Why we love The Miz

Battle for Cleveland - Backstage Fallout - January 27, 2014

The Miz, Dolph Ziggler and the stars of Total Divas discuss their night on Raw.

The Miz & Dolph Ziggler on concussions, the unified championship, funny superstar impressions, more

The Miz and Dolph Ziggler talk with Chris Van Vliet from WOIO-TV in Cleveland before WWE Night at the Cavaliers game. They talk about which superstar they would want to see return at WrestleMania, how Dolph Ziggler is recovering after his concussion, whether or not unifying the WWE Championship was a good idea and the strangest autograph requests they have heard.

The Miz can't win over a young WWE fan: 2013 Tribute to The Troops

At a Tribute to The Troops appearance with soldiers and their children, The Miz can't seem to get a favorable, awesome response from a young WWE fan who was asked who his favorite WWE Superstar was.

Check out this AWESOME "Muppisode" with the Muppets and special guest star The Miz

The Miz teams up with The Muppets to co-star in an AWESOME "Muppisode" which leaves the highly outspoken WWE Superstar covered in a concoction stirred up by the Sweedish Chef.

The Miz's special "Christmas Bounty" WWE Inbox - Episode 97

The WWE Universe asked and The Miz answered in this special "Christmas Bounty" edition of WWE Inbox. The "Christmas Bounty" Blu-Ray Combo, DVD & Digital HD are available NOW only at Walmart.

WWE Google Hangout with The Miz

Join The Miz as he talks about his new ABC Family film, "Christmas Bounty" with WWE Hangout Host Josh Mathews!

The Miz talks about being hazed in WWE

Miz stop by the Morning show to promote Raw in Long Island and his Movie on ABC family Tuesday

The Miz announces he will be the host of this year's SummerSlam

The Miz will make SummerSlam 2013 the most must see SummerSlam of all time by being the host of the biggest party of the summer.

WWE Superstar ‘The Miz’ spotted at Comic-Con

WWE's The Miz Says Tony Romo Isn't An Elite Quarterback | 4th & Pain

"I like Tony Romo, I think he's a top 10 quarterback, but I don't think he's elite," WWE wrestler The Miz tells told Washington Redskins defensive end Adam Carriker and Chuck Carroll on 4th & Pain.

The Miz Interviewed on CBS New York

Sam Roberts & WWE's The Miz on CM Punk, Vince McMahon, Messing Up, Wrestlemania, etc

The Miz talked to Sam Roberts on SiriusXM's The Sam Roberts Show about working the main event of Wrestlemania, being on the Real World, dealing with Vince McMahon, messing up on TV, getting kicked out of the locker room, and more.

THE MARINE 3: HOMEFRONT On Blu-ray and DVD April 15

The worlds of WWE and action cinema collide in The Marine 3: Homefront, the most explosive and action-packed entry in the series so far which arrives on Blu-ray and DVD on 15 April, 2013 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.

Returning to his home town on leave, Marine Sgt Jake Carter (WWE superstar Mike "The Miz" Mizanin) discovers that his sister has been abducted by a band of violent extremists. Opting to launch a one-man assault on their base of operations, Carter discovers that their plans are far darker than just straightforward abduction and soon he is racing to stop a deadly terrorist attack. With no time to pause, Carter steps into the breach to save the lives of thousands of innocent people -- but will he be forced to make the ultimate sacrifice to do so?

Kinetic, frenetic and brutal, The Marine 3: Homecoming builds on the franchise's action roots to deliver the most gripping entry into the series so far -- and one action and WWE fans everywhere cannot afford to miss. Fans of the series will also be thrilled to hear about The Marine 1-3 DVD Box Set, also available on the same date.

You can pre-order using the Amazon links below!

The Miz spreads the be a STAR message in Pittsburgh, PA

WWE Superstar The Miz hosts a Be a STAR rally in Pittsburgh, PA to spread the anti-bully message.

Michael Gregory "Mike" Mizanin (born October 8, 1980), better known by his ring name The Miz, is an American professional wrestler, reality television star, media personality, announcer, and actor signed to WWE. Mizanin first gained fame as a cast member on MTV's The Real World: Back to New York, which first aired in 2001, and its spinoff series, Real World/Road Rules Challenge. He later entered the fourth season of Tough Enough, a televised competition that would award the winner a WWE contract, and became the first runner-up. Mizanin has also made appearances on television shows including Battle of the Network Reality Stars, Fear Factor, Identity, Ghost Hunters, Dinner: Impossible, Psych and Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?. Mizanin trained and wrestled with Ultimate Pro Wrestling and Deep South Wrestling, where he became the first Deep South Heavyweight Champion. Mizanin was sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), working in tag team matches and winning the tag team title, 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, was drafted from SmackDown to the ECW brand, where he formed a partnership with John Morrison, in which the two were the only tag team on the ECW brand to ever hold a tag team title, and were the only one to hold both Smackdown's WWE Tag Team Championship and Raw's World Tag Team Championship. He was drafted to the Raw brand as part of the 2009 WWE Draft, and won the WWE United States Championship on two occasions. He also won WWE Unified Tag Team Championship with The Big Show and the WWE Tag Team Championship with John Cena. In July 2010, he won the second ever Raw brand exclusive Money in the Bank ladder match at the first WWE Money in the Bank pay-per-view, earning a contract for a WWE Title match, which he used in November to win the WWE Championship, which he held for six months. In 2011, The Miz was ranked number one on Pro Wrestling Illustrated's annual PWI 500 list.

In 2012, The Miz captured WWE Intercontinental Championship, which made him the 25th Triple Crown Champion of the company. On October 3, 2012, The Miz was named as an announcer for Main Event.

"Outside the Ring" - The Miz's most awesome fan!

Go behind-the-scenes with The Miz as he surprises one lucky fan in this edition of "Outside the Ring." What happens when he crashes the kid's birthday party?

Mike "The Miz" Mizanin on Fox & Friends - Interview

Earlier this morning, The Miz appeared on FOX & Friends to discuss his new movie, The Maring 3: Homefront. During the interview, Miz admitted to wanting to face The Rock, saying, “he’s the WWE Champion, he’s going to be main eventing WrestleMania 29… I wanna be in John Cena’s spot, let’s put it that way.”

Mike "The Miz" Mizanin Talks 'The Marine 3: Homefront'

IAR Managing Editor Jami Philbrick speaks exclusively with WWE superstar Mike "The Miz" Mizanin about his new film The Marine 3: Homefront, which will be available on Blu-ray and DVD beginning March 5th.


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The Miz Talks 'The Marine 3,' Wrestlemania 29 with LocalBozo.com

LocalBozo.com was fortunate to grab a few minutes with WWE Superstar and former cast member of MTV’s “The Real World,” Mike “The Miz” Mizanin. Listen in to our exclusive interview as we discuss the making of “The Marine 3: Homefront,” the upcoming Wrestlemania 29 card in the New York area, and a round of rapid fire questions about the WWE Hall of Fame, the Cleveland Browns, and so much more.



Here is a transcription of the interview incase you have problems watching the video

LocalBozo.com: LocalBozo.com is proud to have with us as our guest for an exclusive interview- WWE Superstar, Media Personality, and star of “The Marine 3: Homefront,” released on DVD and Blu-Ray on March 5^th, Mike “The Miz” Mizanin. Miz, thanks for giving us some time today.

The Miz: Thank you very much for having me- I appreciate it. Great introduction.

LocalBozo.com: Miz, with “The Marine 3,” you’re following in the footsteps of John Cena and Ted DiBiase in the series. Talk about how you were cast in the film and the level of difficulty in adjusting from a live TV personality to an on set performer.

The Miz: Well you know, coming into The Marine 3: Homefront, I wanted to really show everyone- I didn’t want people to look at the movie and go “Oh that’s The Miz” or “Oh that’s Mike from ‘The Real World’” or “That’s a WWE Superstar.” I wanted them to go “Oh wait, this is something new, this is something different.” So to get ready for this role, I kind of looked at some old school action stars like “The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly” with Clint Eastwood and “Dirty Harry.” Watching him perform in these kinds of roles, he didn’t say much, but when he did, you were intrigued and he was a show stealer just when he walked in here- just his aura. And then also, I looked to Paul Newman in “Cool Hand Luke,” and how just cool and natural and relaxed he was. And then watching the “Die Hards” with John McClain and the action and the real kind of setting- he’s just like an every guy. And so I wanted to bring that to “The Marine 3: Homefront.” I wanted people to go ‘Wow this is real. It’s gritty. It’s dark.” And hopefully with the success of 1 and 2, I’m hoping to continue it and hopefully exceed it.

LocalBozo.com: The film sees you as a marine returning to his hometown to save his kidnapped sister and spoil a potential terrorist attack. How did you go about preparing or training for the role and for the combat scenes?

The Miz: I wanted to be authentic as possible and so I had marines actually on set with me and I had them show me exactly how a marine would go about, not necessarily his day, but how he’d go about holding a gun and going through rooms. If he was in battle, how would he go through- like, we were on this cruise ship- how does he go through these halls? How does he go through certain areas? And they would show me exactly what a marine would do. And then during the fight scenes, I didn’t want the fight scenes to be like these martial arts, roundhouse kicks- you know, that kind of stuff. I wanted it to be exactly what a marine would do in a real life situation and so these marines would be like “listen it’s kill or be killed. When you’re in combat and you’re in battle and you’re going for something and you’re in a fight, you’re fighting to the death.” So that’s kind of the way I wanted it- punches, kicks, looking for weapons- you know if I find any kind of weapon, using it. Whenever I get someone, try to get his gun, try to get his ammo- so that’s the kind of realism that we were trying to bring into “The Marine 3: Homefront.”

LocalBozo.com: Now, we had a chance to screen the film- a fun action movie in its truest sense that doesn’t necessarily take itself too seriously. Just days away from its release on Blu-Ray and DVD, how pleased were you with the finished product?

The Miz: I was ecstatic. I am still smiling, I have a huge grin on my face. Every time I see the poster, every time I see clips of it- you know, I was scared because normally I don’t like watching myself. I don’t like observing myself and if I do watch myself it’s just to critique and to see what I could have done better. But when I watched “The Marine 3” for the first time, I was really nervous and I had my fiancé there and we were watching and I was like just looking at her face and seeing if she really did like it and I couldn’t help but get involved with it. Some of the scenes really gave me goosebumps and I was really proud of the work that I did and so no matter what anyone says- because I don’t care if you have the greatest movie in the world there’s always going to be naysayers. There’s always gonna be people that have their critiques and you know what, I bring them all on because I’m very very happy with the performances with not only myself- but man, to cast Neal McDonough as the villain- I mean this guy’s one of the top villains in Hollywood. He’s been in everything- you name it, he’s been in it. And so just to be able to witness and observe and kind of be like a sponge and learn from this great veteran was just fantastic as well as new up and comers like Ashley Bell and Michael Eklund. It was incredible to just have this great cast around me.

LocalBozo.com: Do you think that being the lead in The Marine has sparked the acting bug in you? Can you foresee a time in your career, maybe away from the ring and solely on the big screen?

The Miz: I like doing both, you know, to be completely honest with you. I enjoy doing WWE as well as movies and I have another one that I’m getting ready to film called “Christmas Bounty,” which will be out on ABC Family this Christmas, so I’m really excited to get my hands wet on that.

LocalBozo.com: Miz, you’re a guy that’s spent more than a decade growing up in front of the cameras and now you’ve become sort of this media ambassador for the WWE, which isn’t always embraced by mainstream media. What’s it like to have that kind of responsibility- is that something you revel in?

The Miz: Yeah, you know, any time someone wants me to talk about the company that I work for- whether it be MTV, Bunim-Murray, WWE or WWE Studios or Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, I always want to talk about it or brag about it if you will because I’m proud of it. There is nothing wrong with being proud of what you do for a living and if people want to be negative about it, that’s going to happen. It happens all the time- no matter what you do or where you’re from there’s always going to be someone that hates on it. And that’s fine because that’s their freedom of speech and everyone’s going to have an opinion but it’s my job to have thick skin and to say you know what? That’s fine, but I love WWE. I’ve loved every opportunity that they’ve given me. It’s been a dream of mine since I was a little kid to do it. And not only that, but MTV and Bunim-Murray have given me the opportunity to- actually open my eyes with The Real World and allow me to realize that I could pursue my dream because I do really believe that I wouldn’t be where I am today if it wasn’t for The Real World. So I embrace- you know people sometimes say “Oh you gotta forget about the reality in order to be successful in WWE and in movies,” but I say no. I’m gonna embrace every life thing that’s happened to me because without that, I wouldn’t be where I am today and today I am a happy person.

LocalBozo.com: Switching gears, we’re now just a few weeks away until we hit Wrestlemania 29 on April 7^th at MetLife Stadium in the New York/New Jersey area. Where do you see yourself fitting in as the big day approaches?

The Miz: You know MetLife Stadium, basically our Super Bowl, our NBA Finals, our World Series- only bigger- and I am ecstatic about it. Right now, I’m not sure exactly where I’m standing in the Wrestlemania [card]. I know I’ll be a part of it, but I don’t have a match yet. So I’m looking for anyone who wants to battle this guy because what I plan on doing is- even though the main event is John Cena versus The Rock for the WWE Championship- I feel like what people are going to be talking about after Wrestlemania will be what The Miz did.

LocalBozo.com: Miz, you’re a guy in your early 30’s, you’ve been a reality star on MTV’s The Real World, a WWE Superstar, you’ve done the talk show circuit, headlined a Wrestlemania, and now you’ve starred in a film. What’s one thing that’s left in your career that will leave you completely fulfilled?

The Miz:  Be the biggest WWE Superstar that anyone has ever seen.

LocalBozo.com: Lets finish up with a couple of rapid fire questions for you if we can. Wrestlemania 29, April 7^thMetLife Stadium in the New York/New Jersey area- it’s The Rock versus John Cena for the second time. Who takes it?

The Miz: I don’t know man. You know, that’s a great question. The Rock was victorious last time and now you look at it and you go, “okay who has the momentum? Who’s really showcasing what they have,” because right now is when you want to peak- you don’t want to peak a little bit early or a little bit late. You don’t want to be, you know, the San Francisco 49ers, where you go all the way up to the finals and then you lose to the Baltimore Ravens, you know? You don’t want to be that team. So who’s it gonna be John Cena or The Rock? To be completely honest, The WWE Universe- the fans that are going to be watching are the gonna be the ones that win this thing because it’s gonna be an absolutely incredible match.

LocalBozo.com: The person who most deserves to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame next is?

The Miz: Randy “Macho Man” Savage. Ooooooooh yeahhhh!

LocalBozo.com: It’s no secret that you’re a huge Cleveland Browns fan. Who should be their starting quarterback in 2013- Brandon Weeden, Colt McCoy, or someone not on the roster?

The Miz: Definitely not Colt McCoy. I think Brandon Weeden needs some weapons around him. I think the Browns need to look at where they need to be and I think there’s a lot of free agents out there. And if we need a number one wide receiver, if we need that, I think we should be looking towards the Mike Wallaces, the Dwayne Bowes, the Wes Welkers- we need to start looking at these guys and start giving them an opportunity to become a Cleveland Brown because then they can actually teach, because they are veterans, the Josh Gordons, and the Greg Littles, and the Travis Benjamins. We already have our running back, we have our all-star running back who’s going to be absolutely incredible this year. I think if Brandon Weeden has enough around him, he’s going to be able to be the starting quarterback. I don’t think there’s anyone in the draft that’s going to be better than Brandon Weeden and anyone in free agency or looking to be traded, I’m not sure is worth the trade picks. I think, you know, Alex Smith, is worth- I don’t think he’s worth a first round pick, but maybe two or three picks in the later rounds, but I don’t think the Browns should do that. I don’t think that’s worth it. I think giving Brandon Weeden another year would definitely set him up and be in the right direction because to be completely honest, he didn’t do that bad.

LocalBozo.com: When we look back on 2013, we’ll think The Miz was?

The Miz: Awesome.

LocalBozo.com: Miz thanks so much for your time today, anything else for the readers of LocalBozo.com?

The Miz: No man, just get “The Marine 3: Homefront” this Tuesday on Blu-Ray and DVD and then definitely check me out at Wrestlemania 29 at MetLife Stadium on April 7^th. And it all will be awesome.

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