Michael Gregory Mizanin 

(born October 8, 1980) is an American professional wrestler, actor,

and media personality. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under
the ring name The Miz.
Mizanin first gained fame as a reality television participant, appearing on The Real World: Back to
New York in 2001 and its spin-off, Real World/Road Rules Challenge, from 2002 to 2005. He
won Battle of the Seasons and The Inferno II. He reached the final of Battle of the Network Reality
Stars, and won a Reality Stars-themed episode of Fear Factor in 2006. After finishing as runner-up
in the fourth season of Tough Enough and subsequently launching his wrestling career, Mizanin
appeared on Diva Search, Total Divas, Tough Enough, and hosted several seasons of The
Challenge. He also stars in the reality television series Miz & Mrs. alongside his wife, Maryse
Ouellet, and has starred in films produced by WWE Studios, namely The
Marine franchise, Christmas Bounty (2013), and Santa's Little Helper (2015).
Mizanin signed with WWE in 2004, and debuted on the main roster in 2006. He has won the WWE
Championship twice, the Intercontinental Championship eight times, the United States
Championship twice, as well as a total of eight tag team championships, giving him 20 overall
championships in WWE. As a result, he became WWE's 25th Triple Crown Champion and 14th
Grand Slam Champion, as well as the only wrestler to accomplish the latter twice under the revised
2015 format. He also won the 2010 Money in the Bank ladder match. Mizanin is also the only WWE
Triple Crown and Grand Slam champion to have won the Deep South Wrestling Heavyweight
Championship, doing so while the promotion was WWE's developmental territory. Among WWE's
most prolific pay-per-view event performers,[3] Mizanin headlined WrestleMania XXVII in 2011, and
was ranked No. 1 on Pro Wrestling Illustrated's annual PWI 500 list that same year.

CHAPTER 1 Contents

 1Early life
 2Television career
o 2.1Reality television
 2.1.1Rise to fame
 2.1.2Return to MTV
 2.1.3USA Network
o 2.2Other television appearances
 3Professional wrestling career
o 3.1Ultimate Pro Wrestling (2003–2004)
o 3.2World Wrestling Entertainment/WWE
 3.2.1Tough Enough and developmental territories (2004–2006)
 3.2.2Main roster beginnings (2006–2007)
 3.2.3Teaming with John Morrison (2007–2009)
 3.2.4United States Champion (2009–2010)
 3.2.5WWE Champion (2010–2011)
 3.2.6The Awesome Truth (2011–2012)
 3.2.7Intercontinental Champion (2012–2013)
 3.2.8Hollywood A-Lister (2013–2016)
 3.2.9The Miztourage (2016–2018)
 3.2.10Feuds with Shane McMahon and Daniel Bryan (2018–2020)
 3.2.11Reunion with John Morrison (2020–2021)
 3.2.12Alliance with Maryse (2021–present)
 4Professional wrestling style and persona
 5Other media
 6Personal life
 7Filmography
o 7.1Film
o 7.2Television
 8Championships and accomplishments
 9References
 10External links

CHAPTER 2 Early life

Michael Gregory Mizanin was born in Parma, Ohio,[2][4] on October 8, 1980.[2] His parents are
divorced; he has a step-father and two half-siblings.[5][6][7][8][9] He attended Normandy High School,
where he was the captain of the basketball and cross country teams.[2][4] He also participated in
swimming, was a member of the student government, and edited the yearbook.[2] He then
attended Miami University, where he was a member of the Theta Chi fraternity and studied business
at the Richard T. Farmer School of Business before he was cast as a member of The Real
World (2001).[10]

CHAPTER 3 Television career

CHAPTER 4 Reality television
CHAPTER 5 Rise to fame
Mizanin dropped out of college, where he was pursuing a degree in business, in order to appear on
the 10th season of MTV's reality television program The Real World in 2001.[11][12] He went on to
appear in multiple seasons of its spin-off series, Real World/Road Rules Challenge,[12] along with
contestants from both Road Rules and The Real World, including Battle of the Seasons,[13] The
Gauntlet,[14] The Inferno,[15] Battle of the Sexes 2[16] and The Inferno 2.[17] Except for Battle of the Sexes
2, Mizanin made it to the end of all the Challenges on which he competed and won both Battle of the
Seasons and The Inferno 2.
It was during an episode of The Real World that Mizanin first displayed an alter ego known as The
Miz.[2] In contrast to Mizanin's usually placid demeanor, The Miz was angry, combative and
headstrong. Mizanin later realized that The Miz would make an excellent professional
wrestling gimmick.[2]
In 2004, he appeared on the Bravo reality show Battle of the Network Reality Stars,[12][18] in which his
team finished second. Mizanin was also a contestant in the "Reality Stars" episode of Fear Factor.[12]
[19]
 His partner was his former girlfriend and castmate, Trishelle Cannatella, and the two won the
competition. In April 2007, he appeared on the game show Identity, where he appeared as a
stranger, and contestant John Kim correctly identified his identity as a professional wrestler by the
odd way he added "Miz-" before most words.[20] On October 5, 2011, Miz starred in an episode
of H8R.
CHAPTER 6 Return to MTV
After a seven-year-long absence from The Challenge, Mizanin returned to the reality show on April
4, 2012 as the host of The Battle of the Exes season finale event and reunion special. It marked the
first time The Miz appeared on the series since becoming a main-event WWE Superstar.[21] Since
then, he had become a mainstay reunion host as well as the host of The Challenge: Champs vs.
Stars mini-series.
CHAPTER 7 USA Network
In 2018, Mizanin and his wife Maryse began starring in a USA Network reality television series
titled Miz & Mrs..[22] In 2020, he starred on a second show on USA, serving as host of the reality
game show Cannonball.

CHAPTER 8 Other television appearances

In 2008, Mizanin appeared on the Sci Fi reality series Ghost Hunters Live as a guest investigator.
[23]
 In 2009, Mizanin appeared on two episodes of Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?, which were
both aired on September 29.[24][25] He appeared on an episode of Destroy Build Destroy on March 3,
2010.[26] He also appeared as a guest star in a March 2012 episode of Psych. On March 31, Miz
appeared in the first ever Slime Wrestling World Championship at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice
Awards, losing to Big Show and therefore being thrown into a tub of slime. In 2012, Miz appeared on
the Disney XD show Pair of Kings as a guest star. In 2013, Miz along with Francia Raisa were in a
movie together called Christmas Bounty.
In September 2021, Mizanin was announced as one of the celebrities competing on the thirtieth
season of Dancing with the Stars. He and his partner Witney Carson were the seventh couple to be
eliminated, ultimately placing 9th.[27]

CHAPTER 9 Professional wrestling career

CHAPTER 10 Ultimate Pro Wrestling (2003–2004)
Pursuing the goal of becoming a professional wrestler, Mizanin joined Ultimate Pro Wrestling (UPW),
where he trained in the Ultimate University.[2] He made his in-ring debut in 2003 as The Miz.[2] During
his time with UPW, The Miz competed in UPW's Mat War's tournament, making it to the finals before
losing to Tony Stradlin.[2]

CHAPTER 11 World Wrestling Entertainment/WWE

CHAPTER 12 Tough Enough and developmental territories (2004–2006)

The Miz debuted in WWE as a participant of the 2004 Tough Enough

In October 2004, Mike Mizanin entered the fourth season of Tough Enough, a televised competition
which awarded the winner a World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) contract and US$1,000,000.[2]
[28]
 Despite coming last in an arm wrestling tournament on November 25, Mizanin outlasted six other
wrestlers and reached the final round.[29] At Armageddon, Mizanin faced the other remaining
entrant, Daniel Puder, in a three-round "Dixie Dogfight" (boxing match). Neither man achieved
a knockout, and the contest was awarded to Puder on the basis of crowd reaction.[30] On the
December 16 episode of SmackDown!, Puder was declared as the winner of Tough Enough by head
trainer Al Snow.[31] Despite coming up short on Tough Enough, Mizanin had piqued the interest of
WWE and he was eventually offered a developmental contract.[2]