Micheal Gregory Mizanin is the complete package. Listed under the nickname “The Miz” for his wrestling pursuits, the Ohio-born personality isn’t just about throwing punches in the ring. He is also a well-known actor and media personality. In fact, his first stab at celebrity status didn’t come in wrestling. He started in the casting of a reality TV show in 2001.

Since then, he has appeared on a number of reality shows over the years. Some of the reality TV notables include Battle of the Seasons, Inferno, Total Divas and Fear Factor. The wrestler cum actor has also appeared in several WWE or WWE-affiliated movies, such as The Marine 3: Homefront, Christmas Bounty, and Santa’s Little Helper.

The Miz has been on the WWE roster since late 2004, and has become one of the names synonymous with the brand. The wrestler has won the WWE Intercontinental Championship eight times, the World Tag Team Championship six times, and a plethora of other titles. In 2011, Pro Wrestling Illustrated ranked the Miz #1 on their PWI 500 list. He is also one of WWE’s most sensational pay-per-view events.

Miz’s age, youth and notoriety

Micheal Mizanin was born in Parma, Cuyahoga County, Ohio on October 8, 1980. In high school, Micheal was a member of student government and the basketball, swim, and cross country teams. At the University of Miami in 2001, he got his first chance when he was asked to be part of the cast of the MTV reality show. The Real World: Back to New York. He then left school to devote himself to reality TV.

Mizanin has appeared on many game shows that stemmed from reality TV. Excluding 2013, he has been on at least one TV show/project every year since 2001.

Prior to striking gold with WWE, Michael began his wrestling career as ‘The Miz’ in the California-based independent promotion Ultimate Wrestling Pro in 2003. In 2004, he competed on the reality television show of WWE. Tough enough for a WWE contract and a $1 million prize. Although he did not emerge victorious, The Miz had done enough to pique WWE’s interest and was signed to a developmental contract.

He spent time in Deep-South Wrestling (DSW) and then Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW). Joining the SmackDown brand in early 2006, Michael shifted between his responsibilities in the circle and as a media personality through episodes on SmackDown and Raw. He continued the dual role when he transferred to ECW on June 17, 2007. He made his in-ring debut in a victory over Nunzio.

On November 16, 2007, The Miz teamed with John Morrison to claim victory over MVP and Matt Hardy, earning the WWE Tag Team Championship and his first WWE title. They successfully defended it for several months before losing it on July 20, 2008 to Zack Ryder and Curt Hawkins. CM Punk and Kofi Kingston won the World Tag Team Championship in December before losing it to then-WWE Tag Team Champions The Colóns in February 2009. In the 2009 WWE draft, the Miz Brut scored , thus ending his partnership with John Morrison.

While Raw, The Miz won his first singles title – The United States Championship – on October 5, 2009, defeating Kofi Kingston in the process. On February 8, 2010, forming an alliance (known as ShoMiz) with Big Show, The Miz scored wins over The Right Edge Society (CM Punk, Luke Gallows) and D Generation X (Triple H, Shawn Michaels) . These victories earned him the World Tag Team Championship and the WWE Tag Team Championship.

ShoMiz ultimately lost the titles to The HartDynasty (Tyson Kidd, David Hart Smith), ending their partnership. The Miz also lost their United States Championship title to Bret Hart, but won it for the second time in a four-way match against the R-Truth, Zack Ryder and John Morrison.

Cashing in his money in the bank deal on November 22, 2010, he defeated Randy Orton to become the WWE Champion. On February 21, 2011, he also won the WWE Tag Team Championship with John Cena as his tag team partner. He would then lose his WWE Championship to Cena.

The Miz attained “Grand Slam Champion” status when he defeated Christian on Raw 1000 on July 23, 2012 to win his first Intercontinental Championship title. After an 85-day reign, he lost the title to Kofi Kingston.

In 2014, the promotion wrote a script that gave Miz a month off to focus on filming the fourth installment of the WWE Studios movie. The Marine 4: Moving Target. In his second match upon his return on July 20, 2014, he was the last man to wrestle a battle royale match and won the Intercontinental Championship for the third time. He won it for the fourth time against Ziggler, who had won it after his third victory.

In the ensuing period, The Miz went on to win the WWE Tag Team Championship with Mizdow in November 2014 and his fifth Intercontinental Championship in early 2016. After filming The Marine 5: Battleground, The Miz was drafted to the SmackDown brand in the 2016 WWE Draft, taking the title with him.

The year 2017 saw him record more fights and titles. He also found time to film the sixth installment of his film The Marine 6: Close Quarters. Upon his return from filming in January 2018, he defeated Roman Reigns to claim the eighth Intercontinental Championship title of his career, losing it to Seth Rollins on April 8.

What is his net worth?

According to various sources, the biggest year in Miz’s history was in 2017, when he earned around $4.5 million in salaries, merchandise sales, and more.

Who is Miz’s wife?

Relationships between two people in the same industry continues to be one thing. The Miz is married to Maryse, who is also a professional wrestler and businesswoman signed to WWE. The two have been an on-screen thing for quite some time; they got engaged in 2013 and married in February 2014 in the Bahamas.

On March 27, 2018, they welcomed their first child, a daughter named Monroe Sky Mizanin.

Height, weight and other facts

1. Mizanin is 1.88m tall and weighs 100kg.

2 The wrestler’s ring name “The Miz” has been widely accepted by fans over the years. However, he did not come up with the name for wrestling reasons. He first used it as an alter ego on an MTV reality show earlier in his career.

3 In 2006, while working with Ohio Valley Wrestling, The Miz won the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship with Chris Cage. However, they had to be stripped of their title after the promotion took disciplinary action against Chris and subsequently fired him.

4. On February 8, 2010, The Miz became the first wrestler in WWE history to hold three championships at the same time. He later became the first wrestler who was brought in from reality’s tough enough competition to win the WWE Championship.