple Threat tag team match against the previous champions D-Generation X ( Triple H & Shawn Michaels) as well as against CM Punk & Luke Gallows the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship.
In the first NXT season he stood since February 23, 2010 Daniel Bryan as a mentor and supervised excrete these up to its.
On 26 April 2010 Mizanin and Wight had their titles to The Hart Dynasty (David Hart Smith & Tyson Kidd ) leave in the wake of a new storyline, which led to the simultaneous dissolution of the tag teams.
In the RAW output on 17 May 2010 Mike Mizanin had to surrender his United States Championship to Bret Hart in Canada then. On 15 June 2010 he was allowed to secure this title in a Fatal Four Way Match for the against the reigning champion to date, R-Truth, Zack Ryder and John Morrison for the second time, before the title at Night of Champions Daniel Bryan had to give. In the second NXT season he oversaw the later third placed Alex Riley, who accompanied him to his later matches.
On 19 July 2010 Mizanin was allowed to win the Money in the Bank ladder match against Randy Orton, Edge, Chris Jericho, Evan Bourne, Mark Henry, Ted DiBiase and John Morrison, which in the RAW output of 22 November 2010 on winning led WWE Championship over Randy Orton.
On 21 February 2011, he won with John Cena WWE Tag Team Champion Heath Slater and Justin Gabriel. They lost the title but a few moments later in a re-match. The WWE Title gave Mizanin at the PPV Extreme Rules 2011 on 1 May 2011 to John Cena in a Steel Cage Match from, in which John Morrison was involved.
In the RAW output of 23 May 2011, Mizanin separated from his protégé Alex Riley, against whom he feuded thereafter. From 22 August to 21 November 2011, he formed an alliance with R -Truth as The Awesome Truth.
In the 1000th edition of RAW July 23, 2012 Mizanin first won the WWE Intercontinental Championship by Christian. He held the title until October 16, 2012, when he lost it in the record to the main event to Kofi Kingston. He won the title again in the course of the pre-show to Wrestlemania XXIX on April 7, 2013 Wade Barrett, but the Rematch, and thus the title went back a day later on RAW to the Englishman.
Achievements
Title
- WWE 1x WWE Championship
- 2x WWE Intercontinental Championship
- 2x WWE United States Championship
- 3x WWE Tag Team Championship 1x with John Morrison, Big Show & John Cena
- 2x World Tag Team Championship 1x with John Morrison & Big Show (as ShoMiz )
- Deep South Wrestling 1x DSW Heavyweight Champion
- Ohio Valley Wrestling 1x OVW Southern Tag Team Championship with Chris Cage
Awards
- WWE 1x Winner of the RAW Money in the Bank Ladder Match 2010
- 21 Triple Crown Champion in July 2012