Michael "Mike" Mizanin (born October 8, 1980) better known by his ring name The Miz, is an American professional wrestler signed to for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on its ECW brand, and also makes appearances on SmackDown and Raw where he is one half of the World Tag Team Champions with John Morrison.

Before being promoted to the main WWE roster, Mizanin trained and wrestled with Ultimate Pro Wrestling (UPW) and Deep South Wrestling (DWS), where he became DWS' first Deep South Heavyweight Champion. Mizanin was sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), working in tag team action and winning the tag titles, OVW Southern Tag Team Championship, on one occasion.

After signing with WWE, Mizanin became host of the annual WWE Diva Search competetion in 2006. Following his hosting duties, Mizanin made his wrestling debut in September 2006, as a villain who went "undefeated". In 2007, he was drafted from SmackDown to the ECW brand, where he formed a partnership with John Morrison, in which the two captured the WWE Tag Team Championship.

Aside from professional wrestling, Mizanin has appeared on numerous MTV reality shows, participating in various different competitions. Mizanin entered the fourth season of Tough Enough, a televised competition which would award the winner a WWE contract. He was a finalist in the competition. Mizanin has also made appearances on television shows including Battle of the Network Reality Stars, Fear Factor, Identity, and Ghost Hunters.

TELEVISION CAREER. Mizanin dropped out of college in order to appear on the tenth season of MTV's reality television program The Real World in 2001. He went on to appear in multiple seasons of its spin-off series, Real World/Road Rules Challenge, along with contestants from both Road Rules and The Real World, including Battle of the Seasons, The Gauntlet, The Inferno, Battle of the Sexes 2, and The Inferno 2.Except for Battle of the Seasons 2, Mizanin made it to the end of the rest of the Challenges on which he competed, and won both Battle of the Seasons and The Inferno 2.

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.

Mizanin had a number of relationships during his various "Challenge seasons"; during The Gauntlet he dated Trishelle Cannatella of The Real World: Las Vegas, during The Inferno he had a relationship with Kendal Sheppard of Road Rules: Campus Crawl, and during Battle of the Seasons he had another brief relationship with Tara McDaniel of Road Rules: Northern Trail. Throughout much of his time on The Real World and Real World/Road Rules Challenge, Mizanin had a roller coaster friendship with Coral Smith.

In 2004, he appeared on the Bravo reality show Battle of the Network Reality Stars, where his team finished second. Mizanin was also a contestant in the Reality Stars episode of Fear Factor. His partner was his former girlfriend and cast mate, 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. In 2008, Mizanin appeared on the Sci Fi reality series Ghost Hunters Live as a guest investigator.

IN WRESTLING

* Finishing and signature moves

o Mizard of Oz (Wrist lock swinging reverse DDT) – 2006 - present

o Reality Check (Jumping neckbreaker, usually preceded by a running knee lift to the side of the head) 2007 - present

o Discus punch

o Shoulder jawbreaker o Modified running corner clothesline in which Miz jumps feet-first and ends up sitting on the second rope with his feet hanging out.

o Springboard bulldog

o Springboard neck snap to a rope hung opponent

* Managers

o Kenny Bolin

o Roni Jonah

o Kristal Marshall

o Layla

o Kelly Kelly

o Jillian Hall

o Brooke

* Nicknames

o "The (self-proclaimed) Chick Magnet"

* Entrance themes

o "Reality" by Jim Johnston

o "Ain't No Make Believe" by Stonefree Experience (Used while teaming with John Morrison)

* The Dirt Sheet

o In February of 2008 Miz and his tag team partner John 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.