>Miz is smart as shit about wrestling and how to keep the heat
>where the heat needs to go. Bryan and Cena are untouchable.
>They're both extremely good promos who can match levels with
>the worst Miz has to offer (or they inspire Miz to elevate his
>material).
>
>On top of that, those two are completely cemented in the
>crowd's eyes -- Cena is what he is at this point, and Bryan is
>pretty well perma-over. So it's not like a feud with Ziggler
>where nothing he ever does sticks, and one savage line from
>Miz would win the crowd in his favor (for as much as Ziggler
>puts himself forward as the ultimate heel on social media and
>shit, Miz is WAY WAY better as a wrestling heel because he
>knows how to keep the crowd wanting to see his ass get
>kicked-- Ziggler was nominally a heel when he cashed in his
>MITB). And it's not like a feud with Strowman where Miz being
>a total asshole would be unbelievable, so he plays it as a
>chickenshit heel, which is perfect.


Our first ever glimpse of this guy was on the Real World pretending he was The Rock. He wanted to be a wrestler more than anything and it shows how he has studied and understood wrestling psychology.

If it weren't for his love of it he'd have never gotten to the level he was because his barrier of entry was very high and he kept failing for a long time.