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Mike Mizanin
An image of Mike Mizanin.
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Ring name(s) Mike "The Miz" Mizanin[1]
The Miz[2]
Billed height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[2]
Billed weight 231 lb (105 kg)[2]
Born October 8, 1980 (1980-10-08) (age 28)[1]
Parma, Ohio[1]
Billed from Cleveland, Ohio (WWE)[2]
Parma, Ohio
Trained by UPW staff
Al Snow
Bill DeMott
Debut 2003[1]
Website Mike "The Miz".com

Michael "Mike" Mizanin (born October 8, 1980)[1] better known by his ring name The Miz, is an American professional wrestler signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on its Raw brand.

Before being promoted to the main WWE roster, Mizanin trained and wrestled with Ultimate Pro Wrestling (UPW) and Deep South Wrestling (DSW), where he became the first Deep South Heavyweight Champion. Mizanin was sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), working in tag team action and winning the tag titles, the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship, on one occasion.

After signing with WWE, Mizanin became host of the annual WWE Diva Search competition in 2006. Following his hosting duties, Mizanin made his wrestling debut in September 2006, as a villain who went "undefeated". In 2007, he was drafted from SmackDown to the ECW brand, where he formed a partnership with John Morrison, in which the two captured both the WWE Tag Team Championship and the World Tag Team Championship. He was drafted to the Raw brand as part of the 2009 WWE Draft.[3]

Aside from professional wrestling, Mizanin has appeared on numerous MTV reality shows, most notably The Real World. Mizanin entered the fourth season of Tough Enough, a televised competition which would award the winner a WWE contract. He was a finalist in the competition. Mizanin has also made appearances on television shows including Battle of the Network Reality Stars, Fear Factor, Identity, and Ghost Hunters.
Biography

Mizanin, a native of Parma, Ohio, graduated from Normandy High School, where he was the captain of the basketball and cross country teams.[1] He also participated in swimming, the student government and was the editor of his high school yearbook.[1] He then attended Miami University, where he was a member of the Theta Chi Fraternity, and studied business at the Richard T. Farmer School of Business.[1][4]

Mizanin later relocated to Southern California in order to attend acting classes. He also visited high schools and colleges, delivering motivational speeches.[4]

[edit] Television career

Mizanin dropped out of college, where he was pursuing a degree in business, in order to appear on the tenth season of MTV`s reality television program The Real World in 2001.[5][6] He went on to appear in multiple seasons of its spin-off series, Real World/Road Rules Challenge,[6] along with contestants from both Road Rules and The Real World, including Battle of the Seasons,[7] The Gauntlet,[8] The Inferno,[8] Battle of the Sexes 2,[9] and The Inferno 2.[10] Except for Battle of the Sexes 2, Mizanin made it to the end of the rest of the Challenges on which he competed, and won both Battle of the Seasons and The Inferno 2.

It was during an episode of The Real World that Mizanin first displayed an alter ego known as "The Miz".[1] In contrast to Mizanin`s usually placid demeanor, the Miz was angry, combative, and headstrong. Mizanin later realized that "The Miz" would make an excellent professional wrestling gimmick.[

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