Michael Gregory Mizanin popularly known as The Miz is an American professional wrestler, actor and a television personality, who is currently signed with WWE and is a member of the Raw brand. The Miz is one of the most versatile wrestlers who has been in wrestling since 2001 and is in WWE since 2004. He has a great legacy with the company with monumental records. The Miz is a twenty time champion in WWE who held the WWE Championship twice, Intercontinental Championship eight times, United States Championship two times and Tag Team Championship eight times. He is the 25th Triple Crown Champion and 14th Grand Slam Champion and the first-ever two time Grand Slam Champion.
The Miz is not only successful in his wrestling career but also in his career in Hollywood and in television. Mizanin has been a part of a number of blockbuster movies, most notably in the Marine series. He had his first media exposure through television and has been a part of some of the most successful Tv Shows as a Guest, Host and Contestant. Miz and Maryse successfully run a television series Miz and Mrs, which has three seasons and 50 episodes aired on USA Network.
The Miz Finisher & Theme
The Miz Finisher
The Miz has been in WWE for so long for almost 20 years with the same energy and charisma. Over the years, The Miz used three primary finishing moves and adopted finishers of other wrestlers. During the initial stage of his career until 2007, Miz used Mizard of Oz as his finishing move, which is nothing but a Swinging Inverted DDT. After which Miz used Reality Check for the next two years, which is a Running knee strike into a neckbreaker. In 2009, Miz debuted his long-term finishing move Skull-Crushing Finale which he uses till date. This move is nothing but a Full Nelson Faceburster. Other than this, Miz uses Figure Four Leglock of Ric Flair as his submission maneuver since 2013 and Running Knee Splash of Daniel Bryan during his feud with him in 2016 and 2018.
The Miz theme
During the initial stage of his career in WWE, The Miz used “Reality” as his entrance theme. The theme was produced by Jim Johnston and it lasted until 2008, after which “I Came to Play debuted”. The Miz currently uses “I Came to Play” composed by Jim Johnston of Downstait, which he has been using since 2008. He had multiple custom versions of his current theme from time to time in the past. While teamed up with Big Show and dubbed themselves as “Shomiz”, The Miz and Big Show’s theme were mixed into one. The A-Lister added a Hollywood version of his entrance theme during, while actively accompanied by Maryse as ‘IT Couple’, where his theme music starts with the disclaimer of “Please be quiet on the sets”, photo flash sound followed by “I Came to Play” theme.
FAQs
A. The Miz was born on October 8, 1980 and is currently 43 years old as of 2023.
A. The Miz stands at a height of 6 foot 2 inches tall, which is 188 centimeters.
A. The Miz was trained by Al Snow, Bill DeMott and from Ultimate Pro Wrestling.
A. The Miz was born in Parma, Ohio, United States and currently resides in Hollywood, California.
A. Yes, The Miz and Maryse got married in 2014 and has two daughters together
