4 Years Ago Today: Miz’s WWE In-Ring Debut


The title says it all. Four years ago today The Miz (also known as Mike Mizanin) made his WWE in-ring debut. Vintage Miz! The customized pants which seemed to get longer over the years, the blonde mohawk and the white long socks was his style back then! Boy has he changed now. This was the era when it wasn’t ‘IM AWESOME!‘, it was ‘HOO-RAH!‘. Here is WWE.com’s write up of the match.

Last week during an interview with 2006 Diva Search Winner Layla, The Miz told the world that he would be making his in-ring debut this week on SmackDown. The former reality TV star took on Tatanka in his debut, and surprised everyone when he picked up an impressive victory. The enthusiastic newcomer took advantage of a distracted Tatanka, who for the third week in a row spent more time arguing with the referee than focusing on his opponent. Mizanin’s victory however, was not without controversy, as he mocked the Native American’s culture throughout the match, and then used the ropes for leverage on the pin. After the match, the Miz celebrated his first victory like he had just won the World Championship. Nonetheless, despite what some people predicted for the Miz, he wasn’t exactly a flop in his big debut.

And who would of thought 4 years later Miz would of achieved this?

  • World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with John Morrison (1) and The Big Show (1)
  • WWE Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with John Morrison (1) and The Big Show (1)
  • WWE United States Championship (2 times, current)
  • Mr. Money in the Bank (July 2010)
  • Slammy Award for Best WWE.com Exclusive (2008) – with John Morrison
  • Slammy Award for Tag Team of the Year (2008) – with John Morrison

All of us here at theMIZ.net are very proud of how far Miz has come. When people doubted him and said he couldn’t do it, well – he did. Digitals and screencaptures have been put up in the gallery awhile back so if you haven’t already, check them out! Well done Mike! Here’s to many more years to come.

RELATED LINKS:
- WWE Digitals: View
- Screencaptures (LQ): View

Posted by: Maddie on September 1st, 2010.
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Podcast #2: Daniel’s back!

Sorry for the delay but finally here is the second podcast! Its abit rushed and random in places but I dont have much time to do it so hopefully this is okay for now. I hope you enjoy it and that its not too bad. This podcast is for August and I talk about everything thats happened this August, including Daniel Bryan’s return!

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Let me know what you thought of it by tweeting me at @themiznet.

Posted by: Maddie on August 31st, 2010.
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Aus’s Nickelodeon KCA: Nominated for “Baddest Baddie”

Being the only WWE superstar to be nominated for anything in this, our guy The Miz has been nominated for the “Baddest Baddie” award at the 2010 Australia Kid’s Choice Awards (Nickelodeon). He is up against Sue Sylvester from Glee, Xavier Samuel who plays Riley in Eclipse and Kyle Sandilands. Miz has got this in the bag! To vote for Miz, go to the link below which will take you to the voting page! Vote Miz as MANY times as you can. It will be fantastic if he could win (or just attend anyway). We are so pleased for Mike and we know he is too! Remember, Vote Vote Vote!

RELATED LINKS:
- Vote Miz as the Baddest Baddie: View

Posted by: Maddie on August 31st, 2010.
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Live RAW Coverage – 30/08

Kofi Kingston and Michael McGillicutty vs Daniel Bryan and Kaval vs The Miz and Alex Riley
Riley, Bryan and Kofi start things off and Riley attacks Bryan from behind and then he knocks Kofi away. Kofi with a drop kick but Bryan breaks up the cover. Bryan with a European uppercut but Kofi with a kick. Bryan with a kick to Kofi and then Bryan punches the Miz. Bryan punches Riley and kicks him in the corner. Kofi with the SOS to Bryan for a near fall. Riley breaks up the cover and he hits a Michinoku Driver on Kofi for a near fall. Riley with an elbow to the head. Bryan with a knee to Riley but Kofi with a forearm to Bryan. Kofi with the Boom drop to Riley but Bryan breaks things up. Kofi with a cross body to Bryan and all three men are down. Kaval and McGillicutty tag in and Michael with a kick but Kaval with a Dragon Sleeper but Riley hits Kaval from behind. Riley punches Michael and Miz tags in but Kaval with a drop kick to Riley and Miz goes to the floor. Michael with a rollup for a near fall on Kaval. Kaval with a Liger kick and then he goes up top for the Warriors Way and he hits it but Miz with the Skull Crushing Finale for the three count.

Winners: Miz and Alex Riley

After the match, Bryan kicks Riley off the apron and then Miz returns to the ring and he hits Bryan in the head with the briefcase.

RELATED LINKS:
- Digitals: View

-Screen Captures: View

Video: Download

Posted by: Maddie on August 30th, 2010.
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New Appearances

The Miz will be appearing at Slackers CD’s & Games in St. Louis, Missouri on Saturday, September 18th from 4-6pm.

Kane and The Miz will be appearing at Caroline’s on Broadway in New York City on Saturday, October 30th. The Miz will appear from 10am until 12pm and Kane will appear from 2-4pm.

Going to one of these events? Make sure you take lots of photos and send them to us!

Posted by: Maddie on August 30th, 2010.
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October WWE Magazine Scans: Miz is on the cover!

With thanks to my friend Ang, we have several scans of Miz from October’s WWE Magazine! And guess what? He is finally on the cover! This is a fantastic cover and we are pleased that all of our (Mizfits) nagging to WWE Magazine has finally worked. The cover story is great and even includes an unseen pic of him from Tough Enough! (We want it in HQ! haha) Make sure you check out the scans!

RELATED LINKS:
- October WWE Magazine Scans: View

Posted by: Maddie on August 30th, 2010.
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WWE Houseshow Results: Newark, NJ (August 29, 2010)

WWE United States champion The Miz (With Alex Riley) pinned Evan Bourne. Riley did some good mic work before the match putting himself and Miz over and ripping on Kaval since Tuesday is the NXT finale. Miz then ripped on Newark and tore down the fans when they tried to do his catch phrase. Miz worked over Bourne early but Bourne nailed him with knee strikes during a suplex attempt. Bourne went for a shooting star but Riley tried to interfere. Bourne fought him off and nailed a dive to the floor. Miz and Bourne went into a series of near falls. Bourne went for the shooting star press but Miz got his knees up and scored the pin. Real entertaining on the mic and in the ring.

Posted by: Dana on August 29th, 2010.
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WWE Houseshow Results: Wildwood, NJ (August 28, 2010)

The Miz over Evan Bourne to retain the United States Championship. The match of the night maybe. A lot of heat for Miz. Nice pop for Bourne. They tried the huracanrana from the second rope, but Bourne couldn’t get high enough. Bad looking. Evan Bourne went for the Airbourne finisher, but Miz put his knees up and got the win. The ending was nasty looking.

Posted by: Dana on August 29th, 2010.
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