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** Recently, ever since losing his IC title, he has basically spent time basically [[RandyOrton losing]] [[Wrestling/Sheamus to everyone]] [[KofiKingston he faced]]. Then, he [[EnemyMine joins]] the [[MickFoley Mick Foley's]] team, and goes to [[FoeTossingCharge fighting and beating]] [[AlbertoDelRio Alberto Del Rio]] , [[WadeBarrett Wade Barrett]] , and [[DolphZiggler Dolph Ziggler]] , ''all at once''.
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** Recently, ever since losing his IC title, he has basically spent time basically [[RandyOrton losing]] [[Wrestling/Sheamus to everyone]] everyone [[KofiKingston he faced]]. Then, he [[EnemyMine joins]] the [[MickFoley Mick Foley's]] team, and goes to [[FoeTossingCharge fighting and beating]] [[AlbertoDelRio Alberto Del Rio]] , [[WadeBarrett Wade Barrett]] , and [[DolphZiggler Dolph Ziggler]] , ''all at once''.
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* RedemptionPromotion: seems oddly susceptible to thesethese.
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** Recently, ever since losing his IC title, he has basically spent time basically [[RandyOrton losing]] [[Sheamus to everyone]] [[KofiKingston he faced]]. Then, he [[EnemyMine joins]] the [[MickFoley Mick Foley's]] team, and goes to [[FoeTossingCharge fighting and beating]] [[AlbertoDelRio Alberto Del Rio]] , [[WadeBarrett Wade Barrett]] , and [[DolphZiggler Dolph Ziggler]] , ''all at once''.
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** Recently, ever since losing his IC title, he has basically spent time basically [[RandyOrton losing]] [[Sheamus [[Wrestling/Sheamus to everyone]] [[KofiKingston he faced]]. Then, he [[EnemyMine joins]] the [[MickFoley Mick Foley's]] team, and goes to [[FoeTossingCharge fighting and beating]] [[AlbertoDelRio Alberto Del Rio]] , [[WadeBarrett Wade Barrett]] , and [[DolphZiggler Dolph Ziggler]] , ''all at once''.
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** On 2-21-11, he teams up with [[JohnCena his Wrestlemania opponent]] against [[TheNexus Justin Gabriel and Heath Slater]]. Miz takes his usual beating ... until he catches what looked suspiciously like a [[HeroicSecondWind heroic second wind]], and actually manages to get the pin clean, "all without ever taking in Cena".
** Recently, ever since losing his IC title, he has basically spent time basically [[RandyOrton losing]] [[Sheamus to everyone]] [[KofiKingston he faced]]. Then, he [[EnemyMine joins]] the [[MickFoley Mick Foley's]] team, and goes to [[FoeTossingCharge fighting and beating]] [[AlbertoDelRio Alberto Del Rio]] , [[WadeBarrett Wade Barrett]] , and [[DolphZiggler Dolph Ziggler]] , "all at once".
** Recently, ever since losing his IC title, he has basically spent time basically [[RandyOrton losing]] [[Sheamus to everyone]] [[KofiKingston he faced]]. Then, he [[EnemyMine joins]] the [[MickFoley Mick Foley's]] team, and goes to [[FoeTossingCharge fighting and beating]] [[AlbertoDelRio Alberto Del Rio]] , [[WadeBarrett Wade Barrett]] , and [[DolphZiggler Dolph Ziggler]] , "all at once".
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** On 2-21-11, he teams up with [[JohnCena his Wrestlemania opponent]] against [[TheNexus Justin Gabriel and Heath Slater]]. Miz takes his usual beating ... until he catches what looked suspiciously like a [[HeroicSecondWind heroic second wind]], and actually manages to get the pin clean, "all ''all without ever taking in Cena".
Cena''.
** Recently, ever since losing his IC title, he has basically spent time basically [[RandyOrton losing]] [[Sheamus toeveryone]] everyone]] [[KofiKingston he faced]]. Then, he [[EnemyMine joins]] the [[MickFoley Mick Foley's]] team, and goes to [[FoeTossingCharge fighting and beating]] [[AlbertoDelRio Alberto Del Rio]] , [[WadeBarrett Wade Barrett]] , and [[DolphZiggler Dolph Ziggler]] , "all ''all at once".once''.
** Recently, ever since losing his IC title, he has basically spent time basically [[RandyOrton losing]] [[Sheamus to
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* RedemptionPromotion: seems oddly susceptible to these
** On 2-21-11, he teams up with [[JohnCena his Wrestlemania opponent]] against [[TheNexus Justin Gabriel and Heath Slater]]. Miz takes his usual beating ... until he catches what looked suspiciously like a [[HeroicSecondWind heroic second wind]], and actually manages to get the pin clean, "all without ever taking in Cena".
** Recently, ever since losing his IC title, he has basically spent time basically [[RandyOrton losing]] [[Sheamus to everyone]] [[KofiKingston he faced]]. Then, he [[EnemyMine joins]] the [[MickFoley Mick Foley's]] team, and goes to [[FoeTossingCharge fighting and beating]] [[AlbertoDelRio Alberto Del Rio]] , [[WadeBarrett Wade Barrett]] , and [[DolphZiggler Dolph Ziggler]] , "all at once".
** On 2-21-11, he teams up with [[JohnCena his Wrestlemania opponent]] against [[TheNexus Justin Gabriel and Heath Slater]]. Miz takes his usual beating ... until he catches what looked suspiciously like a [[HeroicSecondWind heroic second wind]], and actually manages to get the pin clean, "all without ever taking in Cena".
** Recently, ever since losing his IC title, he has basically spent time basically [[RandyOrton losing]] [[Sheamus to everyone]] [[KofiKingston he faced]]. Then, he [[EnemyMine joins]] the [[MickFoley Mick Foley's]] team, and goes to [[FoeTossingCharge fighting and beating]] [[AlbertoDelRio Alberto Del Rio]] , [[WadeBarrett Wade Barrett]] , and [[DolphZiggler Dolph Ziggler]] , "all at once".
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* VillainousBreakdown: Had one on a recent episode of RAW, where he lost to KofiKingston for what seemed like [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter the umpteenth time in a row.]] As Kofi celebrated, Miz slumped down into one of the corners with a [[VillainousBSOD blank look on his face.]] Then, he decided to try (apparently) for a bit of sportsmanship. Kofi, who must have had a GenreSavvy moment (see ChronicBackstabbingDisorder), dropkicked him in the mouth, sending Miz into a fit of rage.
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* ArchEnemy: He would say it's JohnCena. In RealLife, it's probably [[JerkAss J]][[TheBully B]][[AlphaBitch L]].
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* ArchEnemy: He would say it's JohnCena. In RealLife, it's probably [[JerkAss J]][[TheBully B]][[AlphaBitch L]].L]] - although it ''appears'' that the two have buried the hatchet. (JBL seems to go out of his way nowadays to put Miz over while on commentary.)
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** Also, the 10/28/12-11/5/12 editions of RAW. During a brawl right after CMPunk and MickFoley had picked their teams for Survivor Series, Team Punk [[hottip:note:CMPunk himself, AlbertoDelRio, CodyRhodes, DamienSandow, and TheMiz]] more or less got [[CurbstompBattle their butts handed to them]] - except for Punk himself, who [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere retreated up the ramp and left his team]] to get hammered on by Team Foley [[hottip:note:{{Ryback}}, KofiKingston, {{Kane}}, DanielBryan, and RandyOrton]]. The following week, TheMiz quit Team Punk because he didn't like Punk's leadership style - or more specifically, didn't like Punk [[DirtyCoward running away from the battle while his teammates got their asses kicked.]] This would become a moot point later, as Punk was put in a title match against JohnCena and {{Ryback}} and the team was taken over by DolphZiggler.
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** He's also become one of WWE's go-to guys for media appearances (which, combined with his regular show, makes for a very punishing schedule). This is saying a lot, as traditionally heels that have spent the majority of their time in the upper midcard aren't called on to do those sorts of things.
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: Not so much for Miz the character, but winning the WWE Title was this for the real person. Don't believe me? See the {{Determinator}} entry.
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: Not so much for Miz the character, but winning the WWE Title was this for the real person. Don't believe me? See the {{Determinator}} {{Determnator}} entry.
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** And it's actually ''Morrison's'' fault they split up, because he tried interfering with a match of his during the Tri-Brand Trade, which made Miz lose and got him traded to Raw.
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* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome: Yeah...for better or worse, this is pretty much the backbone of Miz's gimmick.
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* WrestlingPsychology: He's damn good at selling; his pirouette after getting Knockout Punched by TheBigShow was spectacular.
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* WrestlingPsychology: WrestlingPsychology:
** He's damn good at selling; his pirouette after getting Knockout Punched by TheBigShow was spectacular.
** He's damn good at selling; his pirouette after getting Knockout Punched by TheBigShow was spectacular.
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* ButtMonkey: His new talk show, MizTV, always seems to get interrupted by someone that Miz ''didn't'' invite, and always seems to end with Miz being beaten up and/or humiliated in some fashion.
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** When {{Ryback}} showed up to TrashTheSet of the very first episode of his new talk show on the 9/17/12 RAW. As Ryback rampaged around the ring throwing stuff, Miz wisely retreated up toward the entrance stage. Ryback [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower then lifted an entire couch and chucked it about ten feet up the ramp]]. Miz, in reaction to this, appeared to be having a BringMyBrownPants moment as he stared back at the ring.
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** Strangely enough, he seems to have gained back some of the levels he'd [[BadassDecay lost]] while he was off making that movie. To say nothing of the fact that he won his IC Title about a week after reappearing on TV, most of his wins since then have been pretty clean, to boot.
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: When on color commentary on the September 3, 2012 RAW, he manages to be pretty dang hilarious. You can tell the guy is having a blast.
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-->'''Green Bay crowd''': ''(boos)''[[hottip:*: Oh yes they are]]
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-->'''Green Bay crowd''': ''(boos)''[[hottip:*: ''(boos)''[[note]] Oh yes they are]]are[[/note]]
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Michael "Mike" Mizanin (born October 8, 1980) is an American reality television personality and professional wrestler, currently working for the {{WWE}} on its [[WWERaw Raw brand]], and is better known by his ring name: '''TheMiz'''.
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Michael "Mike" Mizanin (born October 8, 1980) is an American reality television personality and professional wrestler, currently working for the {{WWE}} Wrestling/{{WWE}} on its [[WWERaw Raw brand]], and is better known by his ring name: '''TheMiz'''.
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** "And I'm the Chick Magnet, TheMiz" on the Dirt Sheet
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** "And I'm the Chick Magnet, TheMiz" on the Dirt Sheet Sheet
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* CompanionCube: The WWE Championship. Seriously, when was the last time a Champ flaunted it around as much as he did? In a weird sort of [[InsaneTrollLogic troll logicy]] way, it kind of adds prestige back to the belt, since he makes it seem like such a big deal. He did the same with the United States Championship before that -- hauling it around everywhere he went.
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* CompanionCube: The WWE Championship. Seriously, when was the last time a Champ flaunted it around as much as he did? In a weird sort of [[InsaneTrollLogic troll logicy]] way, it kind of adds prestige back to the belt, since he makes it seem like such a big deal. He did the same with the United States Championship before that -- hauling it around everywhere he went.
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* TheDogBitesBack: After losing to Cena for the third consecutive time at Over The Limit, he once more berates Alex Riley, who responds by kicking the ever loving crap out of Miz. Even ''MichaelCole'' states that Miz had it coming.
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* TheDogBitesBack: After losing to Cena for the third consecutive time at Over The Limit, he once more berates Alex Riley, who responds by kicking the ever loving crap out of Miz. Even ''MichaelCole'' states that Miz had it coming.
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* ImprovisedWeapon: Miz wasn't the first Money n the Bank Winner to hit people with the briefcase, but he did it so much that by the time he cashed it in it was so dented up that it looked like it had been in [[strike: a car wreck]] [[strike:a train wreck]] [[StuffBlowingUp an episode of]] ''{{Mythbusters}}''.
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* ImprovisedWeapon: Miz wasn't the first Money n the Bank Winner to hit people with the briefcase, but he did it so much that by the time he cashed it in it was so dented up that it looked like it had been in [[strike: a car wreck]] [[strike:a train wreck]] [[StuffBlowingUp an episode of]] ''{{Mythbusters}}''.''Series/MythBusters''.
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* NotSoHarmless: A defining character trait of TheMiz. He started as an awkward, untalented, uncharismatic dork, but after years of work he's turned into a man who's crippled the overconfident R-Truth after a BoastfulRap distracted him and got pops for beating up World Champion {{Sheamus}} after he called him a loser, of course, that's all topped by his greatest achievement yet, taking the {{WWE}} Championship from RandyOrton.
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* NotSoHarmless: A defining character trait of TheMiz. He started as an awkward, untalented, uncharismatic dork, but after years of work he's turned into a man who's crippled the overconfident R-Truth after a BoastfulRap distracted him and got pops for beating up World Champion {{Sheamus}} after he called him a loser, of course, that's all topped by his greatest achievement yet, taking the {{WWE}} Wrestling/{{WWE}} Championship from RandyOrton. RandyOrton.
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* OhCrap: When JohnMorrison faced TheMiz for the {{WWE}} title on Raw, TheMiz had Alex Riley help him beat down Morrison, then Morrison recovered, beat the crap out of Riley, set him up on a barricade and kneed his face in, camera cuts to TheMiz with a look like he just crapped his pants.
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* OhCrap: When JohnMorrison faced TheMiz for the {{WWE}} Wrestling/{{WWE}} title on Raw, TheMiz had Alex Riley help him beat down Morrison, then Morrison recovered, beat the crap out of Riley, set him up on a barricade and kneed his face in, camera cuts to TheMiz with a look like he just crapped his pants.
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* OvershadowedByAwesome: Miz's first Wrestlemania as WWE champion has him cutting a program against JohnCena - one of the best mic workers in the company at the moment - and [[DwayneJohnson The Rock]] - one of the best mic workers '''in the history of the industry'''. Needless to say, he's kinda left in the dust. More than a few of his fans are rather pissed off about this, since this could be a real make it or break it period for him.
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* OvershadowedByAwesome: Miz's first Wrestlemania as WWE champion has him cutting a program against JohnCena - one of the best mic workers in the company at the moment - and [[DwayneJohnson The Rock]] - one of the best mic workers '''in the history of the industry'''. Needless to say, he's kinda left in the dust. More than a few of his fans are rather pissed off about this, since this could be a real make it or break it period for him.
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** BadassInANiceSuit: This makes him more menacing.
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** BadassInANiceSuit: This makes him more menacing.
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* BreakupBreakout: After Miz and Morrison broke up, Miz was the one, to everyones surprise, that had more success, with winning the WWE Championship, and after losing it are still part of a major storyline. And while Morrison hasn't really faded in to obscurity, hasn't had that much success as Miz has had. To be fair to both of them, Morrison (as of 2012 not with the WWE any more) [[RealLifeWritesThePlot tended to get into more backstage politicking than he really should have]] (such as giving a WWE Hall of Famer the cold shoulder at the behest of his girlfriend) whereas Miz takes the John Cena route and tries not to cause unnecessary troubles. Thus it should come as less of a surprize that WWE was/is willing to push Miz more.
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* BreakupBreakout: After Miz and Morrison broke up, Miz was the one, to everyones surprise, that had more success, with winning the WWE Championship, and after losing it are still part of a major storyline. And while Morrison hasn't really faded in to obscurity, hasn't had that much success as Miz has had. To be fair to both of them, Morrison (as of 2012 not with the WWE any more) [[RealLifeWritesThePlot tended to get into more backstage politicking than he really should have]] (such as giving a WWE Hall of Famer Legend the cold shoulder at the behest of his girlfriend) whereas Miz takes the John Cena route and tries not to cause unnecessary troubles. Thus it should come as less of a surprize that WWE was/is willing to push Miz more.
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** He also cried upon winning the 2010 Raw Money in the Bank Ladder Match.
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* BreakupBreakout: After Miz and Morrison broke up, Miz was the one, to everyones surprise, that had more success, with winning the WWE Championship, and after losing it are still part of a major storyline. And while Morrison hasn't really faded in to obscurity, hasn't had that much success as Miz has had. To be fair to both of them, Morrison (as of 2012 not with the WWE any more) tended to get into more backstage politicking than he really should have (such as giving a WWE Hall of Famer the cold shoulder at the behest of his girlfriend) whereas Miz takes the John Cena route and tries not to cause unnecessary troubles. Thus it should come as less of a surprize that WWE was/is willing to push Miz more.
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* BreakupBreakout: After Miz and Morrison broke up, Miz was the one, to everyones surprise, that had more success, with winning the WWE Championship, and after losing it are still part of a major storyline. And while Morrison hasn't really faded in to obscurity, hasn't had that much success as Miz has had. To be fair to both of them, Morrison (as of 2012 not with the WWE any more) [[RealLifeWritesThePlot tended to get into more backstage politicking than he really should have have]] (such as giving a WWE Hall of Famer the cold shoulder at the behest of his girlfriend) whereas Miz takes the John Cena route and tries not to cause unnecessary troubles. Thus it should come as less of a surprize that WWE was/is willing to push Miz more.
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* AlliterativeName: Mike "TheMiz" Mizanin, anyone?
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* AlliterativeName: Mike "TheMiz" Mizanin, anyone?'''M'''ichael "'''M'''ike" '''M'''izanin, aka as "The '''M'''iz"
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* OddCouple[=/=]DifferentAsNightAndDay: Miz and Morrison - an MrFanservice {{Cloudcuckoolander}} WarriorPoet who's PrettyInMink and skillful in LeParkour, and a HotBlooded LargeHam with UnderwearOfPower and CasanovaWannabe tendencies.
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* OddCouple[=/=]DifferentAsNightAndDay: OddCouple: Miz and Morrison - an MrFanservice {{Cloudcuckoolander}} WarriorPoet who's PrettyInMink and skillful in LeParkour, and a HotBlooded LargeHam with UnderwearOfPower and CasanovaWannabe tendencies.
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No RL examples of EBC, please. Especially \"arguable\" ones.
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* EarlyBirdCameo: Arguably the character of TheMiz, when he first appeared in ''The Real World''.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Disappeared off television after getting RKO'd from RandyOrton. He's actually filming ''The Marine 3'', but no real storyline injury was given for him, unlike Cena and Ted [=Dibiase=].
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Disappeared off television after getting RKO'd from by RandyOrton. He's actually filming ''The Marine 3'', but no real storyline injury was given for him, unlike Cena and Ted [=Dibiase=]. He returned 1 month and half later, stating he'd been away shooting a movie.
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* BadassLongcoat: He only wears it for a PPV.
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* BadassLongcoat: He used to wear them only wears it for a PPV.PPV, but has started going to it more and more often lately.
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* WorthyOpponent: In the 2/14/11 RAW Miz gave his condolences to Lawler's mother (who died the Saturday before) and states that he didn't want that tragedy to hinder Lawler when the two fought at Elimination Chamber that Sunday. It was considerably one of the only times that he's done this. (which is more surprising upon a certain [[MichaelCole troll]] who ''WOULD NOT SHUT UP ABOUT THE WHOLE THING'')
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Disappeared off television after getting RKO'd from RandyOrton. He's actually filming ''The Marine 3'', but no real storyline injury was given for him, unlike Cena and Ted [=Dibiase=].
* WorthyOpponent: In the 2/14/11 RAW Miz gave his condolences to Lawler'smother (who mother, who had died the Saturday before) before, and states stated that he didn't want that tragedy to hinder Lawler when the two fought at Elimination Chamber that Sunday. It was considerably one of the only times that he's done this. (which Which is more surprising upon a certain [[MichaelCole troll]] who ''WOULD NOT SHUT UP ABOUT THE WHOLE THING'')THING''
* WorthyOpponent: In the 2/14/11 RAW Miz gave his condolences to Lawler's
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* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Though TheMiz is pretty Heelish, if you see an appearance of TheMiz outside the WWE, you can tell he's actually a really nice and friendly guy.
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* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Though TheMiz is pretty Heelish, if you see an appearance of TheMiz outside the WWE, you can tell he's actually a really nice and friendly guy. He's shown up on daytime news programs to children's TV shows. He's gotten slimed twice. And the angry little girl mentioned in ArchRivals? There's a few pictures of him and her hanging out backstage, goofing off.
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* BreakupBreakout: After Miz and Morrison broke up, Miz was the one, to everyones surprise, that had more success, with winning the WWE Championship, and after losing it are still part of a major storyline. And while Morrison hasn't really faded in to obscurity, hasn't had that much success as Miz has had.
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* BreakupBreakout: After Miz and Morrison broke up, Miz was the one, to everyones surprise, that had more success, with winning the WWE Championship, and after losing it are still part of a major storyline. And while Morrison hasn't really faded in to obscurity, hasn't had that much success as Miz has had. To be fair to both of them, Morrison (as of 2012 not with the WWE any more) tended to get into more backstage politicking than he really should have (such as giving a WWE Hall of Famer the cold shoulder at the behest of his girlfriend) whereas Miz takes the John Cena route and tries not to cause unnecessary troubles. Thus it should come as less of a surprize that WWE was/is willing to push Miz more.
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* DemotedToExtra: Seems to have been lost in the shuffle more recently, going from a WWE Champion to a guy that has trouble getting meaningful TV time. He seems to be floating in the awkward camp of being above the status of a mid-carder, but not quite a true main-eventer.
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* DemotedToExtra: Seems to have been lost in the shuffle more recently, going from a WWE Champion to a guy that has trouble getting meaningful TV time. He seems to be floating in the awkward camp of being above the status of a mid-carder, mid-carder (and therefore not being seen as a good candidate for a run with the IC or US titles), but not quite a true main-eventer.
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* BadassDecay. So, so much since losing the WWE Championship. It looked for a while that he would come out of it during his time with [[RonKillings R-Truth]], but after their split, R-Truth is the hotter one of the two.
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* HoYay: With Alex Riley and MichaelCole.
** Also with JohnMorrison during their time together as a tag team, even describing their relationship as a bromance.
** And Big Show, to a lesser extent, since he effectively got dragged into TheBigShow & ChrisJericho's own [[HoYay break-up, which saw Jericho acting like the jealous third party]].
*** Also with Jericho for a few weeks after Big Show turned on Miz.
** Also with JohnMorrison during their time together as a tag team, even describing their relationship as a bromance.
** And Big Show, to a lesser extent, since he effectively got dragged into TheBigShow & ChrisJericho's own [[HoYay break-up, which saw Jericho acting like the jealous third party]].
*** Also with Jericho for a few weeks after Big Show turned on Miz.
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* HollywoodPudgy: JohnMorrison has called him fat multiple times, for a while he was very sensitive about his weight.
** Lampshaded by Dolph Ziggler in the Raw before Royal Rumble 2011.
** Lampshaded by Dolph Ziggler in the Raw before Royal Rumble 2011.
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* UnnecessaryRoughness: Wow. Behind his overconfident smirk and LargeHam tendencies, Miz packs a pretty brutal mean streak. The beatdown he gave to JohnCena leading up to their WrestlMania match, has probably only been matched in recent memory by the one Cena received during the [[TheNexus NXT Riot.]]
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* UnnecessaryRoughness: Wow. Behind his overconfident smirk and LargeHam tendencies, Miz packs a pretty brutal mean streak. The beatdown he gave to JohnCena leading up to their WrestlMania WrestleMania match, has probably only been matched in recent memory by the one Cena received during the [[TheNexus NXT Riot.]]
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* NeverMyFault: Always finds an excuse for his failures. Recently, Alex Riley has been his go to scape goat whenever he loses.
** Unfortunately it comes back to [[TheDogBitesBack bite him]].
** Unfortunately it comes back to [[TheDogBitesBack bite him]].
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* NeverMyFault: Always finds an excuse for his failures. Recently, Alex Riley has been became his go to scape goat whenever he loses.
**lost. Unfortunately it comes this came back to [[TheDogBitesBack bite him]].
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** He has recently got back in the feud after cutting an amazing promo where he destroyed Cena using [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome The People's Elbow.]]
** And entering the ring dressed as The Rock [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beating the hell out of Cena again the following week,]] kicking his ass all the way back up the entrance ramp and then bouncing Cena's head off everything that had a metal surface.
*** That includes hitting a Rock Bottom and later finishing it with a Skull Crushing Finale on the WWE logo stand.
** And entering the ring dressed as The Rock [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beating the hell out of Cena again the following week,]] kicking his ass all the way back up the entrance ramp and then bouncing Cena's head off everything that had a metal surface.
*** That includes hitting a Rock Bottom and later finishing it with a Skull Crushing Finale on the WWE logo stand.
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** He has recently got back in to the feud after by cutting an amazing promo where he destroyed Cena using [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome The People's Elbow.]]
** And]], entering the ring dressed as The Rock [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beating the hell out of Cena again the following week,]] kicking his ass all the way back up the entrance ramp and then bouncing Cena's head off everything that had a metal surface.
*** That includessurface, which included hitting a Rock Bottom and later finishing it with a Skull Crushing Finale on the WWE logo stand.
** And
*** That includes
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* TheRival: He has his in JohnMorrison, though more recently it's been [[BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]].
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[[caption-width:300: ...and he's AWESOME!]]
-->'''Miz''': You all think I'm a frog-faced loser?
-->'''Green Bay crowd''': YES!
-->'''Miz''': [[CatchPhrase Really]]?
-->'''Green Bay crowd''': ''YES!''
-->'''Miz''': ''[[VerbalTic Really]]''?
-->'''Green Bay crowd''': ''YES!''
-->'''Miz''': ''[[OverlyLongGag REALLY]]''?
-->'''Green Bay crowd''': '''YES!!!!'''
-->'''Miz''': Well, [[CheapHeat Green Bay Packers]] [[HilariousInHindsight aren't]] [[CrowningMomentOfFunny going to]] [[JerkAss the Super Bowl!]]
-->'''Green Bay crowd''': ''(boos)''[[hottip:*: Oh yes they are]]
-->-- ''MondayNightRaw'', [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbWn1eqE2dE#t=1m51s October 25, 2010]]
Michael "Mike" Mizanin (born October 8, 1980) is an American reality television personality and professional wrestler, currently working for the {{WWE}} on its [[WWERaw Raw brand]], and is better known by his ring name: '''TheMiz'''.
ThatOtherWiki has a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Mizanin rundown on his life and career.]]
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!!'''Tropes associated with The Miz:'''
* ArchEnemy: He would say it's JohnCena. In RealLife, it's probably [[JerkAss J]][[TheBully B]][[AlphaBitch L]].
** DanielBryan was also one in 2010.
** [[JerryLawler Jerry "the King" Lawler]] in early 2011.
** JohnMorrison, ever since they split their tag team.
** [[MemeticMutation That very angry little girl.]]
*** And [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyqlX_vbXZw&feature=related that one camera.]]
** [[TheDogBitesBack Alex Riley]] seems to be the most recent example. Commentators have even noted how equally vicious they have been to each other.
* [[ArrogantKungFuGuy Arrogant Wrestler Guy]]
* AlliterativeName: Mike "TheMiz" Mizanin, anyone?
* AscendedFanboy: Back when he was a part of TheRealWorld, he often displayed his love of the WWE and hoped to become a wrestler.
* BadassDecay. So, so much since losing the WWE Championship. It looked for a while that he would come out of it during his time with [[RonKillings R-Truth]], but after their split, R-Truth is the hotter one of the two.
* BadassLongcoat: He only wears it for a PPV.
* BerserkButton: If his interactions with JohnCena and [[DwayneJohnson The Rock]] were any indication, TheMiz ''hates'' being underestimated.
* BlackBestFriend: A villainous example with [[RonKillings R-Truth]].
* BoisterousWeakling: Started off at this, with more minimal skills and no smaller a mouth, most notably when he spent a long period of time goading Cena into a match, [[CurbstompBattle with the expected results]]. As time passed, Miz became significantly more NotSoHarmless and could add up to his talk more often, though, being an egotistical DirtyCoward, his mocking still gets him more than he bargained for every once in a while.
* BreakupBreakout: After Miz and Morrison broke up, Miz was the one, to everyones surprise, that had more success, with winning the WWE Championship, and after losing it are still part of a major storyline. And while Morrison hasn't really faded in to obscurity, hasn't had that much success as Miz has had.
* CallingYourAttacks: [[spoiler:Did a lot of this in his recent 'I Quit' match with JohnCena.]]
* CasanovaWannabe: Almost painfully so.
* CatchPhrase: "Because I'm TheMiz...and I'm...'''''AWESOME!'''''"
** "And I'm the Chick Magnet, TheMiz" on the Dirt Sheet
** Also added "Really? Really?" when he interrupts people after they say something especially disagreeable to him.
** "HOORAH" when he made his debut.
* CharacterDevelopment: Despite being on the back-burner for most of the build up to Wrestlemania, it resulted in Miz getting some much needed CharacterDevelopment and [[TookALevelInBadass Badass level grinding]] from a [[JokeCharacter little putz]] of a Champion into a legitimately threatening, [[TedBaxter if extremely overconfident]], {{Heel}}.
* ChickMagnet: So says he. And if you've seen some of the women he's dated in RealLife (like, say, Maryse) it's true.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Has shown a tendency toward turning on partners as of late. If he feels you're [[YouHaveFailedMe not pulling your weight]] or simply [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness served your purpose...]] it's only a matter of time before he gives you the [[FinishingMove Skull Crushing Finale.]] JerryLawler [[LampshadeHanging hung a lampshade]] on it in a recent episode of RAW, by way of a warning to MichaelCole (who claims to be a friend of Miz as well).
** HoistByHisOwnPetard: Only for them to come back and beat the shit out of him.
* CompanionCube: The WWE Championship. Seriously, when was the last time a Champ flaunted it around as much as he did? In a weird sort of [[InsaneTrollLogic troll logicy]] way, it kind of adds prestige back to the belt, since he makes it seem like such a big deal. He did the same with the United States Championship before that -- hauling it around everywhere he went.
** Before that, that MITB briefcase (although it was usually [[HoYay Alex Riley]] that carried it.)
* CoolMask: As Calgary Kid.
* ConspiracyTheorist: R-Truth convinced him that TripleH, the participants in the World Title feud, and upper management are conspiring to keep them in the mid-card.
* CreepyMonotone: Miz is arguably scariest when he's not being a LargeHam.
* DemotedToExtra: Seems to have been lost in the shuffle more recently, going from a WWE Champion to a guy that has trouble getting meaningful TV time. He seems to be floating in the awkward camp of being above the status of a mid-carder, but not quite a true main-eventer.
* {{Determinator}}, DoingItForTheArt: He really, really, ''really'' loves wrestling, and he's put up with some terrible and humiliating angles (and harsh backstage treatment) for the privilege of doing it, as well as working hard to improve his work to prove he belongs as much as anyone in the company.
** The Determinator aspect also shows up in the ring. Whatever lack of in ring ability he has is made up by the fact that he's capable of taking a truly brutal asskicking, at least ever since he became champion.
** During his Wrestlemania 27 match, he suffered a concussion by smacking his head off concrete; he proceeded to wrestle the rest of the match and retained the title.
** During the 2011 RAW Money in the Bank match, his knee got dislocated (which they kept showing [[{{Squick}} over and over again]]) and was carted out. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Not even ten minutes later he was back out in the ring]].
*** Despite still in bad condition from this, he won his next two matches under completely legitimate tactics on RAW ''the following day''.
* DickDastardlyStopsToCheat: Miz's recent defeats have been coming about due to him having a pretty firm grip on the VillainBall. Even though he'll pretty much have his opponent beaten cleanly, or damn near close to it, he just ''has'' to do that one thing that'll get him disqualified or take his time beating down an opponent just long enough for them to get that HeroicSecondWind. Hell, he lost his last two matches with Cena for the title because of this.
* DirtyCoward: Has become one more and more since becoming WWE Champion.
** It is however, juxtoposed with his enormous arrogance and temperament. He'll dig himself into a bad situation with another wrestler time and time again, and usually only [[OhCrap realise too late what he's gotten himself into]].
* TheDogBitesBack: After losing to Cena for the third consecutive time at Over The Limit, he once more berates Alex Riley, who responds by kicking the ever loving crap out of Miz. Even ''MichaelCole'' states that Miz had it coming.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: He has improved big time compared to when he first arrived to WWE, and he demands to be recognized for it.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Arguably the character of TheMiz, when he first appeared in ''The Real World''.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: Not so much for Miz the character, but winning the WWE Title was this for the real person. Don't believe me? See the {{Determinator}} entry.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: "I'd rather you hate me for who I am than love me for someone I'm not!"
* MrFanservice: He ''is'' called "Chick Magnet," after all. When he was first getting his feet wet in ECW in the summer of 2007, Extreme Expose (KellyKelly, Layla El, and Brooke Adams) used to hang out with him all the time.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: On the 2/14/11 edition of Raw, after beating [[BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]], TheMiz announced that JerryLawler (his opponent at Elimination Chamber) wasn't there that night because of the passing of his mother.....and offered his deepest condolences. (unlike a certain [[MichaelCole troll]])
* EvilMentor: To [[SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp Alex]] [[JerkJock Riley]].
* EvilIsPetty
* EvillyAffable
* FatalFlaw: His inability to shut up.
* FinishingMove: Three: The Reality Check (A kneelift to a neckbreaker), the [[PunnyName Mizard of Oz]] (A front facelock neckbreaker), and the Skull Crushing Finale(A full nelson facebuster).
* FlatWhat: While ranting on Air Boom (The tag team name for EvanBourne and Kofi Kingston) [[RonKillings R-truth]] has this to say.
-->'''R-truth''': "Air Boom is as bad a sneaky fart."
-->'''The Miz''': (stops the crowd from saying the usaul What.) "[[TheRestShallPass I got this.]] What?"
* FleetingDemographicRule: TheMiz decided to make own logo by flipping the WWE logo upside down to make an M. [[MattHardy Too bad somebody beat him to it.]]
** Also, he and R-Truth decided to follow with [[KurtAngle someone who decided to have a theme with the only lyrics being the words "You Suck."]]
* GenreSavvy: Before his "I Quit" Match with JohnCena at Over The Limit, Miz cuts a promo to the effect of saying that because there are no rules other than to make your opponent say "I Quit", Alex Riley would be able to help him in his endeavors, essentially turning the match into a Handicap Match.
** He was also savvy to JohnCena trying to turn him and [[RonKillings R-Truth]] against each other using their egos. It was only due to Truth being paranoid as usual that resulted in it actually working.
*** Well, that and the fact that Miz gave Truth the Skull Crushing Finale on the steel ramp.
* GoneHorriblyRight: After JohnCena got Alex Riley fired, it's just him versus TheMiz, one on one, exactly what Cena wants. But now Cena has to deal with an angry Miz that feels slighted by [[DwayneJohnson The Rock]] and Cena while trying to make his WWE title reign as memorable as possible and doesn't have his moron of a lackey to fall back on. The result? A month of Cena getting owned repeatedly by Miz.
* HannibalLecture: Gave one to Cena on the RAW before Over The Limit 2011. However, Cena wasn't going to have any of it gave a ''very'' HotBlooded [[ShutUpHannibal rebuttal]].
* HoYay: With Alex Riley and MichaelCole.
** Also with JohnMorrison during their time together as a tag team, even describing their relationship as a bromance.
** And Big Show, to a lesser extent, since he effectively got dragged into TheBigShow & ChrisJericho's own [[HoYay break-up, which saw Jericho acting like the jealous third party]].
*** Also with Jericho for a few weeks after Big Show turned on Miz.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: In the WWE 2011 Draft, when JohnCena was drafted to Smackdown, Miz was glad because if he wins against Cena and JohnMorrison at Extreme Rules 2011, then "he won't see [Cena]". The main event match for the final draft pick was between Smackdown's JohnCena, Mark Henry and {{Christian}} and Raw's TheMiz, CMPunk, and AlbertoDelRio. Mark Henry pulled a FaceHeelTurn and betrayed Cena and Christan, allowing TheMiz to pin Cena. Raw got the final draft pick who is none other than... JohnCena for the second time! Congratulations Miz, you just brought the one guy who is determined to take the WWE title off of you back to the same brand you're on! "Sweet irony", as JohnCena said in a WWE.com exclusive interview when he was drafted back to Raw.
* HollywoodPudgy: JohnMorrison has called him fat multiple times, for a while he was very sensitive about his weight.
** Lampshaded by Dolph Ziggler in the Raw before Royal Rumble 2011.
* IgnoredEnemy: To [[DwayneJohnson The Rock]] and John Cena leading to {{Wrestlemania}} 27. Of course, he didn't take that well.
* IHaveManyNames: He lists about five or six trying to pick up a girl in a WWE.com video.
* IncomingHam: [[EarWorm AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWEEEEEEEEEEESOME]].
* ImprovisedWeapon: Miz wasn't the first Money n the Bank Winner to hit people with the briefcase, but he did it so much that by the time he cashed it in it was so dented up that it looked like it had been in [[strike: a car wreck]] [[strike:a train wreck]] [[StuffBlowingUp an episode of]] ''{{Mythbusters}}''.
** He even kept using it for a time ''after'' cashing it in.
** Miz won the MITB match in July 2010. He cashed it in to win the WWE Championship in November 2010. As of this post (April 2011), Alex Riley is [[CompanionCube still carrying a briefcase.]]
*** Who later smack him in the head with it.
* ItsAllAboutMe
* JerkAss
* JerkassHasAPoint: In a recent RAW episode taped on Long Island, NY, TheMiz countered the You Suck chant by shouting "I don't suck! All the New York sports teams suck!" There were general boos, but then a few nods of agreement in the stands.
** Although this might be a case of InsultBackfire as well. Anyone with a bit of knowledge about sports fandoms knows that it's almost impossible to out-complain New Yorkers about their own teams. Other than perhaps Philadelphia, [[BigApplesauce New York]] is one of the [[UnpleasableFanbase hardest fandoms to satisfy in any sport.]]
* KickTheDog: By the time Miz was paired with DanielBryan on NXT, he had accumulated a large amount of heat. His bullying of Bryan as a sadistic DrillSergeantNasty gained him even more, and had fans everywhere looking forward to the day when Bryan would finally pay him back. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Which finally happened.]]
** His final 2010 match against JerryLawler was basically this to borderline MoralEventHorizon levels, where what started as a match between the WWE Champion and a Hall of Famer quickly devolved into Miz beating the crap out of a old man who could barely fight back. It reached the point where even MichaelCole, who ''always'' finds a reason to excuse TheMiz's actions, [[EvenEvilHasStandards was thoroughly disturbed by it]].
* LargeHam: Because he's TheMiz, and he's AWESOME!
* LaserGuidedKarma: At Tables, Ladder and Chairs 2011, he managed to handcuff CMPunk to the turnbuckle. Punk tried in vain to punch him out, but Miz stayed just out of range of his punches, laughing his ass off. So Punk ''kicked'' him in the face instead, flooring him.
* LetsGetDangerous: When Alex Riley got fired, he subsequently grew a spine.
* ManlyTears: After winning the WWE title, as seen in the pic above.
* MasterOfNone: Because Miz is not specifically a power, high flying, technical, or brawling wrestler - instead having a mix of all these styles - he doesn't really stand out in the ring as much as other wrestlers. If he continues to improve at the rate he is, however, he'll probably become JackOfAllStats in short time.
* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Though TheMiz is pretty Heelish, if you see an appearance of TheMiz outside the WWE, you can tell he's actually a really nice and friendly guy.
* TheNapoleon
* NeverMyFault: Always finds an excuse for his failures. Recently, Alex Riley has been his go to scape goat whenever he loses.
** Unfortunately it comes back to [[TheDogBitesBack bite him]].
* NiceHat: Used to have a fedora as part of his entrance attire.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: The 4/11/11 RAW. A 5-man gauntlet match was held between Dolph Ziggler, JohnMorrison, RandyOrton, JohnCena, and R-Truth to determine the #1 contender for Miz's WWE Championship. The last match ended up being between Cena, WWE's resident Superman, and R-Truth, a well-liked crowd favorite that seems [[ScrewedByTheNetwork not to be liked by the 'E itself.]] Categorically, he would be a 'jobber to the stars' - in that he appears in his share of high-profile matches that aren't one-on-one, but is never allowed to be victorious. So anybody who follows wrestling should have been predicting a CurbStompBattle, especially because Truth had wrestled two matches before. Cena apparently thought so, too, because he pulled out a bunch of rarer moves in his moveset (including the Guillotine Legdrop) in an effort to put Truth down quickly. [[{{Determinator}} He didn't count on Truth refusing to stay down for a full 3-count.]] Miz, who was a guest commentator for the match and probably didn't want to face Cena again (whom he beat at WrestleMania because of [[DwayneJohnson The Rock's]] interference), comes up with the bright idea of he and Alex Riley to attack Cena and Truth simultaneously, resulting in a double DQ. In Miz's mind, [[InsaneTrollLogic this means that he doesn't have to defend his title against either of them.]] What actually resulted (per the Anonymous Raw GM's announcement) is that Miz is now in a Triple Threat championship match with Cena, who wants the title in order to make his Wrestlemania XXVIII match with the Rock a Championship match, ''and'' R-Truth, who has never won the Championship before. ''And he can lose the title without being the one pinned or forced to submit.''
** However, R Truth would lose the right to challenge Miz a week later. Who did he lose it to? ''JohnMorrison''. Now Miz has to take on WWE Superman JohnCena as well as Morrison, the one guy who got closest to beating Miz for the WWE Championship in a previous match over anyone else, including RandyOrton, JerryLawler, and Cena himself.
* NoShirtLongJacket: While not being a BadassLongcoat, his leather jacket is pretty cool.
* NotSoHarmless: A defining character trait of TheMiz. He started as an awkward, untalented, uncharismatic dork, but after years of work he's turned into a man who's crippled the overconfident R-Truth after a BoastfulRap distracted him and got pops for beating up World Champion {{Sheamus}} after he called him a loser, of course, that's all topped by his greatest achievement yet, taking the {{WWE}} Championship from RandyOrton.
** Not to mention his last few encounters with JohnCena, all of which have ended with Cena's face in the ground, and one of which ended with [[DwayneJohnson The People's]] [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Elbow.]]
** He also managed to trick StoneColdSteveAustin into a fake showdown in the ring, where he promptly sicced Alex Riley on him and proceeded to leave afterwards. Unfortunately, Riley didn't last too long afterwards...
* OddCouple[=/=]DifferentAsNightAndDay: Miz and Morrison - an MrFanservice {{Cloudcuckoolander}} WarriorPoet who's PrettyInMink and skillful in LeParkour, and a HotBlooded LargeHam with UnderwearOfPower and CasanovaWannabe tendencies.
* OhCrap: When JohnMorrison faced TheMiz for the {{WWE}} title on Raw, TheMiz had Alex Riley help him beat down Morrison, then Morrison recovered, beat the crap out of Riley, set him up on a barricade and kneed his face in, camera cuts to TheMiz with a look like he just crapped his pants.
** Got another one of these looks on a recent episode of RAW. He was in the middle of cutting a promo complaining, as usual, about the lack of respect he gets, when suddenly... [[RonKillings "THE TRUTH...]] [[HesBack HAS SET]] [[HeelFaceTurn ME FREE!!"]]
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Unlike [[DwayneJohnson the Rock]], TheMiz is just his nickname; people have even called him Mike to piss him off.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Miz's first Wrestlemania as WWE champion has him cutting a program against JohnCena - one of the best mic workers in the company at the moment - and [[DwayneJohnson The Rock]] - one of the best mic workers '''in the history of the industry'''. Needless to say, he's kinda left in the dust. More than a few of his fans are rather pissed off about this, since this could be a real make it or break it period for him.
** He has recently got back in the feud after cutting an amazing promo where he destroyed Cena using [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome The People's Elbow.]]
** And entering the ring dressed as The Rock [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beating the hell out of Cena again the following week,]] kicking his ass all the way back up the entrance ramp and then bouncing Cena's head off everything that had a metal surface.
*** That includes hitting a Rock Bottom and later finishing it with a Skull Crushing Finale on the WWE logo stand.
* PickOnSomeoneYourOwnSize: Sees nothing wrong with terrorizing children and non wrestlers just because they piss him off.
* PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy: Has dipped into this on occasion, especially since his partnership with [[RonKillings R-Truth]], where he essentially acts as a hype man for Truth's [[DoItYourselfThemeTune rapping entrance.]]
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Miz and Morrison wouldn't have become tag team champions when they did if it wasn't for then-current champion MattHardy's bursting appendix. The rest is history, ladies and gentlemen.
** Before [[RonKillings Truth]] got busted and sent on a "Wellness vacation", [[WhatCouldHaveBeen Awesome Truth was set to win the tag titles from Air Boom following "Survivor Series."]]
* RedBaron: Has three - "[[CasanovaWannabe The Chick Magnet]]", "[[TedBaxter The Awesome One]]", and "[[ClevelandRocks The Cleveland Screamer]]".
* RedOniBlueOni: He was the Red Oni to Morrison.
** And the Blue Oni to R-Truth.
* TheRival: He has his in JohnMorrison, though more recently it's been [[BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]].
* RomanceOnTheSet: Is currently dating former WWE diva Maryse.
* TheRunnerUpTakesItAll: Despite falling short from winning the fourth season of Tough Enough, TheMiz is the only contestant from the show to become the WWE Champion. The winner, Daniel Puder, spent less than a year in developmental and was later released due to ExecutiveMeddling.
* TheScapegoat: [[InsaneTrollLogic Somehow he got blamed for the low buyrates for SurvivorSeries PPV.]]
* ScarfOfAsskicking: Subverted; when he dropped the scarf, he started kicking way more ass.
* SeriousBusiness: He almost always acts completely straight, instead of mugging or playing to the audience, giving the bits more humor ''and'' dramatic gravitas.
* SharpDressedMan: TheMiz loves him some suits.
** BadassInANiceSuit: This makes him more menacing.
** WaistcoatOfStyle: And damn fashionable to boot.
* SlasherSmile + TonsOfTeeth: His [[http://i714.photobucket.com/albums/ww149/TheDevilsCreed/logo2.jpg symbol]], a haphazard smiling face with ''THEMIZ'' as the teeth.
** His trunks have a similar motif, but with ''I'M AWESOME'' as the teeth instead.
** Gave a pretty creepy one to Cena after beating the crap out of him on this week's RAW. Can anyone find a picture of that, he actually looked pretty badass.
* SmallNameBigEgo: In kayfabe.
* SmugSnake: Even if he's a face, he's smug.
** His SmugSnake status has grown big time since become WWE Champion. While he HAS taking multiple levels in badass, it's now gotten to his head big time proclaiming him to be best of all time, the most must see WWE champion, etc. despite fact he's needed help repeatedly for matches.
*** This trait has been reversed somewhat as of recently, with him managing to compete with wrestlers under legitimate tactics [[VillainBall only to lose after]] [[DickDastardlyStopsToCheat Stopping To Cheat]]. His recent pay per view matches with Cena and Riley are good examples.
* StrawFan: VinceMcMahon tried to use him to "show" anti-Cena fans why they're wrong. It didn't quite work.
* StoneWall: Not the stationary type, but he fits the qualifications of low ATK high DEF in the idea that his offense isn't the most hard hitting, but he can take the most hellacious beatings in WWE and still kick out. Hell, he's kicked out of peoples finishers in matches that didn't really mean anything.
* StraightMan: Somehow manages to be this to [[RonKillings R-Truth]] at points. [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} This really says]] [[LargeHam a whole lot]] [[UpToEleven about Truth's]] [[BeyondTheImpossible character.]]
* TedBaxter
* TooManyBelts: At the start of 2010, Miz held the United States championship and the Unified Tag Team championships simultaneously - Meaning he had an unprecendented (In the WWE, anyway) ''three'' championship belts in his possession at one time.
** For a ten-minute period on 2-21-2011, he held the WWE Championship and the Unified Tag Team titles.
* TookALevelInBadass: And how. Who would have pegged that kid from ''The Real World'' with the annoying gimmick would turn into the WWE Champion?
** Especially after he started out fumbling lines as a mere Diva Search host and wrestling just passable matches with a so-called "finishing move" that made its victims look like they should retire???
*** In line with the above, the Falls Count Anywhere match with JohnMorrison on the 1/3/11 RAW proved that Miz HAS become a BadAss.
*** The moment that JohnCena got Alex Riley fired, it in turn resulted in the closing scenes of the most recent {{RAW}}s to be Miz leaning over Cena's broken body after beating the crap out of him, all while wearing a pretty creepy SlasherSmile.
** Let's give a bit of a comparison here, folks. When Cena and Miz first had a match together, Cena more or less turned Miz into roadkill. Their most recent match on RAW? Miz, for all intents and purposes, dominated the match, though his cheating ended up costing him the victory.
* {{Troll}}: Oh dear God yes.
* UnderwearOfPower: After returning.
* UnknownRival: To JohnCena at first. Miz is now a full-blown ArchEnemy for Cena.
* UnnecessaryRoughness: Wow. Behind his overconfident smirk and LargeHam tendencies, Miz packs a pretty brutal mean streak. The most recent beatdown he gave to JohnCena (and there has been more than one in recent months) has probably only been matched in recent memory by the one Cena received during the [[TheNexus NXT Riot.]]
** And then his [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beatdown]] on Alex Riley on the Fourth of July edition of Raw (though it was admitedly no more brutal than the one Riley gave him a few weeks prior).
** [[spoiler: His run-in along with [[RonKillings R-Truth]] during the Punk/HHH match at ''Night of Champions 2011''. They beat the hell out of both competitors, and then ''beat the hell out of the referees.'']]
** [[spoiler:Then came ''Hell In A Cell 2011'' when they beat the crap out of everyone including the ''cameramen'']]
* VillainSong: While he doesn't sing it himself, "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_qFmGEd_Bo I Came To Play]]" certainly works as one for him. It certainly sounds villainous enough and fits his personality and motives to the letter.
** "Hate Me Now" from ''Wrestlemania XXVII'' certainly qualifies.
** He actually sings part of "You Suck" along with [[RonKillings R-Truth]].
* VillainTeamUp: With [[RonKillings R-Truth]]
* WeUsedToBeFriends: With JohnMorrison.
** And it's actually ''Morrison's'' fault they split up, because he tried interfering with a match of his during the Tri-Brand Trade, which made Miz lose and got him traded to Raw.
** With Alex Riley, as well.
** And also with [[RonKillings R-Truth.]]
* WhamLine: While it didn't change the entire business, or even spark a major angle, Miz's character is defined by one line.
--> "I'd rather you all hate me for everything I am than love me for something I'm not."
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome: Yeah...for better or worse, this is pretty much the backbone of Miz's gimmick.
* WorthyOpponent: In the 2/14/11 RAW Miz gave his condolences to Lawler's mother (who died the Saturday before) and states that he didn't want that tragedy to hinder Lawler when the two fought at Elimination Chamber that Sunday. It was considerably one of the only times that he's done this. (which is more surprising upon a certain [[MichaelCole troll]] who WOULD NOT SHUT UP ABOUT THE WHOLE THING)
* WrestlingPsychology: He's damn good at selling; his pirouette after getting Knockout Punched by TheBigShow was spectacular.
** He sold a recent {{Sheamus}} Brogue Kick very similarly.
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[[caption-width:300: ...and he's AWESOME!]]
-->'''Miz''': You all think I'm a frog-faced loser?
-->'''Green Bay crowd''': YES!
-->'''Miz''': [[CatchPhrase Really]]?
-->'''Green Bay crowd''': ''YES!''
-->'''Miz''': ''[[VerbalTic Really]]''?
-->'''Green Bay crowd''': ''YES!''
-->'''Miz''': ''[[OverlyLongGag REALLY]]''?
-->'''Green Bay crowd''': '''YES!!!!'''
-->'''Miz''': Well, [[CheapHeat Green Bay Packers]] [[HilariousInHindsight aren't]] [[CrowningMomentOfFunny going to]] [[JerkAss the Super Bowl!]]
-->'''Green Bay crowd''': ''(boos)''[[hottip:*: Oh yes they are]]
-->-- ''MondayNightRaw'', [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbWn1eqE2dE#t=1m51s October 25, 2010]]
Michael "Mike" Mizanin (born October 8, 1980) is an American reality television personality and professional wrestler, currently working for the {{WWE}} on its [[WWERaw Raw brand]], and is better known by his ring name: '''TheMiz'''.
ThatOtherWiki has a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Mizanin rundown on his life and career.]]
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!!'''Tropes associated with The Miz:'''
* ArchEnemy: He would say it's JohnCena. In RealLife, it's probably [[JerkAss J]][[TheBully B]][[AlphaBitch L]].
** DanielBryan was also one in 2010.
** [[JerryLawler Jerry "the King" Lawler]] in early 2011.
** JohnMorrison, ever since they split their tag team.
** [[MemeticMutation That very angry little girl.]]
*** And [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyqlX_vbXZw&feature=related that one camera.]]
** [[TheDogBitesBack Alex Riley]] seems to be the most recent example. Commentators have even noted how equally vicious they have been to each other.
* [[ArrogantKungFuGuy Arrogant Wrestler Guy]]
* AlliterativeName: Mike "TheMiz" Mizanin, anyone?
* AscendedFanboy: Back when he was a part of TheRealWorld, he often displayed his love of the WWE and hoped to become a wrestler.
* BadassDecay. So, so much since losing the WWE Championship. It looked for a while that he would come out of it during his time with [[RonKillings R-Truth]], but after their split, R-Truth is the hotter one of the two.
* BadassLongcoat: He only wears it for a PPV.
* BerserkButton: If his interactions with JohnCena and [[DwayneJohnson The Rock]] were any indication, TheMiz ''hates'' being underestimated.
* BlackBestFriend: A villainous example with [[RonKillings R-Truth]].
* BoisterousWeakling: Started off at this, with more minimal skills and no smaller a mouth, most notably when he spent a long period of time goading Cena into a match, [[CurbstompBattle with the expected results]]. As time passed, Miz became significantly more NotSoHarmless and could add up to his talk more often, though, being an egotistical DirtyCoward, his mocking still gets him more than he bargained for every once in a while.
* BreakupBreakout: After Miz and Morrison broke up, Miz was the one, to everyones surprise, that had more success, with winning the WWE Championship, and after losing it are still part of a major storyline. And while Morrison hasn't really faded in to obscurity, hasn't had that much success as Miz has had.
* CallingYourAttacks: [[spoiler:Did a lot of this in his recent 'I Quit' match with JohnCena.]]
* CasanovaWannabe: Almost painfully so.
* CatchPhrase: "Because I'm TheMiz...and I'm...'''''AWESOME!'''''"
** "And I'm the Chick Magnet, TheMiz" on the Dirt Sheet
** Also added "Really? Really?" when he interrupts people after they say something especially disagreeable to him.
** "HOORAH" when he made his debut.
* CharacterDevelopment: Despite being on the back-burner for most of the build up to Wrestlemania, it resulted in Miz getting some much needed CharacterDevelopment and [[TookALevelInBadass Badass level grinding]] from a [[JokeCharacter little putz]] of a Champion into a legitimately threatening, [[TedBaxter if extremely overconfident]], {{Heel}}.
* ChickMagnet: So says he. And if you've seen some of the women he's dated in RealLife (like, say, Maryse) it's true.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Has shown a tendency toward turning on partners as of late. If he feels you're [[YouHaveFailedMe not pulling your weight]] or simply [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness served your purpose...]] it's only a matter of time before he gives you the [[FinishingMove Skull Crushing Finale.]] JerryLawler [[LampshadeHanging hung a lampshade]] on it in a recent episode of RAW, by way of a warning to MichaelCole (who claims to be a friend of Miz as well).
** HoistByHisOwnPetard: Only for them to come back and beat the shit out of him.
* CompanionCube: The WWE Championship. Seriously, when was the last time a Champ flaunted it around as much as he did? In a weird sort of [[InsaneTrollLogic troll logicy]] way, it kind of adds prestige back to the belt, since he makes it seem like such a big deal. He did the same with the United States Championship before that -- hauling it around everywhere he went.
** Before that, that MITB briefcase (although it was usually [[HoYay Alex Riley]] that carried it.)
* CoolMask: As Calgary Kid.
* ConspiracyTheorist: R-Truth convinced him that TripleH, the participants in the World Title feud, and upper management are conspiring to keep them in the mid-card.
* CreepyMonotone: Miz is arguably scariest when he's not being a LargeHam.
* DemotedToExtra: Seems to have been lost in the shuffle more recently, going from a WWE Champion to a guy that has trouble getting meaningful TV time. He seems to be floating in the awkward camp of being above the status of a mid-carder, but not quite a true main-eventer.
* {{Determinator}}, DoingItForTheArt: He really, really, ''really'' loves wrestling, and he's put up with some terrible and humiliating angles (and harsh backstage treatment) for the privilege of doing it, as well as working hard to improve his work to prove he belongs as much as anyone in the company.
** The Determinator aspect also shows up in the ring. Whatever lack of in ring ability he has is made up by the fact that he's capable of taking a truly brutal asskicking, at least ever since he became champion.
** During his Wrestlemania 27 match, he suffered a concussion by smacking his head off concrete; he proceeded to wrestle the rest of the match and retained the title.
** During the 2011 RAW Money in the Bank match, his knee got dislocated (which they kept showing [[{{Squick}} over and over again]]) and was carted out. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Not even ten minutes later he was back out in the ring]].
*** Despite still in bad condition from this, he won his next two matches under completely legitimate tactics on RAW ''the following day''.
* DickDastardlyStopsToCheat: Miz's recent defeats have been coming about due to him having a pretty firm grip on the VillainBall. Even though he'll pretty much have his opponent beaten cleanly, or damn near close to it, he just ''has'' to do that one thing that'll get him disqualified or take his time beating down an opponent just long enough for them to get that HeroicSecondWind. Hell, he lost his last two matches with Cena for the title because of this.
* DirtyCoward: Has become one more and more since becoming WWE Champion.
** It is however, juxtoposed with his enormous arrogance and temperament. He'll dig himself into a bad situation with another wrestler time and time again, and usually only [[OhCrap realise too late what he's gotten himself into]].
* TheDogBitesBack: After losing to Cena for the third consecutive time at Over The Limit, he once more berates Alex Riley, who responds by kicking the ever loving crap out of Miz. Even ''MichaelCole'' states that Miz had it coming.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: He has improved big time compared to when he first arrived to WWE, and he demands to be recognized for it.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Arguably the character of TheMiz, when he first appeared in ''The Real World''.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: Not so much for Miz the character, but winning the WWE Title was this for the real person. Don't believe me? See the {{Determinator}} entry.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: "I'd rather you hate me for who I am than love me for someone I'm not!"
* MrFanservice: He ''is'' called "Chick Magnet," after all. When he was first getting his feet wet in ECW in the summer of 2007, Extreme Expose (KellyKelly, Layla El, and Brooke Adams) used to hang out with him all the time.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: On the 2/14/11 edition of Raw, after beating [[BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]], TheMiz announced that JerryLawler (his opponent at Elimination Chamber) wasn't there that night because of the passing of his mother.....and offered his deepest condolences. (unlike a certain [[MichaelCole troll]])
* EvilMentor: To [[SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp Alex]] [[JerkJock Riley]].
* EvilIsPetty
* EvillyAffable
* FatalFlaw: His inability to shut up.
* FinishingMove: Three: The Reality Check (A kneelift to a neckbreaker), the [[PunnyName Mizard of Oz]] (A front facelock neckbreaker), and the Skull Crushing Finale(A full nelson facebuster).
* FlatWhat: While ranting on Air Boom (The tag team name for EvanBourne and Kofi Kingston) [[RonKillings R-truth]] has this to say.
-->'''R-truth''': "Air Boom is as bad a sneaky fart."
-->'''The Miz''': (stops the crowd from saying the usaul What.) "[[TheRestShallPass I got this.]] What?"
* FleetingDemographicRule: TheMiz decided to make own logo by flipping the WWE logo upside down to make an M. [[MattHardy Too bad somebody beat him to it.]]
** Also, he and R-Truth decided to follow with [[KurtAngle someone who decided to have a theme with the only lyrics being the words "You Suck."]]
* GenreSavvy: Before his "I Quit" Match with JohnCena at Over The Limit, Miz cuts a promo to the effect of saying that because there are no rules other than to make your opponent say "I Quit", Alex Riley would be able to help him in his endeavors, essentially turning the match into a Handicap Match.
** He was also savvy to JohnCena trying to turn him and [[RonKillings R-Truth]] against each other using their egos. It was only due to Truth being paranoid as usual that resulted in it actually working.
*** Well, that and the fact that Miz gave Truth the Skull Crushing Finale on the steel ramp.
* GoneHorriblyRight: After JohnCena got Alex Riley fired, it's just him versus TheMiz, one on one, exactly what Cena wants. But now Cena has to deal with an angry Miz that feels slighted by [[DwayneJohnson The Rock]] and Cena while trying to make his WWE title reign as memorable as possible and doesn't have his moron of a lackey to fall back on. The result? A month of Cena getting owned repeatedly by Miz.
* HannibalLecture: Gave one to Cena on the RAW before Over The Limit 2011. However, Cena wasn't going to have any of it gave a ''very'' HotBlooded [[ShutUpHannibal rebuttal]].
* HoYay: With Alex Riley and MichaelCole.
** Also with JohnMorrison during their time together as a tag team, even describing their relationship as a bromance.
** And Big Show, to a lesser extent, since he effectively got dragged into TheBigShow & ChrisJericho's own [[HoYay break-up, which saw Jericho acting like the jealous third party]].
*** Also with Jericho for a few weeks after Big Show turned on Miz.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: In the WWE 2011 Draft, when JohnCena was drafted to Smackdown, Miz was glad because if he wins against Cena and JohnMorrison at Extreme Rules 2011, then "he won't see [Cena]". The main event match for the final draft pick was between Smackdown's JohnCena, Mark Henry and {{Christian}} and Raw's TheMiz, CMPunk, and AlbertoDelRio. Mark Henry pulled a FaceHeelTurn and betrayed Cena and Christan, allowing TheMiz to pin Cena. Raw got the final draft pick who is none other than... JohnCena for the second time! Congratulations Miz, you just brought the one guy who is determined to take the WWE title off of you back to the same brand you're on! "Sweet irony", as JohnCena said in a WWE.com exclusive interview when he was drafted back to Raw.
* HollywoodPudgy: JohnMorrison has called him fat multiple times, for a while he was very sensitive about his weight.
** Lampshaded by Dolph Ziggler in the Raw before Royal Rumble 2011.
* IgnoredEnemy: To [[DwayneJohnson The Rock]] and John Cena leading to {{Wrestlemania}} 27. Of course, he didn't take that well.
* IHaveManyNames: He lists about five or six trying to pick up a girl in a WWE.com video.
* IncomingHam: [[EarWorm AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWEEEEEEEEEEESOME]].
* ImprovisedWeapon: Miz wasn't the first Money n the Bank Winner to hit people with the briefcase, but he did it so much that by the time he cashed it in it was so dented up that it looked like it had been in [[strike: a car wreck]] [[strike:a train wreck]] [[StuffBlowingUp an episode of]] ''{{Mythbusters}}''.
** He even kept using it for a time ''after'' cashing it in.
** Miz won the MITB match in July 2010. He cashed it in to win the WWE Championship in November 2010. As of this post (April 2011), Alex Riley is [[CompanionCube still carrying a briefcase.]]
*** Who later smack him in the head with it.
* ItsAllAboutMe
* JerkAss
* JerkassHasAPoint: In a recent RAW episode taped on Long Island, NY, TheMiz countered the You Suck chant by shouting "I don't suck! All the New York sports teams suck!" There were general boos, but then a few nods of agreement in the stands.
** Although this might be a case of InsultBackfire as well. Anyone with a bit of knowledge about sports fandoms knows that it's almost impossible to out-complain New Yorkers about their own teams. Other than perhaps Philadelphia, [[BigApplesauce New York]] is one of the [[UnpleasableFanbase hardest fandoms to satisfy in any sport.]]
* KickTheDog: By the time Miz was paired with DanielBryan on NXT, he had accumulated a large amount of heat. His bullying of Bryan as a sadistic DrillSergeantNasty gained him even more, and had fans everywhere looking forward to the day when Bryan would finally pay him back. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Which finally happened.]]
** His final 2010 match against JerryLawler was basically this to borderline MoralEventHorizon levels, where what started as a match between the WWE Champion and a Hall of Famer quickly devolved into Miz beating the crap out of a old man who could barely fight back. It reached the point where even MichaelCole, who ''always'' finds a reason to excuse TheMiz's actions, [[EvenEvilHasStandards was thoroughly disturbed by it]].
* LargeHam: Because he's TheMiz, and he's AWESOME!
* LaserGuidedKarma: At Tables, Ladder and Chairs 2011, he managed to handcuff CMPunk to the turnbuckle. Punk tried in vain to punch him out, but Miz stayed just out of range of his punches, laughing his ass off. So Punk ''kicked'' him in the face instead, flooring him.
* LetsGetDangerous: When Alex Riley got fired, he subsequently grew a spine.
* ManlyTears: After winning the WWE title, as seen in the pic above.
* MasterOfNone: Because Miz is not specifically a power, high flying, technical, or brawling wrestler - instead having a mix of all these styles - he doesn't really stand out in the ring as much as other wrestlers. If he continues to improve at the rate he is, however, he'll probably become JackOfAllStats in short time.
* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Though TheMiz is pretty Heelish, if you see an appearance of TheMiz outside the WWE, you can tell he's actually a really nice and friendly guy.
* TheNapoleon
* NeverMyFault: Always finds an excuse for his failures. Recently, Alex Riley has been his go to scape goat whenever he loses.
** Unfortunately it comes back to [[TheDogBitesBack bite him]].
* NiceHat: Used to have a fedora as part of his entrance attire.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: The 4/11/11 RAW. A 5-man gauntlet match was held between Dolph Ziggler, JohnMorrison, RandyOrton, JohnCena, and R-Truth to determine the #1 contender for Miz's WWE Championship. The last match ended up being between Cena, WWE's resident Superman, and R-Truth, a well-liked crowd favorite that seems [[ScrewedByTheNetwork not to be liked by the 'E itself.]] Categorically, he would be a 'jobber to the stars' - in that he appears in his share of high-profile matches that aren't one-on-one, but is never allowed to be victorious. So anybody who follows wrestling should have been predicting a CurbStompBattle, especially because Truth had wrestled two matches before. Cena apparently thought so, too, because he pulled out a bunch of rarer moves in his moveset (including the Guillotine Legdrop) in an effort to put Truth down quickly. [[{{Determinator}} He didn't count on Truth refusing to stay down for a full 3-count.]] Miz, who was a guest commentator for the match and probably didn't want to face Cena again (whom he beat at WrestleMania because of [[DwayneJohnson The Rock's]] interference), comes up with the bright idea of he and Alex Riley to attack Cena and Truth simultaneously, resulting in a double DQ. In Miz's mind, [[InsaneTrollLogic this means that he doesn't have to defend his title against either of them.]] What actually resulted (per the Anonymous Raw GM's announcement) is that Miz is now in a Triple Threat championship match with Cena, who wants the title in order to make his Wrestlemania XXVIII match with the Rock a Championship match, ''and'' R-Truth, who has never won the Championship before. ''And he can lose the title without being the one pinned or forced to submit.''
** However, R Truth would lose the right to challenge Miz a week later. Who did he lose it to? ''JohnMorrison''. Now Miz has to take on WWE Superman JohnCena as well as Morrison, the one guy who got closest to beating Miz for the WWE Championship in a previous match over anyone else, including RandyOrton, JerryLawler, and Cena himself.
* NoShirtLongJacket: While not being a BadassLongcoat, his leather jacket is pretty cool.
* NotSoHarmless: A defining character trait of TheMiz. He started as an awkward, untalented, uncharismatic dork, but after years of work he's turned into a man who's crippled the overconfident R-Truth after a BoastfulRap distracted him and got pops for beating up World Champion {{Sheamus}} after he called him a loser, of course, that's all topped by his greatest achievement yet, taking the {{WWE}} Championship from RandyOrton.
** Not to mention his last few encounters with JohnCena, all of which have ended with Cena's face in the ground, and one of which ended with [[DwayneJohnson The People's]] [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Elbow.]]
** He also managed to trick StoneColdSteveAustin into a fake showdown in the ring, where he promptly sicced Alex Riley on him and proceeded to leave afterwards. Unfortunately, Riley didn't last too long afterwards...
* OddCouple[=/=]DifferentAsNightAndDay: Miz and Morrison - an MrFanservice {{Cloudcuckoolander}} WarriorPoet who's PrettyInMink and skillful in LeParkour, and a HotBlooded LargeHam with UnderwearOfPower and CasanovaWannabe tendencies.
* OhCrap: When JohnMorrison faced TheMiz for the {{WWE}} title on Raw, TheMiz had Alex Riley help him beat down Morrison, then Morrison recovered, beat the crap out of Riley, set him up on a barricade and kneed his face in, camera cuts to TheMiz with a look like he just crapped his pants.
** Got another one of these looks on a recent episode of RAW. He was in the middle of cutting a promo complaining, as usual, about the lack of respect he gets, when suddenly... [[RonKillings "THE TRUTH...]] [[HesBack HAS SET]] [[HeelFaceTurn ME FREE!!"]]
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Unlike [[DwayneJohnson the Rock]], TheMiz is just his nickname; people have even called him Mike to piss him off.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Miz's first Wrestlemania as WWE champion has him cutting a program against JohnCena - one of the best mic workers in the company at the moment - and [[DwayneJohnson The Rock]] - one of the best mic workers '''in the history of the industry'''. Needless to say, he's kinda left in the dust. More than a few of his fans are rather pissed off about this, since this could be a real make it or break it period for him.
** He has recently got back in the feud after cutting an amazing promo where he destroyed Cena using [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome The People's Elbow.]]
** And entering the ring dressed as The Rock [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beating the hell out of Cena again the following week,]] kicking his ass all the way back up the entrance ramp and then bouncing Cena's head off everything that had a metal surface.
*** That includes hitting a Rock Bottom and later finishing it with a Skull Crushing Finale on the WWE logo stand.
* PickOnSomeoneYourOwnSize: Sees nothing wrong with terrorizing children and non wrestlers just because they piss him off.
* PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy: Has dipped into this on occasion, especially since his partnership with [[RonKillings R-Truth]], where he essentially acts as a hype man for Truth's [[DoItYourselfThemeTune rapping entrance.]]
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Miz and Morrison wouldn't have become tag team champions when they did if it wasn't for then-current champion MattHardy's bursting appendix. The rest is history, ladies and gentlemen.
** Before [[RonKillings Truth]] got busted and sent on a "Wellness vacation", [[WhatCouldHaveBeen Awesome Truth was set to win the tag titles from Air Boom following "Survivor Series."]]
* RedBaron: Has three - "[[CasanovaWannabe The Chick Magnet]]", "[[TedBaxter The Awesome One]]", and "[[ClevelandRocks The Cleveland Screamer]]".
* RedOniBlueOni: He was the Red Oni to Morrison.
** And the Blue Oni to R-Truth.
* TheRival: He has his in JohnMorrison, though more recently it's been [[BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]].
* RomanceOnTheSet: Is currently dating former WWE diva Maryse.
* TheRunnerUpTakesItAll: Despite falling short from winning the fourth season of Tough Enough, TheMiz is the only contestant from the show to become the WWE Champion. The winner, Daniel Puder, spent less than a year in developmental and was later released due to ExecutiveMeddling.
* TheScapegoat: [[InsaneTrollLogic Somehow he got blamed for the low buyrates for SurvivorSeries PPV.]]
* ScarfOfAsskicking: Subverted; when he dropped the scarf, he started kicking way more ass.
* SeriousBusiness: He almost always acts completely straight, instead of mugging or playing to the audience, giving the bits more humor ''and'' dramatic gravitas.
* SharpDressedMan: TheMiz loves him some suits.
** BadassInANiceSuit: This makes him more menacing.
** WaistcoatOfStyle: And damn fashionable to boot.
* SlasherSmile + TonsOfTeeth: His [[http://i714.photobucket.com/albums/ww149/TheDevilsCreed/logo2.jpg symbol]], a haphazard smiling face with ''THEMIZ'' as the teeth.
** His trunks have a similar motif, but with ''I'M AWESOME'' as the teeth instead.
** Gave a pretty creepy one to Cena after beating the crap out of him on this week's RAW. Can anyone find a picture of that, he actually looked pretty badass.
* SmallNameBigEgo: In kayfabe.
* SmugSnake: Even if he's a face, he's smug.
** His SmugSnake status has grown big time since become WWE Champion. While he HAS taking multiple levels in badass, it's now gotten to his head big time proclaiming him to be best of all time, the most must see WWE champion, etc. despite fact he's needed help repeatedly for matches.
*** This trait has been reversed somewhat as of recently, with him managing to compete with wrestlers under legitimate tactics [[VillainBall only to lose after]] [[DickDastardlyStopsToCheat Stopping To Cheat]]. His recent pay per view matches with Cena and Riley are good examples.
* StrawFan: VinceMcMahon tried to use him to "show" anti-Cena fans why they're wrong. It didn't quite work.
* StoneWall: Not the stationary type, but he fits the qualifications of low ATK high DEF in the idea that his offense isn't the most hard hitting, but he can take the most hellacious beatings in WWE and still kick out. Hell, he's kicked out of peoples finishers in matches that didn't really mean anything.
* StraightMan: Somehow manages to be this to [[RonKillings R-Truth]] at points. [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} This really says]] [[LargeHam a whole lot]] [[UpToEleven about Truth's]] [[BeyondTheImpossible character.]]
* TedBaxter
* TooManyBelts: At the start of 2010, Miz held the United States championship and the Unified Tag Team championships simultaneously - Meaning he had an unprecendented (In the WWE, anyway) ''three'' championship belts in his possession at one time.
** For a ten-minute period on 2-21-2011, he held the WWE Championship and the Unified Tag Team titles.
* TookALevelInBadass: And how. Who would have pegged that kid from ''The Real World'' with the annoying gimmick would turn into the WWE Champion?
** Especially after he started out fumbling lines as a mere Diva Search host and wrestling just passable matches with a so-called "finishing move" that made its victims look like they should retire???
*** In line with the above, the Falls Count Anywhere match with JohnMorrison on the 1/3/11 RAW proved that Miz HAS become a BadAss.
*** The moment that JohnCena got Alex Riley fired, it in turn resulted in the closing scenes of the most recent {{RAW}}s to be Miz leaning over Cena's broken body after beating the crap out of him, all while wearing a pretty creepy SlasherSmile.
** Let's give a bit of a comparison here, folks. When Cena and Miz first had a match together, Cena more or less turned Miz into roadkill. Their most recent match on RAW? Miz, for all intents and purposes, dominated the match, though his cheating ended up costing him the victory.
* {{Troll}}: Oh dear God yes.
* UnderwearOfPower: After returning.
* UnknownRival: To JohnCena at first. Miz is now a full-blown ArchEnemy for Cena.
* UnnecessaryRoughness: Wow. Behind his overconfident smirk and LargeHam tendencies, Miz packs a pretty brutal mean streak. The most recent beatdown he gave to JohnCena (and there has been more than one in recent months) has probably only been matched in recent memory by the one Cena received during the [[TheNexus NXT Riot.]]
** And then his [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beatdown]] on Alex Riley on the Fourth of July edition of Raw (though it was admitedly no more brutal than the one Riley gave him a few weeks prior).
** [[spoiler: His run-in along with [[RonKillings R-Truth]] during the Punk/HHH match at ''Night of Champions 2011''. They beat the hell out of both competitors, and then ''beat the hell out of the referees.'']]
** [[spoiler:Then came ''Hell In A Cell 2011'' when they beat the crap out of everyone including the ''cameramen'']]
* VillainSong: While he doesn't sing it himself, "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_qFmGEd_Bo I Came To Play]]" certainly works as one for him. It certainly sounds villainous enough and fits his personality and motives to the letter.
** "Hate Me Now" from ''Wrestlemania XXVII'' certainly qualifies.
** He actually sings part of "You Suck" along with [[RonKillings R-Truth]].
* VillainTeamUp: With [[RonKillings R-Truth]]
* WeUsedToBeFriends: With JohnMorrison.
** And it's actually ''Morrison's'' fault they split up, because he tried interfering with a match of his during the Tri-Brand Trade, which made Miz lose and got him traded to Raw.
** With Alex Riley, as well.
** And also with [[RonKillings R-Truth.]]
* WhamLine: While it didn't change the entire business, or even spark a major angle, Miz's character is defined by one line.
--> "I'd rather you all hate me for everything I am than love me for something I'm not."
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome: Yeah...for better or worse, this is pretty much the backbone of Miz's gimmick.
* WorthyOpponent: In the 2/14/11 RAW Miz gave his condolences to Lawler's mother (who died the Saturday before) and states that he didn't want that tragedy to hinder Lawler when the two fought at Elimination Chamber that Sunday. It was considerably one of the only times that he's done this. (which is more surprising upon a certain [[MichaelCole troll]] who WOULD NOT SHUT UP ABOUT THE WHOLE THING)
* WrestlingPsychology: He's damn good at selling; his pirouette after getting Knockout Punched by TheBigShow was spectacular.
** He sold a recent {{Sheamus}} Brogue Kick very similarly.
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