1 00:00:07,030 --> 00:00:08,910 Miz interview, take one, Mark. 2 00:00:12,570 --> 00:00:14,510 You missed your opening shot. 3 00:00:14,710 --> 00:00:20,010 You missed your opening shot. I mean, that was it. Miz, click, come off, see 4 00:00:20,010 --> 00:00:25,210 face, smirk, had it in. We had a guy in the background. You ruined the whole 5 00:00:25,210 --> 00:00:29,710 thing. If you were a fan, WWE Universe, would you like the Miz? 6 00:00:31,630 --> 00:00:32,629 No. 7 00:00:33,810 --> 00:00:36,090 No, I would probably not like the Miz. 8 00:00:36,470 --> 00:00:37,470 Why? 9 00:00:38,410 --> 00:00:42,190 It's just... He's just a bad guy. 10 00:00:44,610 --> 00:00:46,830 Some people don't like being a bad guy. 11 00:00:47,710 --> 00:00:51,190 They don't like hearing all the negativity. 12 00:00:53,530 --> 00:00:54,790 I enjoy it. 13 00:00:56,990 --> 00:01:03,350 If you're not an asshole at heart, you're not going to cut it as a villain 14 00:01:03,350 --> 00:01:04,349 today's environment. 15 00:01:04,550 --> 00:01:05,550 You're just not. 16 00:01:06,730 --> 00:01:11,110 That persona has to live inside of you. The way he sort of has an arrogance 17 00:01:11,110 --> 00:01:15,090 about him. He's got an air of condescension when he speaks to anybody. 18 00:01:15,490 --> 00:01:20,170 The WWE universe doesn't realize the A -list talent that I am. 19 00:01:20,410 --> 00:01:23,850 He is the perfect, hateable human. 20 00:01:24,290 --> 00:01:29,150 He's a jerk. He has the courage to be a dick. 21 00:01:31,350 --> 00:01:34,010 I'm sorry, am I bragging too much? 22 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:39,240 The Miz is a future Hall of Famer. He's really one of the great villains of the 23 00:01:39,240 --> 00:01:40,240 last 20 years. 24 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:42,960 He will do whatever it takes to get a win. 25 00:01:43,280 --> 00:01:47,780 I will cheat. I will cut corners. I will hit you in the back. Hey! Hey! 26 00:01:48,260 --> 00:01:51,420 Miz! Miz from behind with the free kick! 27 00:01:51,860 --> 00:01:57,460 If you're a villain, it allows you to tap in to a side of your personality 28 00:01:57,460 --> 00:02:01,300 you're yearning for everyone to know about you. 29 00:02:34,830 --> 00:02:37,010 Why is the Miz so easy to hate? 30 00:02:37,730 --> 00:02:44,530 Does it come naturally? 31 00:02:47,410 --> 00:02:48,970 Or is it by design? 32 00:02:54,870 --> 00:02:56,570 The Miz is the joker. 33 00:02:57,670 --> 00:03:03,190 The Miz is the guy who's counted out, who is not shown respect. 34 00:03:04,170 --> 00:03:10,870 who's treated like he's disposable, who turns out to be everyone's 35 00:03:10,870 --> 00:03:11,870 worst nightmare. 36 00:03:13,590 --> 00:03:15,890 Describing Miz as a villain is pretty easy. 37 00:03:16,130 --> 00:03:17,750 He knows how to pull these strings. 38 00:03:18,150 --> 00:03:19,910 He knows how to make people angry. 39 00:03:20,930 --> 00:03:26,270 His goal is to get that attention, and that's all he wants. And that's why 40 00:03:26,270 --> 00:03:31,070 time he goes out to the ring and grabs a microphone, you see the looks on 41 00:03:31,070 --> 00:03:32,070 people's faces. 42 00:03:34,170 --> 00:03:37,310 seen a performance like the one I gave in Marine 5. 43 00:03:37,990 --> 00:03:39,010 There's a word bus. 44 00:03:40,110 --> 00:03:46,130 The hallmark of a great bad guy is confidence and believability. 45 00:03:46,410 --> 00:03:50,190 I'm going to be the biggest star you have ever seen. What makes the Miz 46 00:03:50,190 --> 00:03:55,450 character so effective is that you couldn't help but feel that he meant 47 00:03:55,450 --> 00:03:56,530 word of what he was saying. 48 00:03:56,770 --> 00:04:01,450 Whoever comes out is going to get a beating and I don't care who it is. 49 00:04:01,690 --> 00:04:02,930 So who is it? 50 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:06,420 He is good at trash talk. He's quick. 51 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:07,720 He's smooth. 52 00:04:08,180 --> 00:04:10,200 I got in your face and what did you do? 53 00:04:10,420 --> 00:04:11,840 Did you fight for your dreams? 54 00:04:12,120 --> 00:04:16,380 Did you punch me in the face? No, you got up and you walked away. 55 00:04:16,740 --> 00:04:18,899 He can cut people down and he can do it very well. 56 00:04:19,100 --> 00:04:22,140 Making this all about you. Making it about me? I make nothing about me. 57 00:04:24,620 --> 00:04:27,880 You can be hated for a lot of different reasons and they aren't your fault. 58 00:04:28,280 --> 00:04:30,580 It's not a choice that we make to be hated. 59 00:04:31,140 --> 00:04:32,140 Evil's a choice. 60 00:04:34,570 --> 00:04:36,910 He chose to be this way and he has no problem saying it. 61 00:04:39,870 --> 00:04:44,650 This is the true story. We were first introduced to The Miz on the classic 62 00:04:44,650 --> 00:04:50,090 reality show, The Real World. The Real World. A character fabricated from the 63 00:04:50,090 --> 00:04:51,390 pain of being disliked. 64 00:04:52,090 --> 00:04:55,710 The Miz was cool. Mike was not. 65 00:04:57,690 --> 00:05:01,730 I first met Mike when he tried out for Real World Season 10. 66 00:05:02,820 --> 00:05:05,980 This is the first time I've ever been to New York. I don't know who I'm going to 67 00:05:05,980 --> 00:05:06,879 live with. 68 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:09,980 I think we all thought he was a little goofy at first. 69 00:05:10,260 --> 00:05:12,260 It's time, Mike, to be unleashed. 70 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:16,180 And the more you get to know him, the more he grew on you. He was kind of a 71 00:05:16,180 --> 00:05:17,180 burn. 72 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:18,940 I'm a very social person. 73 00:05:19,180 --> 00:05:21,000 I love to talk to everybody. 74 00:05:21,620 --> 00:05:25,280 But when I got on The Real World, nobody liked me. 75 00:05:26,520 --> 00:05:29,220 Every word that comes out of your mouth tends to be more insulting than the one 76 00:05:29,220 --> 00:05:31,360 previously. And it bothered me. 77 00:05:31,760 --> 00:05:36,320 I've never said anything that made you go, ooh, I don't ever want to hang out 78 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:37,320 with her again. 79 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:40,820 But you've done those types of things to me, and you've said those things, 80 00:05:40,880 --> 00:05:41,880 whether you know it or not. 81 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:45,820 And it was very uncomfortable, because you had to live with them and be around 82 00:05:45,820 --> 00:05:49,920 them 24 -7, all day, every day, for five months. 83 00:05:50,280 --> 00:05:53,240 Because that's how long we filmed for, five months. 84 00:05:53,560 --> 00:05:55,560 So how did I deal with being uncomfortable? 85 00:05:57,640 --> 00:05:59,920 I drank a lot. 86 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:06,000 And I created a character called The Miz that told people exactly what I 87 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:07,000 thought. 88 00:06:07,720 --> 00:06:12,220 You just don't get it, do you? You just don't get it, Coral, do you? He asked me 89 00:06:12,220 --> 00:06:14,760 if I smell what he's cooking. I don't know what he's talking about. 90 00:06:15,060 --> 00:06:16,340 You can't stop the claw. 91 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:17,640 It's The Miz claw. 92 00:06:17,900 --> 00:06:22,720 It's on her. It's got her. The Miz is a character I created. He's a wrestling 93 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:25,120 star, and he's ready for the big leagues. 94 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:26,400 Something happened. 95 00:06:31,219 --> 00:06:34,280 People started liking The Miz more than they liked Mike. 96 00:06:36,060 --> 00:06:39,280 I didn't realize I was creating a character. 97 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:41,480 It kind of just happened organically. 98 00:06:41,700 --> 00:06:42,960 Let me tell you something, Rock. 99 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:47,420 You think you're all that and a bag of chips. You think you're big. Well, you 100 00:06:47,420 --> 00:06:49,460 ain't seen big until you've seen The Miz. 101 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:53,440 I think Mike had the Miz in his back pocket for a long time. 102 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:55,920 I think he was thinking about it for years. 103 00:06:56,200 --> 00:06:58,620 And he was a kid that was a little insecure. 104 00:06:59,320 --> 00:07:04,420 And what kid does not want a superhero as their alter ego? I mean, everyone 105 00:07:04,420 --> 00:07:07,360 does, right? He just was a little more organized about it. 106 00:07:07,840 --> 00:07:10,600 He created the Miz to protect himself. 107 00:07:12,540 --> 00:07:17,380 I think it's his cushion where you can be the Miz and it doesn't matter if no 108 00:07:17,380 --> 00:07:20,840 one... No one likes you because The Miz doesn't care. 109 00:07:21,080 --> 00:07:22,800 The Miz doesn't care about you. 110 00:07:23,460 --> 00:07:24,940 But Mike cares. 111 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:33,760 Once The Miz got on the real world, there was no 112 00:07:33,760 --> 00:07:34,760 more Mike. 113 00:07:35,440 --> 00:07:36,920 Everyone called me The Miz. 114 00:07:37,300 --> 00:07:38,760 Damn right. 115 00:07:39,220 --> 00:07:40,900 Everyone. You hear that? 116 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:43,880 I remember going back home. 117 00:07:44,350 --> 00:07:47,170 Looking at myself in the mirror and saying, what do I want to do with my 118 00:07:49,410 --> 00:07:51,490 And there's an action figure of The Rock. 119 00:07:52,070 --> 00:07:55,270 My roommates from the real world gave me. 120 00:07:58,530 --> 00:08:00,310 And I said, I want to be a WWE superstar. 121 00:08:07,310 --> 00:08:13,570 Being a reality star helped Mike earn an opportunity to compete on WWE's hit 122 00:08:13,570 --> 00:08:15,410 reality show, Tough Enough. 123 00:08:16,610 --> 00:08:20,450 Tough Enough's panel of judges found Mike to be irritating. 124 00:08:21,790 --> 00:08:28,310 And though he left empty -handed, the 125 00:08:28,310 --> 00:08:33,890 Miz's big break would ultimately come in the form of a microphone. 126 00:08:46,940 --> 00:08:53,620 Anytime you are being brought up to WWE, you're thankful and you really want to 127 00:08:53,620 --> 00:08:59,120 do your best. But when you sit down with Vince McMahon and he tells you, like, I 128 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:01,760 wanted you to be the Ryan Seacrest of the WWE. 129 00:09:07,160 --> 00:09:12,340 Look. Ryan Seacrest is very talented, but you don't want to hear that. You 130 00:09:12,340 --> 00:09:17,880 to hear, like, I see you as my next main event. People are going to pay big, big 131 00:09:17,880 --> 00:09:20,820 money to buy your merchandise, to buy your tickets. 132 00:09:21,040 --> 00:09:23,460 Not, I want you to be the host. 133 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:30,700 But when an opportunity presents itself to you, you take that opportunity. 134 00:09:31,660 --> 00:09:34,800 If I'm going to be the host, I'm going to have a microphone. 135 00:09:39,950 --> 00:09:42,310 My job was to hype up a crowd. 136 00:09:42,550 --> 00:09:45,410 That all starts right now. 137 00:09:46,010 --> 00:09:49,890 I was going to do everything I possibly could to make sure that I got a 138 00:09:49,890 --> 00:09:52,970 reaction. I created a catchphrase, hoorah. 139 00:09:54,150 --> 00:09:57,870 Hoorah! Every time I would say hoorah, they would say, you suck. 140 00:09:59,110 --> 00:10:00,710 Hoorah! Hoorah! 141 00:10:01,250 --> 00:10:02,890 Hoorah! Hoorah! 142 00:10:04,330 --> 00:10:06,950 In my head, I went, got something. 143 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:20,460 Mike was immediately disliked by the fans. 144 00:10:21,060 --> 00:10:22,720 He hadn't earned their respect. 145 00:10:23,320 --> 00:10:26,580 He was still just Mike from the real world. 146 00:10:27,860 --> 00:10:32,380 For better or worse, The Miz was kind of already a celebrity before he got into 147 00:10:32,380 --> 00:10:33,319 pro wrestling. 148 00:10:33,320 --> 00:10:37,840 Yo, what's up, it's The Miz. The attitude of the B .E. was they had this 149 00:10:37,840 --> 00:10:39,020 that had been on MTV. 150 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:43,200 He had been on Tough Enough. He was this loud, obnoxious character. 151 00:10:44,020 --> 00:10:45,820 Let him go out there, stir up the pot. 152 00:10:46,350 --> 00:10:47,910 and see how the crowd reacts to him. 153 00:10:49,930 --> 00:10:53,690 There's a thing where the crowd feels like someone's trying to get under their 154 00:10:53,690 --> 00:10:56,830 skin, and The Miz was the master of that, and I think the WWE saw it early. 155 00:10:57,430 --> 00:11:02,430 He doesn't become someone else. He just turns himself up to 10 and goes. 156 00:11:02,730 --> 00:11:09,550 He may make you hate him more, but you're not supposed 157 00:11:09,550 --> 00:11:10,550 to think he's cool. 158 00:11:11,450 --> 00:11:13,050 You're supposed to hate him. 159 00:11:16,490 --> 00:11:18,650 Mike saw this as an opportunity. 160 00:11:19,310 --> 00:11:24,950 So how do I parlay this into a wrestling career? 161 00:11:25,490 --> 00:11:26,870 How do I get in the ring? 162 00:11:27,510 --> 00:11:31,930 I remember thinking, if you give me a microphone, people are going to hate me 163 00:11:31,930 --> 00:11:34,370 much they're going to want to see me get beat up. 164 00:11:36,110 --> 00:11:38,450 He was the man everybody loved to hate. 165 00:11:39,970 --> 00:11:42,170 An annoying, arrogant loudmouth. 166 00:11:44,110 --> 00:11:45,110 After just... 167 00:11:45,230 --> 00:11:48,170 four months as the antagonizing host of SmackDown. 168 00:11:48,530 --> 00:11:55,370 The WWE Universe and the entire WWE locker room were anxious to see Miz put 169 00:11:55,370 --> 00:11:56,990 money where his mouth is. 170 00:11:57,490 --> 00:11:59,570 How about we book Paris Hilton, okay? 171 00:11:59,790 --> 00:12:01,890 Since we booked the freaking Miz. 172 00:12:03,850 --> 00:12:09,590 You could tell just by the commentary that Miz wasn't being taken seriously. 173 00:12:10,010 --> 00:12:11,990 I'll say what I want to say. I hate him. 174 00:12:12,270 --> 00:12:14,170 I personally hate him. 175 00:12:14,670 --> 00:12:19,850 When you see The Miz's debut and you hear the commentator say, I hate this 176 00:12:20,090 --> 00:12:25,710 he's pretty easy to hate. All of you get to witness the greatest debut in the 177 00:12:25,710 --> 00:12:27,370 history of SmackDown! 178 00:12:28,430 --> 00:12:32,930 He comes in with aura of, I'm above professional wrestling. I've been on 179 00:12:33,530 --> 00:12:36,550 I've been a reality star. Like, I must see. 180 00:12:36,890 --> 00:12:39,290 This is the guy I think he is. He's a reality show bomb. 181 00:12:39,490 --> 00:12:40,570 He's not going to last a week. 182 00:12:48,110 --> 00:12:52,370 Some of the guys made life kind of difficult on The Miz. He paid his dues, 183 00:12:52,470 --> 00:12:54,250 believe me. He paid his dues. 184 00:12:54,570 --> 00:12:56,110 Oh, JBL. 185 00:12:56,410 --> 00:13:02,690 When people have a preconceived notion of you, they don't want to like you. 186 00:13:03,890 --> 00:13:08,950 I'm walking on eggshells every time I walk backstage. One day I was in a 187 00:13:08,950 --> 00:13:14,570 room eating a piece of chicken, and someone said I dropped chicken all over 188 00:13:14,570 --> 00:13:15,570 their bag. 189 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:22,480 Then someone else hears that, then someone else hears that, and it turns 190 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:26,840 Miz is in the locker room throwing chicken, getting grease all over the 191 00:13:26,980 --> 00:13:27,980 How dare him? 192 00:13:28,380 --> 00:13:35,000 And I got a huge talking to. I got yelled at more 193 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:37,160 than I've ever been yelled at in my entire life. 194 00:13:41,640 --> 00:13:46,180 Mike wasn't allowed in the locker room for six months, and Mike had to change. 195 00:13:46,810 --> 00:13:53,770 in the public bathroom with fans sometimes 10 minutes before 196 00:13:53,770 --> 00:13:54,770 going on. 197 00:13:55,850 --> 00:14:02,710 Like he would be signing autographs in the bathroom before going on live 198 00:14:02,710 --> 00:14:03,710 television. 199 00:14:04,370 --> 00:14:08,690 He struck people the wrong way because of his reality show background, good 200 00:14:08,690 --> 00:14:11,930 -looking guy, natural talker right off the bat. 201 00:14:12,150 --> 00:14:14,370 I think some people knew this kid's going to be a star. 202 00:14:15,230 --> 00:14:16,970 but they didn't make it easy on him. 203 00:14:17,230 --> 00:14:20,950 No! Last ride through the announce table! 204 00:14:24,870 --> 00:14:26,930 Boy, did that set a chip on my shoulder. 205 00:14:27,630 --> 00:14:31,950 I don't care if you love me or you hate me, but I want you to respect me. 206 00:14:34,070 --> 00:14:35,630 I've always been a button pusher. 207 00:14:36,790 --> 00:14:42,350 I would test the waters with superstars in the back. I started wearing a bandana 208 00:14:42,350 --> 00:14:43,350 and fedora. 209 00:14:43,660 --> 00:14:48,800 Because I wore it once backstage, and everybody made fun of me and said, oh, 210 00:14:48,800 --> 00:14:52,520 God, what are you wearing? And in my head, I went, well, I'm wearing this out 211 00:14:52,520 --> 00:14:56,280 there because if you guys hate it, man, is this audience going to really hate 212 00:14:56,280 --> 00:14:57,280 it? 213 00:14:58,100 --> 00:15:02,060 People wanted to be out there to boo me and tell me how much they couldn't stand 214 00:15:02,060 --> 00:15:03,740 me. They ruined our show. 215 00:15:03,960 --> 00:15:09,280 Hey, your show was ruined the minute you opened your mouth out there. He has 216 00:15:09,280 --> 00:15:11,660 made an absolute living on being the guy. 217 00:15:12,400 --> 00:15:14,120 you want to see get punched in the face. 218 00:15:14,520 --> 00:15:18,820 I don't know what the science is behind having a punchable face, but people see 219 00:15:18,820 --> 00:15:22,400 his face and they go, look at him, that smug little blonde. 220 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:24,140 I'm going to punch his little face. 221 00:15:27,720 --> 00:15:32,080 There's a true skill to being that hated that early in your career. 222 00:15:33,440 --> 00:15:38,720 Hated by everyone, the Miz found an ally, a tag team partner in John 223 00:15:39,470 --> 00:15:42,530 A man who thrived on the hate just as much as the Miz. 224 00:15:42,990 --> 00:15:46,490 And the dynamic duo quickly became a force to be reckoned with. 225 00:15:47,130 --> 00:15:50,310 You never know what's going to happen to the team of Miz and Morrison. 226 00:15:50,530 --> 00:15:53,150 Remember that. Write it down. Do what you got to do. 227 00:15:54,110 --> 00:15:59,550 When I first got paired up with Miz in 2007, I remember thinking, oh, great. 228 00:16:00,190 --> 00:16:04,650 This guy that just got kicked out of the locker room is going to be my tag team 229 00:16:04,650 --> 00:16:05,650 partner. 230 00:16:06,430 --> 00:16:11,690 It really didn't take long for me to realize that there is a lot more to Mike 231 00:16:11,690 --> 00:16:13,350 Mizanin than The Miz. 232 00:16:13,950 --> 00:16:17,290 Miz and Morrison were like peanut butter and jelly. He was kind of the 233 00:16:17,290 --> 00:16:22,030 mouthpiece. Morrison was the physical performer, could do anything in the 234 00:16:22,050 --> 00:16:24,630 They matched up so well together. They had a style that worked. 235 00:16:25,270 --> 00:16:28,450 You're looking at a new SmackDown Tag Team Championship. 236 00:16:28,830 --> 00:16:30,270 Morrison and The Miz. 237 00:16:30,630 --> 00:16:34,970 We were champions, but nobody really knew who we were as characters. 238 00:16:36,140 --> 00:16:39,540 John and I would talk about, man, we should make a show on YouTube. 239 00:16:39,780 --> 00:16:42,100 Today we're going to talk about what was most important. 240 00:16:42,520 --> 00:16:44,060 YouTube was just getting popular. 241 00:16:44,540 --> 00:16:49,620 Hello, this is Trish Stratus. While everyone else is thinking about what 242 00:16:49,620 --> 00:16:53,440 going to do in their next match, John and I were also writing, editing. 243 00:16:53,760 --> 00:16:54,760 Let me take a look at that. 244 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:57,240 Producing a show that we would show up early. 245 00:16:57,710 --> 00:17:02,350 go into where there was a camera and a green screen. We only had maybe 30 246 00:17:02,350 --> 00:17:06,650 minutes to get this done, so it had to be written, memorized, and figured out 247 00:17:06,650 --> 00:17:07,650 a T. 248 00:17:09,130 --> 00:17:15,450 Those two would come to work every day ready to make a movie when some people 249 00:17:15,450 --> 00:17:19,270 are just walking in and cashing a check. They did these extra things on their 250 00:17:19,270 --> 00:17:21,069 own. It really made them stand out. 251 00:17:23,349 --> 00:17:25,069 It was entertaining, but... 252 00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:27,000 We were also going after everybody. 253 00:17:27,280 --> 00:17:28,800 We dominated DX. 254 00:17:29,140 --> 00:17:30,480 We mocked them. 255 00:17:32,040 --> 00:17:36,060 Bestest, you are still the biggest, fattest, baldest virgin. 256 00:17:36,300 --> 00:17:37,680 Fierce, fierce, fierce, fierce. 257 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:43,640 There's one thing to being a villain on camera and upsetting the audience and 258 00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:47,480 going after your peers. That's part of the show. When you're doing it in your 259 00:17:47,480 --> 00:17:52,260 free time and going after people on social media, that was a step above. 260 00:17:52,590 --> 00:17:56,310 And it really upset a lot of superstars. Even if we weren't even in a story with 261 00:17:56,310 --> 00:17:57,730 them, we went after them. 262 00:17:58,030 --> 00:17:59,030 You're a loser. 263 00:17:59,250 --> 00:18:02,290 Saying things that weren't supposed to be said. 264 00:18:02,790 --> 00:18:03,609 Hello, John. 265 00:18:03,610 --> 00:18:05,410 Who are you? I want to play a game. 266 00:18:06,250 --> 00:18:09,990 It went viral. 267 00:18:10,490 --> 00:18:14,350 People were talking about it, and most of all, people were talking about us. 268 00:18:14,350 --> 00:18:17,530 number one talk show on the internet, The Dirt Sheet. 269 00:18:17,810 --> 00:18:21,370 The Miz was always doing things that get you noticed. 270 00:18:21,870 --> 00:18:26,790 He wants that attention, whether it is positive or negative or anywhere in 271 00:18:26,790 --> 00:18:29,190 between. He doesn't care, and that's great. 272 00:18:29,650 --> 00:18:31,890 But then you have to be able to back it up in the ring. 273 00:18:32,670 --> 00:18:38,510 As tag team champions, The Miz and Morrison were inseparable, best friends 274 00:18:38,510 --> 00:18:42,930 life, or at least until the night of the WWE draft. 275 00:18:43,430 --> 00:18:45,770 It's draft night here in the WWE. 276 00:18:46,070 --> 00:18:47,190 Welcome, everyone. 277 00:18:53,290 --> 00:18:57,590 In a shocking twist, the dynamic duo were now singles competitors. 278 00:18:57,990 --> 00:19:01,130 The dirt sheet duo has now been separated. 279 00:19:01,550 --> 00:19:04,850 And The Miz instantly chose his first victim. 280 00:19:05,530 --> 00:19:06,530 Oh! 281 00:19:06,830 --> 00:19:08,710 Oh, I like it! 282 00:19:09,210 --> 00:19:10,790 Reality check! 283 00:19:11,330 --> 00:19:12,970 What in the world? 284 00:19:13,190 --> 00:19:18,230 Miz is ready to be a top -tier primetime player on Monday Night Raw. 285 00:19:19,190 --> 00:19:20,750 Was it a moment of fear? 286 00:19:22,190 --> 00:19:23,190 or desperation. 287 00:19:24,110 --> 00:19:28,710 Either way, this act of betrayal set the stage for what was to come. 288 00:19:30,210 --> 00:19:34,670 When John and I broke up, I had no idea what's in store for me. I haven't been a 289 00:19:34,670 --> 00:19:40,570 singles wrestler in, what, two, three years? And now I'm going into Monday 290 00:19:40,570 --> 00:19:47,390 Raw, the flagship show of WWE, and my first night out, I call out the poster 291 00:19:47,390 --> 00:19:48,390 child of WWE. 292 00:19:49,150 --> 00:19:52,890 I'm here to challenge John Cena. 293 00:19:53,890 --> 00:19:57,350 He is sending a message to the Royal Locker Room right now. 294 00:19:57,610 --> 00:20:02,250 For the next eight weeks, John Cena isn't going to be there. And I know he's 295 00:20:02,250 --> 00:20:06,150 going to be there. Cena will still not come out and fight me. And I'm going to 296 00:20:06,150 --> 00:20:11,210 call him out. The most overrated athlete in the history of WWE. 297 00:20:11,930 --> 00:20:16,470 So for eight weeks, I got tremendous amount of heat. 298 00:20:20,300 --> 00:20:21,600 Haven't heard that one before. 299 00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:24,720 People were booing me. 300 00:20:24,940 --> 00:20:26,080 Are you scared of me? 301 00:20:26,520 --> 00:20:27,600 They're standing me. 302 00:20:27,860 --> 00:20:29,120 You gotta step up now, Cena! 303 00:20:30,220 --> 00:20:34,160 Wanting to see John Cena just rip me to shreds. 304 00:20:35,560 --> 00:20:38,340 Then, The Miz finally got his wish. 305 00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:44,760 The good news is, The Miz will main event a pay -per -view this Sunday at 306 00:20:44,760 --> 00:20:49,260 Bash. The bad news is, The Miz has a match with me. 307 00:20:57,740 --> 00:21:01,800 Miz has talked about this for months. Now he has the opportunity to put up or 308 00:21:01,800 --> 00:21:02,459 shut up. 309 00:21:02,460 --> 00:21:07,100 Do you know how many people can't wait to see The Miz get shut up once and for 310 00:21:07,100 --> 00:21:08,059 all? 311 00:21:08,060 --> 00:21:12,140 The Miz facing off with John Cena at a pay -per -view event. The attitude was 312 00:21:12,140 --> 00:21:15,520 like, who's this punk calling out this megastar in John Cena? 313 00:21:15,740 --> 00:21:17,940 The all -American, clean -cut wrestler. 314 00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:20,340 He's the biggest thing in the WWE. 315 00:21:20,700 --> 00:21:26,520 John Cena, a mega superstar for Miz. His first big match at a major pay -per 316 00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:27,520 -view. 317 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:31,420 The man is this agitator. He gets under your skin. 318 00:21:31,800 --> 00:21:33,860 He's not on John Cena's level. 319 00:21:34,600 --> 00:21:38,280 It makes the audience want John Cena to shut his mouth. 320 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:20,720 I'm thinking, oh, man, like, we're going to have this incredible match. It's 321 00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:23,680 going to be a barn burner. People are going to be talking about it for years, 322 00:22:23,960 --> 00:22:24,960 right? 323 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:31,760 Instead, John Cena mops the floor with me. 324 00:22:35,340 --> 00:22:42,180 Cena just came 325 00:22:42,180 --> 00:22:45,940 in and I didn't even get any offense on him. 326 00:23:00,410 --> 00:23:07,410 The question I have is, did Miz learn anything from this 327 00:23:07,410 --> 00:23:08,410 lesson? 328 00:23:08,450 --> 00:23:11,190 The Miz played that perfectly. 329 00:23:13,230 --> 00:23:16,970 What's hard to understand is if the crowd wants to see you to win, 330 00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:21,920 or they want to see you to lose, it doesn't matter. It's all the same. 331 00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:27,740 And so John Cena and The Miz, at that moment, are on the same level. 332 00:23:29,880 --> 00:23:30,880 And it is! 333 00:23:31,300 --> 00:23:33,140 Miz is the United States Champion! 334 00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:37,400 The Miz used that beatdown as motivation and went on an impressive run, 335 00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:40,240 including winning the U .S. title. 336 00:23:41,220 --> 00:23:43,440 But Miz craved the ultimate prize, 337 00:23:44,340 --> 00:23:45,920 the WWE Championship. 338 00:23:46,860 --> 00:23:51,600 The prize, climb the ladder, retrieve the symbolic briefcase inside a 339 00:23:51,600 --> 00:23:55,920 opportunity at a WWE title, any place, any time. 340 00:23:56,840 --> 00:24:00,900 The winner of the Money in the Bank briefcase has gone on to win the 341 00:24:00,900 --> 00:24:03,000 championship over 80 % of the time. 342 00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:04,600 Look at Miz! 343 00:24:04,820 --> 00:24:05,820 Look at him! 344 00:24:06,740 --> 00:24:08,320 The Miz climbing the ladder. 345 00:24:08,580 --> 00:24:12,340 Miz has done it! The biggest win of Miz's career! 346 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:14,560 There's a change in the air. 347 00:24:18,670 --> 00:24:20,110 Orton is a true WWE champion. 348 00:24:20,350 --> 00:24:24,410 How bad you're hurt, you get in that ring. Suppose he's got a torn ACL or 349 00:24:24,410 --> 00:24:27,510 something like that, and then he keeps trying to go, just going to do more and 350 00:24:27,510 --> 00:24:28,510 more damage. 351 00:24:28,730 --> 00:24:30,910 How did he do it? 352 00:24:36,030 --> 00:24:37,330 Oh, my God! 353 00:24:37,910 --> 00:24:43,350 After barely surviving a brutal title defense, Randy Orton was clearly voted. 354 00:24:44,130 --> 00:24:45,130 It's the Miz! 355 00:24:45,570 --> 00:24:47,570 What? I can't believe this! 356 00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:49,480 And the Miz paddled it. 357 00:24:50,620 --> 00:24:55,260 The Miz won that 20 in the bank contract, waited all this time. He's 358 00:24:55,260 --> 00:25:00,160 tonight. Randy Orton in his second, not his first, but his second title defense 359 00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:01,160 of the night. 360 00:25:02,820 --> 00:25:04,280 I can't believe this. 361 00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:07,400 No, no. 362 00:25:08,980 --> 00:25:13,140 What more does Randy Orton have to endure here? 363 00:25:18,570 --> 00:25:19,830 Classic villain. 364 00:25:20,170 --> 00:25:25,270 By hook or by crook, often by crook, The Miz will get it done. 365 00:25:25,970 --> 00:25:26,670 I 366 00:25:26,670 --> 00:25:34,090 cannot 367 00:25:34,090 --> 00:25:35,830 believe it. This is unbelievable. 368 00:25:36,170 --> 00:25:41,670 The Miz comes out and picks this spot and takes the WWE title. 369 00:25:41,910 --> 00:25:44,310 He is the WWE champion. 370 00:25:53,450 --> 00:25:58,390 This young girl's face encapsulated the sentiment throughout the WWE Universe. 371 00:25:59,190 --> 00:26:02,110 She would forever be known as Miz Girl. 372 00:26:03,290 --> 00:26:09,410 Miz's greatest moment of glory became her fleeting moment of fame, for which 373 00:26:09,410 --> 00:26:13,910 won a coveted Slammy Award. I'd like to thank my dad for taking me to Raw, and 374 00:26:13,910 --> 00:26:17,390 I'd like to thank my sister Tiger Butter and I for standing up for me. 375 00:26:23,470 --> 00:26:27,750 Which did not sit well with a man who despises sharing the spotlight. 376 00:26:27,970 --> 00:26:30,330 Do you mind if I take a look at your slammy? 377 00:26:31,050 --> 00:26:32,250 May I? 378 00:26:36,450 --> 00:26:37,450 Hold that. 379 00:26:38,010 --> 00:26:42,970 If anyone deserves a slammy, it's not a nine -year -old girl, it's me. 380 00:26:44,190 --> 00:26:50,590 The evil traits are greed and envy. He wants it all, and he's very upset when 381 00:26:50,590 --> 00:26:51,670 anyone else gets... 382 00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:57,340 some of his spotlight his goal is to get that attention and that's all he wants 383 00:26:57,340 --> 00:27:02,960 he loses respect of course but he doesn't care it doesn't matter his focus 384 00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:09,220 getting an entire arena booing him out of it no matter what the situation at 385 00:27:09,220 --> 00:27:15,800 that point i am the wwe champion i am in a main event caliber and i'm still not 386 00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:18,560 respected as the champion nobody really 387 00:27:19,320 --> 00:27:22,580 wants me as the champion or believes I should be champion. 388 00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:23,960 You boo me. 389 00:27:25,420 --> 00:27:27,380 You boo me. 390 00:27:27,820 --> 00:27:31,860 At that point, it was all about The Rock and Cena. That's what people wanted to 391 00:27:31,860 --> 00:27:37,520 see. It is time to give the people what they want. 392 00:27:39,900 --> 00:27:42,820 The Rock just came back. He's going to host WrestleMania. 393 00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:47,520 Him and Cena are kind of feuding. More people are gravitating towards that. 394 00:27:47,920 --> 00:27:49,920 than they are against me against Cena. 395 00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:54,640 And I needed to switch that. So when John Cena is worrying about The Rock and 396 00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:59,000 doing his raps, he should be worried about one person and one person only. 397 00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:02,760 Me, the WWE champion. 398 00:28:03,660 --> 00:28:09,060 The Miz needed to piss off so many people that you would want to see him 399 00:28:09,060 --> 00:28:10,060 beat up for it. 400 00:28:10,160 --> 00:28:14,240 So how does The Miz steal the spotlight away from what was to be the main event? 401 00:28:15,500 --> 00:28:20,000 by pulling off one of the most diabolical acts of fraud in wwe history 402 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:27,420 the 403 00:28:27,420 --> 00:28:34,120 people wanted to see the rock on raw and the myth had a plan to make it happen i 404 00:28:34,120 --> 00:28:40,800 get the bald cap on the sunglasses on i cut my sleeves i have a just bring it 405 00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:44,260 shirt ladies and gentlemen please welcome your special guest 406 00:28:45,040 --> 00:28:50,300 I get the gorilla position, which is the position right before you enter the 407 00:28:50,300 --> 00:28:51,300 arena. 408 00:28:51,780 --> 00:28:55,280 I'm standing there waiting. I am very nervous. 409 00:28:55,580 --> 00:28:59,900 Butterflies are in my stomach, and The Rock's music hits. 410 00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:07,600 The place 411 00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:10,120 becomes unglued. 412 00:29:10,380 --> 00:29:11,720 I'm talking celebration. 413 00:29:12,340 --> 00:29:17,800 I've never heard an eruption like this before in my entire career. It is 414 00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:25,860 As I'm about to go out to the curtain, Vince stands up and goes, wait. 415 00:29:34,220 --> 00:29:35,240 Okay, I'm waiting. 416 00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:38,740 And the crowd starts to come down. 417 00:29:47,150 --> 00:29:48,650 And Vince goes, nah. 418 00:29:55,610 --> 00:30:01,190 Once I get out there and the crowd sees me, I'm thinking it's just going to die. 419 00:30:03,590 --> 00:30:04,950 But that didn't happen. 420 00:30:15,790 --> 00:30:21,830 erupted even bigger and in my head i'm going oh my god this is working 421 00:30:21,830 --> 00:30:28,410 i take off the sunglasses and 422 00:30:28,410 --> 00:30:35,170 sniff the air and the crowd erupts even bigger this time when they 423 00:30:35,170 --> 00:30:41,250 see me me dressed as the rock they think i'm the rock it's working 424 00:30:41,250 --> 00:30:48,210 oh so good So I'm like, I bet I can get another pop out of this. 425 00:30:50,110 --> 00:30:55,470 They didn't start noticing that it wasn't The Rock until I started going 426 00:30:55,470 --> 00:30:57,670 the ramp and getting into the ring. 427 00:30:58,430 --> 00:31:04,270 It took them like two to three minutes to realize it was me and not The Rock. 428 00:31:04,670 --> 00:31:08,470 I get into the ring. I rock bottom John Fina. 429 00:31:09,330 --> 00:31:11,110 The crowd is just booing. 430 00:31:32,490 --> 00:31:34,270 Stunts like that are what make a WWE great. 431 00:31:36,070 --> 00:31:39,370 I mean, we see a bald cap and dressed up as a rock, like that's kind of funny. 432 00:31:42,610 --> 00:31:47,950 When you get people's heartstrings involved, when the emotions are there, 433 00:31:47,950 --> 00:31:51,050 they think they're going to see someone that they love, and then you take that 434 00:31:51,050 --> 00:31:53,990 all away from them, that's a win right there for any villain. 435 00:31:54,510 --> 00:31:59,250 It's a brilliant, brilliant moment, and not everyone could have pulled it off. 436 00:31:59,490 --> 00:32:01,530 I don't want to say anything complimentary about him. 437 00:32:02,690 --> 00:32:07,350 That's the worst person to compliment in the world. But it was so well done. 438 00:32:11,630 --> 00:32:15,510 And to do it in that way, to go in there and beat up on John Cena. 439 00:32:17,750 --> 00:32:21,670 This guy beat John Cena? Like, how often does that happen? Ten times every 440 00:32:21,670 --> 00:32:22,670 thousand years? 441 00:32:26,130 --> 00:32:30,370 Oh, my God. I beat Cena up. 442 00:32:30,610 --> 00:32:32,070 Like, I've never beat anyone up. 443 00:32:37,660 --> 00:32:42,540 I don't know anybody who's had a better moment as far as really making a name 444 00:32:42,540 --> 00:32:43,560 for themselves in WWE. 445 00:32:44,620 --> 00:32:49,520 It was the first time that the audience said, I wanna see them as versus John 446 00:32:49,520 --> 00:32:50,520 Cena. 447 00:32:50,600 --> 00:32:54,780 To literally have them erupt the way they erupted and then react the way they 448 00:32:54,780 --> 00:32:58,500 reacted after realizing it was me, that set up. 449 00:32:58,700 --> 00:33:01,880 my entire program for WrestleMania as the WWE champion. 450 00:33:03,480 --> 00:33:08,700 71 ,000 has set an all -time record here at the Georgia Dome, and they are ready 451 00:33:08,700 --> 00:33:09,700 for this main event. 452 00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:12,840 Miz had pranked the entire WWE universe. 453 00:33:13,140 --> 00:33:17,640 To make matters worse, Miz took full advantage of the distraction he created. 454 00:33:18,300 --> 00:33:22,920 Miz and John Cena, it is all about the WWE title. 455 00:33:23,530 --> 00:33:28,550 Cena has never lost a one -on -one match at any WrestleMania Cena has competed. 456 00:33:28,830 --> 00:33:29,830 And here it is. 457 00:33:34,570 --> 00:33:37,310 We are officially underway for the WWE title. 458 00:33:39,950 --> 00:33:42,170 Oh, Miz just drilled Cena. 459 00:33:42,830 --> 00:33:45,430 Looking to end it. It'll take more than that, Miz. 460 00:33:46,530 --> 00:33:50,650 The Miz facing off with John Cena at WrestleMania, that is a huge 461 00:33:50,650 --> 00:33:51,650 acknowledgement. 462 00:33:51,880 --> 00:33:56,520 by the WWE, and it's a huge acknowledgement by the WWE fans who 463 00:33:56,520 --> 00:34:00,940 because they believe John Cena and The Miz at that moment are on the same 464 00:34:01,100 --> 00:34:02,320 Miz coming off those ropes. 465 00:34:05,500 --> 00:34:08,260 Cena's here, and I'm right here with him in this moment. 466 00:34:10,540 --> 00:34:11,620 Oh, man! 467 00:34:12,060 --> 00:34:13,060 They do it! 468 00:34:13,659 --> 00:34:15,239 WWE title at stake! 469 00:34:15,699 --> 00:34:17,199 And The Miz kicks out. 470 00:34:17,600 --> 00:34:19,620 Miz showing amazing resilience. 471 00:34:20,480 --> 00:34:22,500 Whether we like him or we don't is irrelevant. 472 00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:26,699 It's one thing to be the guy everybody hates, but it's another thing entirely 473 00:34:26,699 --> 00:34:28,600 be the one taking out the top stars in the country. 474 00:34:29,380 --> 00:34:33,500 The pushing finale should do it. 475 00:34:36,020 --> 00:34:38,219 And Miz hits Cena. 476 00:34:38,540 --> 00:34:40,820 Miz still the WWE champion. 477 00:34:42,219 --> 00:34:47,040 That is a huge thing, but it also is an acknowledgment of Miz's stardom. That's 478 00:34:47,040 --> 00:34:48,120 why it was such a huge moment for him. 479 00:34:50,920 --> 00:34:56,340 After retaining the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 27, The Miz's star 480 00:34:56,340 --> 00:34:57,460 continued to rise. 481 00:34:57,820 --> 00:35:02,840 I am the most captivating and entertaining superstar on this brand. 482 00:35:03,140 --> 00:35:05,220 And he intended to take full advantage. 483 00:35:05,540 --> 00:35:08,620 Well, it's kind of nice, actually, that now you're here as a guest on the show. 484 00:35:08,820 --> 00:35:10,220 Yes, it's an absolute honor. Thank you very much. 485 00:35:10,420 --> 00:35:12,620 The Miz pursued TV and film opportunities. 486 00:35:13,060 --> 00:35:14,220 Yay, here we go, guys. 487 00:35:14,600 --> 00:35:17,420 And discovered a way to make his character even more annoying. 488 00:35:19,180 --> 00:35:22,900 I went away for like a month to film The Marine. 489 00:35:23,640 --> 00:35:29,720 Four. And when I came back, I had this idea for a character. 490 00:35:30,800 --> 00:35:37,760 I wanted to be the greatest A -list actor in the world, but I will be 491 00:35:37,760 --> 00:35:41,360 an A -list actor who only did straight -to -DVD movies. 492 00:35:48,330 --> 00:35:49,330 I'm a mess. 493 00:35:49,610 --> 00:35:52,810 Maybe you'd seen me in The Marine 3, 4, 5, and 6. 494 00:35:53,470 --> 00:35:54,810 People hate those people. 495 00:35:55,630 --> 00:36:00,190 I don't even think about when I'm acting because it's just real to me. 496 00:36:01,270 --> 00:36:02,390 Like that person. 497 00:36:03,250 --> 00:36:07,030 And then that I really started studying Andy Kaufman. 498 00:36:07,270 --> 00:36:11,330 I'm a star. I'm from Hollywood. I make TV shows and movies in Hollywood that 499 00:36:11,330 --> 00:36:14,550 very famous for and people love me for it. You're just a two -bit wrestler 500 00:36:14,550 --> 00:36:15,710 never been successful at anything. 501 00:36:16,110 --> 00:36:17,110 Okay? 502 00:36:18,510 --> 00:36:21,810 This guy is an absolute genius. 503 00:36:22,350 --> 00:36:24,670 I want to give you a little chance to apologize. 504 00:36:27,570 --> 00:36:33,990 It wasn't until during my run in WWE I found a lot of his stuff because YouTube 505 00:36:33,990 --> 00:36:35,770 wasn't even popular when I first started. 506 00:36:36,190 --> 00:36:38,490 You know, we didn't have ways of getting videos. 507 00:36:38,790 --> 00:36:40,450 You're just a dumb hick from Memphis, Tennessee. 508 00:36:40,790 --> 00:36:41,990 Is that how you talk to me? 509 00:36:42,250 --> 00:36:46,750 You're from Memphis, Tennessee? 510 00:36:47,390 --> 00:36:48,390 You're from Memphis? 511 00:36:48,670 --> 00:36:49,910 I'm from Hollywood. 512 00:36:50,330 --> 00:36:54,430 I'm going to wipe the floor with you, Mr. Lawler. Because I am a star. I am a 513 00:36:54,430 --> 00:36:55,430 Hollywood star. 514 00:37:00,890 --> 00:37:02,510 Inspired by the brilliance of Kaufman. 515 00:37:03,180 --> 00:37:08,620 The Miz embraced an overinflated view of his Hollywood success, which aggravated 516 00:37:08,620 --> 00:37:11,120 the WWE universe to another level. 517 00:37:12,500 --> 00:37:17,600 I was tempted to stay in Hollywood and shoot more films. Directors begging me 518 00:37:17,600 --> 00:37:18,600 stay. 519 00:37:18,800 --> 00:37:23,760 Do you have any idea how important I am? You take me for granted. 520 00:37:24,040 --> 00:37:29,600 I'm not going to leave until you all are on your knees begging me. 521 00:37:30,460 --> 00:37:34,520 How dare you deprive these people of a moment to watch me shine? 522 00:37:34,940 --> 00:37:38,960 He always smiles. You just want to wipe that smile off their face. 523 00:37:39,200 --> 00:37:41,540 I'm a box office thrower. I'm a... 524 00:37:41,540 --> 00:37:47,560 The Miz 525 00:37:47,560 --> 00:37:54,520 experienced tremendous success over 526 00:37:54,520 --> 00:37:58,720 the next several years, but there was still a persistent undertone of 527 00:37:58,720 --> 00:37:59,720 disrespect. 528 00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:03,280 Like an A -lister. 529 00:38:04,260 --> 00:38:08,820 I don't think many members of the WWE Universe thought The Miz was an A -list 530 00:38:08,820 --> 00:38:13,120 actor, but I think they thought that he thought he was an A -list actor. 531 00:38:13,480 --> 00:38:18,400 I look the part, I act the part, I walk the part, I talk the part, because I am 532 00:38:18,400 --> 00:38:19,400 the part! 533 00:38:20,360 --> 00:38:22,880 I had the same opinion as several others. 534 00:38:23,420 --> 00:38:28,280 He's really loud, and he's constantly on the microphone, so after 10, 12, 14 535 00:38:28,280 --> 00:38:33,030 years... You see him coming out to the ring, and you instantly groan and roll 536 00:38:33,030 --> 00:38:35,750 your eyes. Don't you dare boo me! 537 00:38:36,630 --> 00:38:39,150 Don't you dare boo me! 538 00:38:39,590 --> 00:38:46,230 The Mrs. Credit, he was very good at portraying a character in a very 539 00:38:46,230 --> 00:38:47,230 unlikable way. 540 00:38:48,130 --> 00:38:53,090 One night, after years of trying to ignore it, it all blew up. 541 00:38:53,840 --> 00:38:58,480 On live TV. I think the fact that the Intercontinental Championship wasn't 542 00:38:58,480 --> 00:39:00,880 highlighted in SmackDown Live is a fraud. 543 00:39:01,140 --> 00:39:02,280 I went on Talking Smack. 544 00:39:02,760 --> 00:39:05,140 We had you on like two weeks ago, Miz. 545 00:39:05,420 --> 00:39:10,280 There was no secret that there was no love lost between The Miz and Daniel 546 00:39:10,280 --> 00:39:11,280 Bryan. 547 00:39:11,800 --> 00:39:13,880 Professionally or personally. 548 00:39:17,100 --> 00:39:21,940 I don't like Mike, right? I don't like Miz. 549 00:39:23,470 --> 00:39:24,990 We know how to push each other's buttons. 550 00:39:26,270 --> 00:39:31,290 Forced into an early retirement due to injury, Bryan was serving as a general 551 00:39:31,290 --> 00:39:32,430 manager of SmackDown. 552 00:39:32,810 --> 00:39:38,190 When The Miz interrupted Talking Smack to complain about the lack of ring time, 553 00:39:38,650 --> 00:39:42,650 Daniel Bryan shot back and struck a very raw nerve. 554 00:39:43,930 --> 00:39:46,310 This is the last title that you held, Daniel. 555 00:39:46,650 --> 00:39:49,990 Last one. The last title. And you said you wanted to make it relevant. You 556 00:39:49,990 --> 00:39:51,830 wanted to make it prestigious and honorable. 557 00:39:52,150 --> 00:39:53,190 That is what you said. 558 00:39:54,530 --> 00:39:57,890 Here's the deal. I have respect for the title. I just don't have respect for the 559 00:39:57,890 --> 00:39:58,729 person holding it. 560 00:39:58,730 --> 00:40:03,390 Why? What did I do? What is the thing that I do that was so wrong in the WWE? 561 00:40:03,470 --> 00:40:06,490 You haven't done anything wrong. I just don't like the way you wrestled. 562 00:40:06,780 --> 00:40:09,280 I think a lot of the fans don't like the way you wrestle either. There's no 563 00:40:09,280 --> 00:40:12,060 gentle way to say it. To me, you wrestle like a coward. You wrestle like 564 00:40:12,060 --> 00:40:15,980 somebody who's afraid to get hit. I wrestle like a coward. 565 00:40:16,240 --> 00:40:19,320 You wrestle like a coward. It wasn't the word coward. 566 00:40:19,700 --> 00:40:21,100 I've been called a coward before. 567 00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:25,500 It was how Daniel Bryan called me a coward. 568 00:40:26,280 --> 00:40:29,680 I could see in his eyes that it was real. 569 00:40:30,660 --> 00:40:36,160 And I felt my entire body get mad and aggravated. And in the back of my head, 570 00:40:36,200 --> 00:40:40,440 I'm going, oh, man, I'm getting mad and aggravated. This is what my body is 571 00:40:40,440 --> 00:40:42,180 doing. And then when Daniel Bryan left. 572 00:40:42,380 --> 00:40:46,220 You're the one that doesn't get in the WWE ring again. Now, don't you walk away 573 00:40:46,220 --> 00:40:47,220 from me, Daniel. 574 00:40:48,380 --> 00:40:49,380 I lost it. 575 00:40:50,120 --> 00:40:54,560 Don't you walk away. Get that camera right here. This is my show. 576 00:40:54,780 --> 00:40:55,780 My show. 577 00:40:55,920 --> 00:41:01,780 And I'm sick of all of you, my GM, sitting there criticizing me, calling me 578 00:41:01,780 --> 00:41:06,480 coward. You're the cowards. I'm the one here day in and day out in that 579 00:41:06,480 --> 00:41:10,740 wrestling ring beating people up. Thank you very much. 580 00:41:13,700 --> 00:41:18,580 That was one of the greatest moments he's ever had. 581 00:41:20,300 --> 00:41:27,240 I don't know how much real life was in what he was saying, but it felt real. 582 00:41:28,740 --> 00:41:31,580 Okay, this has been Talking Smack. We will be back. 583 00:41:32,400 --> 00:41:33,860 Thank you guys for joining us tonight. 584 00:41:34,180 --> 00:41:37,600 Whenever you're kind of watching the show and you're like, I'm not sure how 585 00:41:37,600 --> 00:41:39,200 of this is supposed to be going on. 586 00:41:39,800 --> 00:41:44,360 I believe it was real. I believe Miz was fed up with hearing that his style 587 00:41:44,360 --> 00:41:47,560 wasn't tough enough, and he pointed out, like, hey, I don't miss matches. 588 00:41:47,880 --> 00:41:53,280 I have never, never been injured. I am here each and every week. The reason I 589 00:41:53,280 --> 00:41:58,900 wrestle the way I wrestle is because I can do it day in and day out all the 590 00:41:58,900 --> 00:42:03,000 for 10 -plus years. He was talking to every single person who doubted him, who 591 00:42:03,000 --> 00:42:06,020 doubted that he'd be this far this long in his career. 592 00:42:06,650 --> 00:42:11,070 For all the people that told him he didn't really have a place in WWE. 593 00:42:11,550 --> 00:42:16,090 Your shirt says earning. I've earned it for 12 damn years. 594 00:42:18,330 --> 00:42:22,290 I think right then and there, that kind of turned him into, oh, this is 595 00:42:22,290 --> 00:42:24,530 undeniable. You got to give The Miz his props. 596 00:42:24,930 --> 00:42:29,590 The Miz used that moment to solidify his character. 597 00:42:30,790 --> 00:42:33,030 Did it feel good after the fact? 598 00:42:33,650 --> 00:42:35,030 No, I got very insecure. 599 00:42:35,770 --> 00:42:36,950 It doesn't feel good. 600 00:42:37,910 --> 00:42:41,330 It feels like you were out of control of your body. 601 00:42:41,950 --> 00:42:45,890 I don't remember even what I said. I was so mad. 602 00:42:46,910 --> 00:42:48,150 I'm not used to that. 603 00:42:50,190 --> 00:42:55,270 To this day, I think people want to know if that was The Miz or Mike. 604 00:42:55,990 --> 00:43:00,850 That was Mike. 605 00:43:03,910 --> 00:43:07,860 Mike? had many things to say that he hasn't even said. 606 00:43:08,380 --> 00:43:10,340 He was really upset, and he let it out. 607 00:43:10,680 --> 00:43:14,600 And I got kind of nervous because it got out of control. 608 00:43:15,860 --> 00:43:20,620 This was something different. We're used to the Miz who was accepting people's 609 00:43:20,620 --> 00:43:22,020 hatred, never really seemed to bother him. 610 00:43:22,280 --> 00:43:24,640 This seemed to get under his skin. This was Mike. 611 00:43:24,980 --> 00:43:28,780 This was someone who was really hurting, and that was something new for us. 612 00:43:35,790 --> 00:43:41,530 After all the years of blood, sweat, and sacrifice, The Miz's battle for respect 613 00:43:41,530 --> 00:43:44,790 from his fans and peers had taken its toll. 614 00:43:45,430 --> 00:43:52,010 I think in a lot of ways, wrestling is like reality TV in that you see 615 00:43:52,010 --> 00:43:53,010 everything. 616 00:43:54,510 --> 00:44:00,030 You see people's best, their worst. 617 00:44:00,650 --> 00:44:02,990 You see their relationship, home life. 618 00:44:03,210 --> 00:44:06,550 Everything is a part of the wrestling story. 619 00:44:07,710 --> 00:44:10,490 We don't just fall in love with what the person does in the ring. 620 00:44:10,950 --> 00:44:13,850 That's the difference between wrestling and other sports. 621 00:44:17,550 --> 00:44:19,610 Athletes, you may know some, but many of you don't know. 622 00:44:20,690 --> 00:44:24,510 In wrestling, you get to know every superstar and who they are. 623 00:44:25,430 --> 00:44:29,070 The reason I am not there is because I am a star. 624 00:44:30,320 --> 00:44:34,280 The reason why The Miz does all the things that he does is because he's so 625 00:44:34,280 --> 00:44:39,500 insecure. I know he's been obsessing over me. That's why he speaks louder 626 00:44:39,500 --> 00:44:40,500 everybody else. 627 00:44:40,720 --> 00:44:45,900 It's the reason that he wears the three -piece suits, the expensive designer 628 00:44:45,900 --> 00:44:49,220 stuff, because he wants you to see him as a star. 629 00:44:50,440 --> 00:44:52,680 Anything else? Didn't think so. Thanks. 630 00:44:52,880 --> 00:44:54,240 But you don't believe it. 631 00:44:55,740 --> 00:44:58,140 So he needs to overcompensate for it. 632 00:44:58,860 --> 00:45:01,260 And there's nothing that will ever be enough. 633 00:45:02,440 --> 00:45:07,680 I will do whatever it takes to be the biggest superstar that WWE has ever 634 00:45:07,880 --> 00:45:12,460 I should be representing this company as WWE champion. 635 00:45:13,740 --> 00:45:17,380 I don't think anybody wants to give him the credit, but we have to. 636 00:45:17,640 --> 00:45:23,560 Because he's established himself over such a long arc of time of being a top 637 00:45:23,560 --> 00:45:26,740 tier talent and a person who creates attention. 638 00:45:27,820 --> 00:45:32,940 The more hate you give The Miz, the more you feed him, the more it motivates 639 00:45:32,940 --> 00:45:34,260 him, the bigger star he becomes. 640 00:45:35,780 --> 00:45:40,060 No matter how much you hate him, no matter how much you want to kill the 641 00:45:40,180 --> 00:45:45,540 year after year after year, he's just consistently in the picture. 642 00:45:46,240 --> 00:45:47,640 He's gone through this progression. 643 00:45:48,380 --> 00:45:52,620 Of just trying to be accepted in this world that doesn't want to accept him, 644 00:45:52,680 --> 00:45:57,080 being kicked out of locker rooms, being told he should quit, being told he's not 645 00:45:57,080 --> 00:46:03,480 legit. But what The Miz does have was such a completely incredible 646 00:46:03,480 --> 00:46:04,580 of character development. 647 00:46:05,760 --> 00:46:11,840 Capacity crowd of 14 ,000 all chanting in unison that Miz is awesome. He's so 648 00:46:11,840 --> 00:46:16,980 good at being a bad guy, you cheer him. And I guess that's the ultimate sign of 649 00:46:16,980 --> 00:46:20,500 respect. What he's brought to the wrestling world, I don't think a lot of 650 00:46:20,500 --> 00:46:21,379 could have done. 651 00:46:21,380 --> 00:46:26,540 I honestly think he's the only one who could have really done it. The truth is, 652 00:46:26,560 --> 00:46:32,820 the reason The Miz was able to make it from reality TV to WWE 653 00:46:32,820 --> 00:46:38,560 Superstar is because he would have made it as a WWE Superstar even if he never 654 00:46:38,560 --> 00:46:39,700 did reality TV. 655 00:46:40,120 --> 00:46:42,760 Well, you ain't seen big until you've seen The Miz. 656 00:46:43,460 --> 00:46:46,860 He was on the real world, and he was just Mike. 657 00:46:47,600 --> 00:46:50,400 And the guy would, like, tell everybody in the house, I'm going to be a famous 658 00:46:50,400 --> 00:46:53,280 wrestler one day. And we all laughed at him, like, you're an idiot. That's never 659 00:46:53,280 --> 00:46:54,280 going to happen. 660 00:46:54,400 --> 00:47:00,280 To this day, I am madly impressed that that guy called the shot and did it. 661 00:47:00,740 --> 00:47:03,960 Cannot knock a dude for having that kind of love and passion for something and 662 00:47:03,960 --> 00:47:06,620 then growing up and making it his world. 663 00:47:07,400 --> 00:47:09,320 So what is the true measure of success? 664 00:47:10,360 --> 00:47:12,560 As a person or as a character? 665 00:47:14,060 --> 00:47:18,460 The Miz is the only two -time Grand Slam champion in WWE history. 666 00:47:19,200 --> 00:47:20,940 He has his own reality show. 667 00:47:22,260 --> 00:47:25,020 On the surface, The Miz has it all. 668 00:47:25,960 --> 00:47:30,920 But the one thing he struggled with from the beginning is earning respect. 669 00:47:31,880 --> 00:47:37,000 From his days on the real world to his career in the WWE, Mike Mizanin did what 670 00:47:37,000 --> 00:47:38,020 he had to do to get ahead. 671 00:47:38,840 --> 00:47:41,600 But did he ever get the respect he was looking for? 672 00:47:44,970 --> 00:47:46,710 Do I get praised now? 673 00:47:47,690 --> 00:47:50,750 Yeah, I do. And it's a nice feeling. 674 00:47:51,410 --> 00:47:57,390 But still, to this day, people look at me and go, he doesn't deserve anything 675 00:47:57,390 --> 00:47:58,930 that he has gotten. 676 00:47:59,570 --> 00:48:01,070 I don't respect him. 677 00:48:01,490 --> 00:48:06,070 This guy, he's never going to make it. This guy comes from the real world. 678 00:48:06,290 --> 00:48:07,350 You're not big enough. 679 00:48:07,850 --> 00:48:08,850 You're not tall enough. 680 00:48:08,970 --> 00:48:13,150 Oh, he just got lucky. He was just in a good spot, good timing. You're not smart 681 00:48:13,150 --> 00:48:14,470 enough. You're not athletic enough. 682 00:48:14,930 --> 00:48:16,170 You're not going to make it. 683 00:48:18,750 --> 00:48:19,750 I did it. 684 00:48:20,750 --> 00:48:23,090 Miz has always been a proud champion. 685 00:48:23,470 --> 00:48:24,830 Where's the cover?