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Michael Gregory Mizanin (born October 8, 1980) is an American professional wrestler, actor, and television personality. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name The Miz.
Mizanin first gained fame as a reality television participant, appearing on in 2001 and its spin-off, Real World/Road Rules Challenge, from 2002 to 2005. He won and . He reached the final of Battle of the Network Reality Stars, and won a Reality Stars-themed episode of Fear Factor in 2006. After finishing as runner-up in the fourth season of Tough Enough and subsequently launching his wrestling career, Mizanin appeared on Diva Search, Total Divas, Tough Enough, and hosted several seasons of The Challenge. He also starred in the reality television series Miz & Mrs. alongside his wife, Maryse Mizanin, and has starred in films produced by WWE Studios, namely The Marine franchise, Christmas Bounty (2013), and Santa's Little Helper (2015).
Mizanin signed with WWE in 2004 and has been on the main roster full time since 2006. He has won numerous championships, including the WWE Championship twice and the Intercontinental Championship eight times. He is WWE's 25th Triple Crown Champion and 14th Grand Slam Champion, as well as the first wrestler to accomplish the latter twice under the revised 2015 format. He is the first, and to date only, WWE wrestler to simultaneously hold three championships in WWE, holding the United States Championship, the WWE Tag Team Championship, and the World Tag Team Championship (the latter two as part of the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship) in 2010. He also won the 2010 Money in the Bank ladder match. Among WWE's most prolific pay-per-view event performers, Mizanin headlined WrestleMania XXVII in 2011, and was ranked No. 1 on Pro Wrestling Illustrateds annual PWI 500 list that same year.
It was during an episode of The Real World that Mizanin first displayed an alter ego known as the Miz. 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.
In 2004, he appeared on the Bravo reality show Battle of the Network Reality Stars, in which his team finished second. Mizanin was also a contestant in the "Reality Stars" episode of Fear Factor. His partner was his former girlfriend and castmate, Trishelle Cannatella, and the two won the competition. In April 2007, he appeared on the game show Identity, where he appeared as a stranger, and contestant John Kim correctly identified his identity as a professional wrestler by the odd way he added "Miz-" before most words. On October 5, 2011, Miz starred in an episode of H8R.
In September 2021, Mizanin was announced as one of the celebrities competing on the thirtieth season of Dancing with the Stars. He and his partner Witney Carson were the seventh couple to be eliminated, ultimately placing 9th. In 2022, Mizanin was briefly featured in archival footage in the Netflix docuseries .
On May 1, 2023, Mizanan appeared as part of a team with Alexa Bliss on the American show That's My Jam on NBC hosted by Jimmy Fallon. They won the final round, therefore the game and the money was donated to children's charities.
Mizanin was sent to Deep South Wrestling (DSW) to train under Bill DeMott, relocating to McDonough, Georgia in the process. In July 2005, he wrestled two for WWE, Tag team with former Tough Enough champion Matt Cappotelli to face The Highlanders (Robbie and Rory McAllister). On December 1, Mizanin defeated Mike Knox in the finals of a tournament to determine the inaugural Deep South Heavyweight Champion. He continued his partnership with Matt Cappotelli throughout the second half of 2005 in WWE dark matches and house shows until Cappotelli, nominally of Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), was diagnosed with a brain tumor after an injury at a taping in December 2005. After Cappotelli's death from Brain tumor in June 2018, Miz revealed they were to be called up to the SmackDown roster as a tag team known as Reality Check in 2005, but these plans were halted due to Cappotelli's cancer diagnosis.
On January 3, 2006, it was reported that Mizanin had been transferred to OVW. On the January 18, 2006 OVW TV show, Mizanin made his debut as Miz with a Miz TV segment, where he was shown talking backstage. On the January 28 episode of the OVW television show, the Miz wrestled his first singles match against René Duprée, but lost by countout.
At the February 8 OVW TV taping, Miz and Chris Cage captured the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship, defeating Chet the Jett and Seth Skyfire. On March 19, Deuce Shade defeated Miz in a singles contest to win the championship for his team The Untouchables (Deuce Shade and Cliff Compton).
The Miz debuted as the host of SmackDown! on June 2, hyping up the crowd at the top of the show. Other duties included backstage interviews and hosting a bikini contest. Starting in July, the Miz, along with Ashley Massaro, hosted the annual Diva Search competition.
After the end of the Diva Search competition, the Miz began wrestling as a villain, making his in-ring debut with a win over Tatanka on the September 1 episode of SmackDown!. Over the next three months, the Miz remained undefeated, defeating such wrestlers as Matt Hardy, Shoichi Funaki and Scotty 2 Hotty. At the same time, he began a feud with Diva Search winner Layla El, who spurned his advances on more than one occasion, leading to the Miz helping Kristal Marshall defeat her in various competitions. However, the Miz and Kristal soon found themselves being stalked by The Boogeyman. This began a feud in which the Boogeyman ended the Miz's winning streak on December 17 at Armageddon.
At Royal Rumble on January 28, 2007, the Miz entered in the Royal Rumble match as the 29th entrant, but only lasted seven seconds before being eliminated by The Great Khali. On the February 2 episode of SmackDown!, the Miz defeated Matt Hardy once again with assistance from Joey Mercury. Following a brief absence from television, the Miz returned on the March 9 episode of SmackDown! to host an interview segment named Miz TV. After the unsuccessful segment, the Miz returned to in-ring competition with a more intense style and began to pick up wins once again.
The Miz was drafted to the ECW brand on June 17 as part of the 2007 supplemental draft. He was absent from the first few weeks of ECW, though he was the subject of backstage mentions between matches and had several short Miz TV Crashes ECW video segments. He made his debut on the July 10 episode of ECW in a match against Nunzio, which he won.
Soon after, the Miz found new managers in Kelly Kelly, Layla El and Brooke Adams. He then began a feud with Balls Mahoney after Kelly Kelly began to fall in love with Mahoney on screen. On the October 2 episode of ECW, it was revealed that the Miz owned the contracts of Kelly Kelly, Layla and Brooke Adams; and he used this excuse to stop Kelly from going out with Mahoney. He was nominated at Cyber Sunday on October 28 to face CM Punk for the ECW Championship. He won the vote, but lost the match. Later that month, he formed a tag team with John Morrison.
In February, the team engaged themselves in a feud with The Colóns (Carlito and Primo). In a dark match at WrestleMania 25 on April 5, they lost the World Tag Team Championship to The Colóns in a lumberjack match to unify the World Tag Team and the WWE Tag Team titles. On the April 13 episode of Raw, the Miz lost a match to Kofi Kingston, which gave the Raw brand a draft pick in the 2009 WWE draft. The pick was then revealed to be the Miz and attacked Morrison, ending their partnership and thus turning John Morrison into a fan favorite.
After changing his in-ring attire from shorts to trunks, the Miz then set his sights on the United States Championship, held by Kofi Kingston. He unsuccessfully challenged for the championship at the Night of Champions (July 26), Breaking Point (September 13) and Hell in a Cell (October 4) , before he won the championship on the October 5 episode of Raw, becoming his first singles championship in WWE. At Bragging Rights on October 25, the Miz was inserted into an interpromotional match against SmackDown's Intercontinental Champion and the Miz's former tag team partner John Morrison, whom he defeated. On November 22 at Survivor Series, the Miz captained a team of five wrestlers which consisted of himself, Dolph Ziggler, Drew McIntyre, Jake Hager and Sheamus against Team Morrison (captain John Morrison, Matt Sydal, Fit Finlay, Matt Hardy and Shelton Benjamin) in a five-on-five Survivor Series elimination match and once again bested his former partner surviving with McIntyre and Sheamus.
During this time, he gained a new entrance theme "I Came to Play", performed by the band Downstait. The Miz soon began a rivalry with MVP that began with a critically well-received verbal exchange between the two. The two met in an unadvertised match for the United States Championship at the Royal Rumble on January 31, 2010, with the Miz retaining his title, but in the Royal Rumble match itself MVP eliminated both himself and the Miz. Also around this time, the Miz formed a tag team with Big Show — later dubbed "ShoMiz" — and on the February 8 episode of Raw the two defeated D-Generation X (DX) (Shawn Michaels and Triple H) and The Straight Edge Society (CM Punk and Luke Gallows) to become the Unified Tag Team Champions, making the Miz the first wrestler in WWE history to hold three championships at the same time (United States, World Tag Team and WWE Tag Team Championships). At Elimination Chamber on February 21, the Miz again successfully defended his United States Championship against MVP after interference from Big Show, ending their feud. At WrestleMania XXVI on March 28, ShoMiz defeated John Morrison and R-Truth to retain the title again. At Extreme Rules on April 25, ShoMiz took part in a tag team gauntlet match, and made it to the final two teams, but were eliminated by The Hart Dynasty (David Hart Smith and Tyson Kidd). The next night on Raw, ShoMiz lost the Unified Tag Team Championship to The Hart Dynasty, resulting in Big Show turning face by attacking the Miz after the match, bringing an end to the team.
On the May 17 episode of Raw, the Miz lost the United States Championship to Bret Hart, despite Chris Jericho, William Regal and Vladimir Kozlov all attempting to interfere on the Miz's behalf, ending his seven-month reign as champion. At Over the Limit on May 23, the Miz and Jericho challenged The Hart Dynasty for the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship, but lost. On the June 14 episode of Raw, the Miz defeated R-Truth, John Morrison and Zack Ryder in a fatal four-way match to win back the United States Championship for the second time. He retained the championship against R-Truth on June 20 at the Fatal 4-Way pay-per-view.
On the November 22 episode of Raw, the Miz cashed in his Money in the Bank contract following a successful WWE Championship defense by Randy Orton against Wade Barrett and defeated Orton to win his first WWE Championship. The following week, the Miz made his first successful title defense, defeating Jerry Lawler in a Tables, Ladders and Chairs match after interference from Michael Cole. He successfully defended the championship at the pay-per-view on December 19 by defeating Orton in a tables match following interference from Alex Riley. The Miz retained the championship against John Morrison in a falls count anywhere match on the January 3, 2011 episode of Raw, Orton again at Royal Rumble on January 30, (after interference from CM Punk) and Lawler on February 20 at Elimination Chamber. On the Raw after Elimination Chamber, the Miz and John Cena were paired together by the Anonymous Raw General Manager to challenge The Corre (Justin Gabriel and Heath Slater) for the WWE Tag Team Championship. The Miz and Cena were successful in winning the titles, but lost them back to Corre immediately afterward in a rematch after the Miz turned on Cena. This made their 9-minute reign the shortest in the championship's history. The following week, the Miz lost Riley as his apprentice after Cena defeated Riley in a steel cage match with the stipulation that if Cena won, Riley was fired from his job. However, Riley was re-hired in mid-March, this time as the Miz's "Vice President of Corporate Communications". In the main event of WrestleMania XXVII on April 3, the Miz successfully defended the WWE Championship against Cena, following interference from Dwayne Johnson, who then attacked the Miz afterwards.
At Extreme Rules on May 1, the Miz lost the WWE Championship to Cena in a triple threat steel cage match, also involving John Morrison, ending his reign at 160 days. He had rematches against Cena for the WWE Championship on the May 2 episode of Raw, and in an "I Quit" match at Over the Limit on May 22, but failed to regain the title. The following night on Raw, the Anonymous Raw General Manager denied the Miz's request for another WWE Championship match; the Miz blamed Riley for being unable to regain the championship. Riley then attacked him, turning Riley into a fan favorite. At Capitol Punishment on June 19, the Miz lost to Riley. The Miz also failed to win Raw's Money in the Bank ladder match at the titular event on July 17. After the WWE Championship was declared vacant by Vince McMahon, the Miz entered into a tournament to crown a new champion, defeating Riley and Kofi Kingston to advance to the finals, where he lost to Rey Mysterio. At SummerSlam on August 14, the Miz, R-Truth, and Alberto Del Rio lost to Mysterio, Kingston and Morrison.
On the November 28 episode of Raw SuperShow, the Miz defeated John Morrison in a Falls Count Anywhere match after a Skull Crushing Finale on the stage. On the December 5 episode of Raw SuperShow, the Miz qualified for a triple threat Tables, Ladders and Chairs match against Alberto Del Rio and CM Punk at the pay-per-view for the WWE Championship on December 18 after a win over Randy Orton via countout, but Punk retained the title. The Miz was the first entrant in the 2012 Royal Rumble match on January 29, eliminating Alex Riley and R-Truth and lasting over 45 minutes before he was eliminated by Big Show. At Elimination Chamber on February 19, the Miz competed for the WWE Championship in the titular match, and lasted until the end of the match before being eliminated by CM Punk.
Desperate for a spot on the card for the upcoming WrestleMania XXVIII event on April 1, he later joined John Laurinaitis' team for the 12-man tag team match after saving Laurinaitis from Santino Marella on the March 26 episode of Raw SuperShow. The Miz picked up the win for Team Johnny after pinning Zack Ryder with the help of Eve Torres, ending his twenty-match losing streak dating back to December 2011. At the Extreme Rules pre-show on April 29, the Miz lost a United States Championship match against Santino Marella. He followed this up by losing a battle royal and a match against Brodus Clay on May 20 at Over the Limit.
On the November 12 episode of Raw, the Miz turned face for the first time since 2006 when he quit CM Punk's team and joined Mick Foley's team at Survivor Series after confronting Paul Heyman. At Survivor Series on November 18, he eliminated Wade Barrett before he was eliminated by Alberto Del Rio; his team went on to lose the match. The Miz teamed up with Alberto Del Rio and Steve Lombardi to defeat 3MB (Drew McIntyre, Heath Slater and Jinder Mahal) at on December 16. The Miz then began a feud with United States Champion Antonio Cesaro. During this feud, Ric Flair became his mentor and the Miz adopted the figure-four leglock from Flair as a new finisher. The Miz challenged for Cesaro's United States Championship at the Royal Rumble pre-show on January 27, on February 17 at Elimination Chamber and on the March 1, 2013 episode of SmackDown, but was unsuccessful each time.
The Miz next sought Wade Barrett's Intercontinental Championship. He lost a triple threat match against Barrett and Chris Jericho on the March 18 episode of Raw, but defeated Barrett in a non-title match the following week to earn another shot at the title. He captured the title by defeating Barrett at the WrestleMania 29 pre-show on April 7, only to lose the title back to him the following night on Raw. The Miz was victorious against Cody Rhodes in the Extreme Rules pre-show. The Miz failed to recapture the Intercontinental Championship on June 16 at Payback and Money in the Bank on July 14.
After a two-month hiatus filming , the Miz returned on the June 30 episode of Raw and immediately began to insult the crowd and taking on the gimmick of a movie star, turning heel in the process. At Battleground on July 20, the Miz won a battle royal by lastly eliminating Dolph Ziggler to win the Intercontinental Championship for the third time. At SummerSlam on August 17, Ziggler defeated the Miz to recapture the title. Later that month, Damien Sandow began appearing with the Miz as his "stunt double" (mimicking all of the Miz's moves and mannerisms) and was subsequently billed as Damien Mizdow. At Night of Champions on September 21, the Miz defeated Ziggler to regain the Intercontinental Championship, only to lose the title to Ziggler in a rematch the following night. After defeating Sheamus several times with the help of Mizdow, the Miz challenged him for the United States Championship at Hell in a Cell on October 26, but he was unsuccessful.
At Survivor Series on November 23, the Miz and Mizdow won the WWE Tag Team Championship by winning a fatal four-way match against defending champions Gold and Stardust, The Usos and Los Matadores. At on December 14, the Miz and Mizdow lost by disqualification against The Usos after Miz hit Jimmy Uso with a Slammy Award, resulting in the pair retaining the titles. On the December 29 episode of Raw, the Miz and Mizdow lost the titles to The Usos. The Miz and Mizdow were unsuccessful in regaining the championships at the Royal Rumble on January 25, 2015. The Miz was the first entrant in the Royal Rumble match later that night but was eliminated by Bubba Ray Dudley, in just four minutes. After Mizdow began to get more attention from the audience, the Miz relegated Mizdow to his personal assistant out of spite. The Miz and Mizdow then competed in the André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania 31 on March 29, which the Miz failed to win after being eliminated by Mizdow, dissolving their partnership. On the April 20 episode of Raw, the Miz defeated Mizdow in a match where the winner retained the Miz brand, with help from Summer Rae.
At SummerSlam on August 23, the Miz competed for the Intercontinental Championship in a triple threat match also involving Big Show and Ryback, but lost. At Survivor Series on November 22, The Miz competed in a traditional five-on-five elimination tag-team match alongside The Cosmic Wasteland (Cody Rhodes and The Ascension) and Bo Dallas in a losing effort against The Dudley Boyz, Goldust, Neville and Titus O'Neil. At Royal Rumble on January 24, 2016, the Miz competed in the 2016 Royal Rumble match, entering at number 25 and lasting nearly 9 minutes before being eliminated by Roman Reigns. On April 3, at WrestleMania 32, the Miz wrestled in a seven-man ladder match for the Intercontinental Championship, which was won by Zack Ryder.
On the August 23 episode of Talking Smack, the Miz went on a critically acclaimed tirade against SmackDown General Manager Bryan Danielson for calling him a coward, with the Miz calling Bryan a "coward" for not returning to the ring when he promised the fans he would, before telling him to "go back to the bingo halls with your indie friends". The Miz then restarted his feud with Dolph Ziggler, successfully defending the Intercontinental Championship against him at Backlash on September 11, after Maryse sprayed an unknown substance at Ziggler while the referee was distracted. Afterwards, the Miz continued to blame Bryan and vowed not to defend his Intercontinental Championship on any show until he was granted a contract "renegotiation". At No Mercy on October 9, the Miz lost the Intercontinental Championship to Ziggler in a title vs career match after Maryse and The Spirit Squad (Kenny Dykstra and Mike Mondo), were ejected from ringside, ending the Miz's reign at 188 days. On the 900th episode of SmackDown Live on November 15, Maryse helped the Miz to win the championship for the sixth time. The Miz successfully defended the title against Raw's Sami Zayn at Survivor Series on November 20, after Maryse prematurely rang the bell, causing a distraction. The Miz faced Ziggler once more in a ladder match at on December 4, which The Miz won to end their feud.
On the December 6 episode of SmackDown Live, the Miz successfully defended the title against Dean Ambrose after interference from Maryse and distraction from James Ellsworth. Two weeks later on SmackDown Live, the Miz successfully defended the championship against Apollo Crews. After the match, the Miz was interviewed by Renee Young, where the Miz sarcastically responded by revealing Young and Ambrose's real life relationship, prompting her to slap the Miz. On the January 3, 2017 episode of SmackDown Live, the Miz lost the Intercontinental Championship to Ambrose despite interference from Maryse. On January 29, the Miz entered the 2017 Royal Rumble match at number 15 and lasted 32 minutes until he was eliminated by the Undertaker.
On the January 31 episode of SmackDown Live, the Miz was revealed as one of the participants of the Elimination Chamber match for the WWE Championship which took place on February 12, where the Miz eliminated Dean Ambrose, but was eliminated by John Cena. On the February 21 episode of SmackDown Live, the Miz participated in a ten-man battle royal to determine the challenger for the Bray Wyatt's WWE Championship, but was eliminated by Cena. After he was eliminated, he returned to the match to eliminate Cena. On the February 28 episode of SmackDown Live, the Miz and Maryse made a special edition of Miz TV to critique Cena's powers on the backstage environment before Maryse slapped Cena and Nikki Bella—Cena's girlfriend—came to save him. On the March 14 episode of SmackDown Live, after a showdown between the Miz and Maryse against Cena and Nikki, SmackDown General Manager Daniel Bryan scheduled a mixed tag team match at WrestleMania 33 on April 2, which the Miz and Maryse lost.
On April 10, the Miz was drafted to the Raw brand along with Maryse as part of the Superstar Shake Up, where they made their debut on the same night dressed as Cena and Nikki, before being confronted by the Intercontinental Champion Dean Ambrose, who was also drafted to Raw in the Superstar Shake-up. At Extreme Rules on June 4, the Miz defeated Ambrose to win the Intercontinental Championship for the seventh time.
On the June 19 episode of Raw, the Miz allied himself with Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel, a team which was later dubbed "the Miztourage". The Miz successfully defended the Intercontinental Championship against Dean Ambrose at Great Balls of Fire on July 9, due to interference from the Miztourage. At the SummerSlam pre-show on August 20, the Miz and the Miztourage defeated Jason Jordan and The Hardy Boyz (Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy) in a six-man tag-team match. In September, the Miz began a feud with Jordan after he was declared number one contender to the Miz's championship. At No Mercy on September 25, the Miz successfully retained the championship against Jordan.
The following month, he allied himself with the Bar (Cesaro and Sheamus) in order to take on the reformed Shield faction (Ambrose, Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns). The Miz teamed with Cesaro, Sheamus, Kane and Braun Strowman against Ambrose, Rollins and Kurt Angle (who replaced Reigns after he was not medically cleared to compete) in a 5-on-3 handicap Tables, Ladders and Chairs match at on October 22 in a losing effort. On November 19, the Miz faced SmackDown's United States Champion Baron Corbin at Survivor Series in an interbrand champion vs. champion match, which he lost. The following night on Raw, the Miz lost the Intercontinental Championship to Roman Reigns, ending his title reign at 169 days.
After taking a hiatus, the Miz returned in January 2018, and won the Intercontinental Championship back from Roman Reigns during the 25th Anniversary of Raw, beginning his eighth reign with the championship. The Miz then participated in the 2018 Royal Rumble match on January 28, but he failed to win the match after being eliminated by the combined effort of Reigns and Seth Rollins. At the Elimination Chamber event on February 25, the Miz competed in an Elimination Chamber match to determine the number one contender for Brock Lesnar's Universal Championship, but he was the first participant eliminated, by Braun Strowman. Also around this time, the Miz took part in the Mixed Match Challenge tournament, with Asuka as his partner. They defeated the teams of Big E and Carmella, Finn Bálor and Sasha Banks and Braun Strowman and Alexa Bliss, before defeating Bobby Roode and Charlotte Flair in the finals to win the tournament and earn $100,000 for the charity of their choice. At WrestleMania 34 on April 8, the Miz lost the Intercontinental Championship to Seth Rollins in a triple threat match also involving Finn Bálor, suffering his first pinfall loss at WrestleMania.
At Crown Jewel, after advancing to the final round of the WWE World Cup tournament, Miz was ruled unable to compete. Shane McMahon replaced Miz to win the World Cup. Miz and McMahon began a tag team, turning Miz into a face for the first time since 2014. They won the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship at the 2019 Royal Rumble when they defeated The Bar (Cesaro and Sheamus) but lost it 21 days later at Elimination Chamber to The Usos. The duo failed to regain the titles from the Usos at Fastlane on March 10. After the loss, McMahon turned on the Miz by attacking both him and his father at ringside, turning McMahon into a villain. They wrestled in a falls count anywhere match at WrestleMania 35 and a steel cage match at Money in the Bank, but Miz lost both times.
On April 15, the Miz was drafted to Raw as part of the 2019 WWE Superstar Shake-up and restarted his feud with Dolph Ziggler after a confrontation on Miz TV. A match between the two was arranged for SummerSlam, however during the contract signing on the August 5 episode of Raw, the Miz revealed that he was not Ziggler's opponent, instead it was the returning Bill Goldberg who took the Miz's place in the match. He stated in an interview: “I'll have many other opportunities at SummerSlam, but this might be Goldberg's last.” On the Raw after SummerSlam, the Miz defeated Ziggler to end their feud. The Miz then competed in the 2019 King of the Ring, but was eliminated in the first round by Baron Corbin. The Miz then unsuccessfully challenged for Shinsuke Nakamura's Intercontinental Championship at Clash of Champions on September 15, after interference from Nakamura's manager Sami Zayn.
As part of the 2019 draft, the Miz was drafted to the SmackDown brand. During the November 1 episode of SmackDown, WWE NXT wrestler Tommaso Ciampa disrupted an edition of Miz TV to air his grievances towards the Miz, accusing him of being self-centered. He subsequently challenged Ciampa to a match, which he lost via pinfall. The following month, the Miz began a feud with Universal Champion Bray Wyatt, who, under his sinister alter ego "The Fiend", proclaimed he wanted to become part of The Miz's family. He later attacked the Miz backstage. Subsequently, a non-title match between the Miz and Wyatt was arranged for the pay-per-view on December 15, which The Miz lost.
The Miz and Morrison then began feuding with Otis and Tucker in pursuit of Otis' Money in the Bank contract. During the 2020 WWE Draft in October, the Miz and Morrison were drafted to the Raw brand. At Hell in a Cell on October 25, the Miz defeated Otis to win the Money in the Bank contract, becoming the second person not to do so in the Money in the Bank ladder match, and the third person to hold the contract more than once. The Miz cashed in his Money in the Bank contract on December 20 at the event during a TLC match between AJ Styles and the WWE Champion Drew McIntyre, making the match a triple threat in the process, but was unsuccessful as McIntyre retained his title. However, on the December 28 episode of Raw, the Miz had the contract returned to him as the cash-in at TLC was ruled invalid due to Morrison cashing in the contract on his behalf (as only the contract holder himself can cash it in). The Miz entered the Royal Rumble match on January 31, 2021, but he was quickly eliminated by the debuting Damian Priest. At Elimination Chamber on February 21, the Miz successfully cashed his Money in the Bank contract on WWE Champion Drew McIntyre, after McIntyre was assaulted by Bobby Lashley, starting his second reign with the WWE Championship which made him the first ever two-time WWE Grand Slam champion. The Miz went on to lose the championship to Lashley on the March 1 episode of Raw, ending his reign at only eight days.
After this, the Miz and Morrison feuded with Damian Priest and rapper Bad Bunny. On the first night of WrestleMania 37 on April 10, the Miz and Morrison were defeated by Bad Bunny and Priest. At WrestleMania Backlash on May 16, the Miz lost to Priest. After the match, the Miz was seemingly "eaten" by zombies as a way to cross-promote Army of the Dead. During the match, the Miz suffered the first legitimate injury in his WWE career after tearing his ACL, taking him out of action indefinitely. Despite his injury, the Miz continued appearing television in a wheelchair accompanying Morrison in his matches. The Miz returned from injury on the August 16 episode of Raw, losing to Damian Priest. The next week on Raw, the Miz attacked Morrison, ending their partnership. Afterwards, the Miz took time off to compete on the thirtieth season of Dancing with the Stars.
On the October 30 episode of Raw, the Miz confronted Intercontinental Champion Gunther on Miz TV before being attacked by his stablemates, turning face for the first time since January 2020. The following week, the Miz won a fatal four-way match to earn a title match against Gunther at . At Survivor Series: WarGames on November 25, the Miz failed to win the title from Gunther. The Miz challenged Gunther for the title again on the December 18 episode of Raw in a losing effort and, per the stipulation, could not challenge for the title again as long as Gunther remained champion.
In 2024, the Miz reunited with former tag team partner R-Truth, winning the Raw Tag Team Championship at WrestleMania XL. On the April 15 edition of Raw, the Raw Tag Team Championship was renamed to the World Tag Team Championship and the team were presented new championship belts by chief content officer Triple H and Raw General Manager Adam Pearce. They hold the titles until June 24 episode of Raw, when they lost it to Bálor and McDonagh. On the July 29 episode of Raw, Miz was announced as the official host of SummerSlam in his hometown of Cleveland, Ohio. On the September 30 episode of Raw, Miz kicked R-Truth and walked out on him causing the team to lose against The Authors of Pain, turning heel once again in the process. This followed several weeks of Karrion Kross subtlety manipulating the Miz to turn against his tag team partner. Two weeks later, on the October 14 episode of Raw, Miz was defeated by R-Truth in a match, which was followed by the winner being beaten down by the Final Testament, after which Miz performed the Skull-Crushing Finale on R-Truth.
On the October 21 episode of Raw, Miz and the Final Testament attacked R-Truth and The New Day, but were themselves attacked by The Wyatt Sicks, who routed The Final Testament, sans Paul Ellering, who protected Miz from Bo Dallas's Sister Abigail finisher. After being accosted by Kross the next week, the Miz was sent looking for the Wyatts, and was kidnapped by them; on the November 11 episode of Raw, Miz reappeared, claiming to be traumatized by the Wyatts. However, after being beaten into the ring by the stable, The Wyatt Sicks appeared once more to attack the Final Testament, before Miz took down Erick Rowan with a chair shot to the back, and assisting the Final Testament in routing the Wyatt Sicks from the arena.
On the January 24, 2025 episode of SmackDown, it was announced that Miz had been transferred to the SmackDown brand. On the February 21 episode of SmackDown, Miz formed a partnership with Carmelo Hayes as Melo Don't Miz, where they defeated R-Truth and LA Knight in their first match together. On the September 26 episode of SmackDown, during a tag team match against The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford), after Miz tried to take the glory and tag himself in, Hayes cut him off, causing them to lose the match. The following week on SmackDown, Miz attacked Hayes as Hayes was about to accept United States Champion Sami Zayn's open challenge for the title, disbanding Melo Don't Miz.
Having been associated with Ric Flair, the Miz occasionally performs Flair's submission hold, the figure-four leg lock. Since his storyline with Daniel Bryan, the Miz incorporated several of Bryan's moves, like the Yes! Kicks, which he nicknames the It Kicks.
Criticism has been focused on the booking of the Miz's character. When he became a heroic character in late-2012, his turn was not well received by critics, who commented that Miz as a fan favorite was too similar to his villainous character because he was "still cocky, arrogant, and egotistical" while "pivoted toward calling out established heels" (villains). Other criticisms were that Miz was "juvenile", lacking of depth, "grating and not endearing to the audience" and that "there was not that moment when he officially turned and aligned his values with the audience's". After the Miz won the WWE Championship for the second time in February 2021, Zack Heydorn for Pro Wrestling Torch questioned the decision to give him the championship, writing that he had not been presented as "a credible professional wrestler in the ring", and complained his recent booking had not made him believable contender for a world championship. He then concluded by saying that he "should be far away from the WWE Championship picture." Ryan Byers of 411Mania considered Miz to be a poor world champion, stating that he was "booked ridiculously weakly". Despite this disapproval towards his character, Miz has received praise for his promos and speaking ability.
Mizanin played a small role in the film The Campaign in 2012. In 2013, the Miz starred in WWE Studios film , replacing fellow wrestler Randy Orton, who was dropped from the role due to his bad conduct discharge from the USMC.
Mizanin starred in the ABC Family television film Christmas Bounty, which premiered in December 2013. In 2015, he starred in the WWE Studios Christmas film Santa's Little Helper.
In 2016, Mizanin guest-starred in Supernatural as a wrestler named Shawn Harley in an organization targeted by a demon.
In 2018, Mizanin and his wife Maryse starred in a USA Network reality television series titled Miz & Mrs. In 2020, he starred on a second show on USA, serving as host of the game show Cannonball.
| 2012 | Himself | Cameo | ||
| 2013 | Jake Carter | Direct-to-video | ||
| Queens of the Ring | Himself | Cameo | ||
| Christmas Bounty | Mike "Mikey Muscles" | Television film | ||
| 2014 | Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery | Himself | Voice, direct-to-video | |
| 2015 | Jake Carter | Direct-to-video | ||
| Santa's Little Helper | Dax | |||
| 2016 | Himself | Voice, direct-to-video | ||
| 2017 | Jake Carter | Direct-to-video | ||
| 2018 | ||||
| 2019 | Fighting with My Family | Himself | Cameo | |
| 2020 | ||||
| 2001 | Himself | |||
| 2002–05 2012 2017–19 | The Challenge | As participant: (2002, winner) (2003–04) (2004) (2004–05) (2005, winner) As host: (2012, reunion show) (2017, reunion show) (2017, reunion show) (2017–18) (2018, reunion show) (2019, reunion show) | ||
| 2004 2011 2015 | WWE Tough Enough | 2004: participant 2011: coach 2015: talk host (ep. 1–5), judge (ep. 6–10) | ||
| 2005 | Battle of the Network Reality Stars | Winner | ||
| 2006 | Fear Factor | Winner | ||
| 2007 | Identity | Episode 11 | ||
| 2008 | Ghost Hunters | |||
| 2009 | Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? | |||
| 2010 | Destroy Build Destroy | |||
| 2011 | H8R | Episode 4 | ||
| 2012 | Psych | Mario | Episode 91 ("Shawn and the Real Girl") | |
| Pair of Kings | Damone | Episode 56 ("I'm Gonna Git You, Sponge Sucka") | ||
| 2014 | Deal With It | Himself | Episode 18 | |
| Oh My English! | Season 3, episode 22 | |||
| Family Game Night | Guest celebrity | |||
| 2015 | Sirens | Lance | Episode 9 ("Transcendual") | |
| 2016-2018 | Ride Along | Himself | 3 episodes | |
| 2016 | Supernatural | Shawn Harley | Episode 233 ("Beyond the Mat") | |
| Celebs React | Himself | 1 episode | ||
| Hell's Kitchen | Uncredited guest diner; Episode: "Let the Catfights Begin" | |||
| 2016–2019 | Total Divas | Recurring (seasons 6–7) Guest (seasons 8–9): 21 episodes | ||
| WWE Playback | ||||
| 2018 | Total Bellas | Episode: "What Comes Up, Must Go Down" | ||
| 2018–2022 | Miz & Mrs. | |||
| 2020 | Cannonball | Host | ||
| WWE Story Time | ||||
| WWE Superstar Gaming Series | Contestant | |||
| 2021 | Dancing with the Stars | Contestant | ||
| Side Hustle | Clint Kickwood | Episode: "Room for Munchy" | ||
| 2022 | Himself | Uncredited; archival footage | ||
| The Challenge: Untold History | Documentary series | |||
| WWE Evil | Documentary series | |||
| Alexa Bliss vs. Diallo Riddle & Bashir Salahuddin" | ||||
| Hamster & Gretel | Steve | Episode: "The Litigator vs. The Luchador" | ||
| 2024 | Himself | Episode: "The Miz" | ||
| 2008 | WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 | Himself | Playable character; video game debut |
| 2009 | WWE Legends of WrestleMania | Playable character | |
| WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010 | |||
| 2010 | WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011 | Playable character; cover athlete | |
| 2011 | WWE All Stars | Playable character | |
| WWE '12 | |||
| 2012 | WWE WrestleFest | ||
| WWE '13 | |||
| 2013 | WWE 2K14 | ||
| 2014 | WWE SuperCard | ||
| WWE 2K15 | |||
| 2015 | WWE Immortals | ||
| WWE 2K16 | |||
| 2016 | WWE 2K17 | ||
| 2017 | WWE 2K18 | ||
| 2018 | WWE 2K19 | ||
| 2019 | WWE 2K20 | ||
| 2020 | WWE 2K Battlegrounds | ||
| 2022 | WWE 2K22 | ||
| 2023 | WWE 2K23 | ||
| 2024 | WWE 2K24 | ||
| 2025 | ''WWE 2K25 |
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