The Miz is known as an American professional wrestler, actor, and television personality. He is most famous for being a reality TV star that successfully transitioned into professional wrestling.
Michael Gregory Mizanin was born on October 8, 1980 in Parma, Ohio. In high school, Micheal was a member of the student government and the basketball, swimming, and cross-country teams. While at Miami University in 2001, he got his first open door when he was included as part of the cast of MTV's unscripted TV drama The Real World: Back to New York. He dropped out of school to concentrate on the unscripted TV drama.
Before he hit gold with the WWE, Michael started his wrestling career as "The Miz" in the California-based promotion called Ultimate Wrestling Pro in 2003. In 2004, he participated in WWE's unscripted tv show Tough Enough for a WWE contract and $1 million money prize. In spite of not rising as the victor, The Miz had done what's necessary to arouse the enthusiasm of the WWE and was signed to a development contract.
On November 16, 2007, The Miz collaborated with John Morrison to guarantee triumph over MVP and Matt Hardy, hence winning them the WWE Tag Team Championship and his first ever WWE title. They effectively safeguarded it for a while before losing it on July 20, 2008, to Zack Ryder and Curt Hawkins. They before long secured the World Tag Team Championship from CM Punk and Kofi Kingston in December before losing it to the then WWE Tag Team champions, The Colóns in February 2009. At the 2009 WWE Draft, The Miz was drafted to the Raw brand, adequately finishing his partnership with John Morrison. While at Raw, The Miz won his first singles title, the United States Championship on October 5, 2009, vanquishing Kofi Kingston in the process. On February 8, 2010, framing a partnership with Big Show, The Miz guaranteed triumphs over The Straight Edge Society (CM Punk, Luke Gallows) and D-Generation X (Triple H, Shawn Michaels).
In September 2019, the "King of Strong Style", Nakamura successfully defended his title against the Miz at Clash of the Champions. The Miz lost because he was distracted by Nakamura's ally, Sami Zayn.
The Miz is married to Maryse, who is additionally a professional wrestler and manager signed to the WWE. The two have been a thing onscreen for some time, they got engaged in 2013 and got married in February 2014 in the Bahamas. On March 27, 2018, they gave birth to their first kid, a girl named Monroe Sky Mizanin.
Birth Date: | 8 Oct, 1980 |
Age: | 40 yrs |
Occupations: | Professional wrestler Actor Television actor |
Citizenship: | United States of America |
Birth Place: | Parma |
Education: | Miami University |
Gender: | Male |
Description: | American professional wrestler, actor and television personality |
Spouse: | Maryse Ouellet [M. 2014] |
Net Worth 2021: | 14 million |