[5][6][7][8][9] He attended Normandy High School, where he was the captain of the basketball and cross country teams, participated in swimming, was a member of the student government, and edited the yearbook.

[2] In October 2004, Mike Mizanin entered the fourth season of Tough Enough, a televised competition which awarded the winner a World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) contract and US$1,000,000.

[2][39] When Mizanin actually attempted to make his debut on the April 21 episode of SmackDown!, he was in storyline banned from entering the arena by network executive Palmer Canon who told him that he had been "cancelled" before having security escort him from the premises.

[42][43][44] 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!.

[48] At the same time, he began a feud with Diva Search winner Layla El, who spurned his advances on more than one occasion,[49][50] leading to The Miz helping Kristal defeat her in various competitions.

In February, The Miz and Morrison were given a streaming segment on the WWE website named The Dirt Sheet in which they mocked other wrestlers and facets of pop culture, showing off their promo skills.

The Miz would then enter a tournament to determine the number one contender for William Regal's Intercontinental Championship, but lost to Mysterio in the first round on the December 1 episode of Raw.

On December 13, The Miz and Morrison defeated Kofi Kingston and CM Punk to win the World Tag Team Championship during a WWE house show in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

[90] On November 22 at Survivor Series, The Miz captained a team of five wrestlers which consisted of himself, Dolph Ziggler, Drew McIntyre, Jack Swagger and Sheamus against Team Morrison (captain John Morrison, Evan Bourne, 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.

[99] 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.

The following week, The Miz made his first successful title defense, defeating Jerry "The King" Lawler in a Tables, Ladders and Chairs match after interference from Michael Cole.

[119] 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.

[124] After the WWE Championship was declared vacant by Vince McMahon, The Miz would enter into a tournament to crown a new champion, defeating Riley and Kofi Kingston to advance to the finals,[125] where he lost to Rey Mysterio.

[145][146] The Miz picked up the win for Team Johnny after pinning Zack Ryder with the help of Eve, ending his twenty-match losing streak dating back to December 2011.

[158] The Miz teamed up with Alberto Del Rio and The Brooklyn Brawler to defeat 3MB (Drew McIntyre, Heath Slater and Jinder Mahal) at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs on December 16.

[161] The Miz challenged for Cesaro's United States Championship at the Royal Rumble pre-show on January 27,[162] on February 17 at Elimination Chamber[163] and on the March 1, 2013 episode of SmackDown, but was unsuccessful each time.

[180] After a two-month hiatus filming The Marine 4: Moving Target, 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.

[185] 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.

[193] At Survivor Series on November 22, The Miz competed in a traditional five-on-five elimination tag-team match alongside The Cosmic Wasteland (Stardust and The Ascension) and Bo Dallas in a losing effort against The Dudley Boyz, Goldust, Neville and Titus O'Neil.

[196] On the Raw episode post-WrestleMania 32, The Miz won the Intercontinental Championship for the fifth time, after his wife Maryse made her return to WWE and distracted Zack Ryder by slapping his father, thus becoming his manager in the process, where the two then became an on-screen power couple.

[214] 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.

[223] 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.

[260] At Crown Jewel on November 2, The Miz defeated Jeff Hardy and Rey Mysterio to advance to the finals against Dolph Ziggler, but injured his knee before the match, rendering him unable to compete.

[285] On the January 3, 2020 episode of SmackDown, The Miz blindsided Kofi Kingston after being defeated in a match against him and subsequently lashed out at the audience after being booed, turning heel for the first time since 2018.

[296] At Money in the Bank on May 10, The Miz and Morrison unsuccessfully attempted to regain the championship in a fatal four-way tag team match also involving Lucha House Party (Gran Metalik and Lince Dorado) and The Forgotten Sons (Steve Cutler and Wesley Blake).

On the December 19 episode of Raw, The Miz defeated Lumis in a Winner Takes All Ladder Match of prize money after interference from the returning Bronson Reed, ending their feud.

At WrestleMania, The Miz lost impromptu matches against Pat McAfee and Snoop Dogg, the latter replacing a legitimately injured Shane McMahon early in the bout.

[344] On the March 18 episode of Raw, The Miz and R-Truth defeated Indus Sher (Veer and Sanga) to qualify for the six-pack ladder match for the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship at WrestleMania XL.

[351] On the June 24 episode of Raw, The Miz and R-Truth lost the titles to Bálor and McDonagh after interference from Carlito, Dominik, and Liv Morgan, ending their reign at 79 days.

[1] He originally performed a swinging inverted DDT dubbed Mizard of Oz that he developed into a running knee lift followed by a neckbreaker slam, named the Reality Check,[360] before abandoning them both and adopting his new finisher in mid-2009.