The Miz Has Felt Like His Career Wasn’t Going To Happen ‘The Entire Time’
The Miz has felt like his career wasn't going to happen 'the entire time' throughout the twenty years he has done professional wrestling.
The Miz has felt like his career wasn’t going to happen ‘the entire time’ throughout the twenty years he has done professional wrestling.
The Miz’s beginnings in the world of professional wrestling are some that has been a topic of conversation throughout his career, with the former reality star also facing hazing in the locker room upon him signing with WWE.
While speaking on the latest episode of Insight With Chris Van Vliet, The Miz was asked about if he ever felt like his career wasn’t going to happen.
“The entire time. As soon as I started at UPW and feeling my first bump that I ever took, I was like, oh my god, this is rough. Am I really going to be able to do this? Then going through the three years of basically trying to go into dark matches, trying to get a notice from WWE or even Japan, was very difficult. Trying to get any type of booking was very tough. I was getting booked on college circuits because I was on The Real World I was going to these colleges, and everyone would always ask me, ‘Could you do The Miz?’ I would cut promos as The Miz. There’d be 1000s of kids there listening to my speech, listening to my stories, and then I would go and perform in back alleys for like 20 bucks, or I wouldn’t get paid. It was in front of 20 people, and literally, it was like that kind of contrast. But I was learning the art of professional wrestling while also doing speeches in front of 1000s of people. It was preparing me.”
Elsewhere in the same interview, The Miz explained why he abided by a locker room ban put on him when he signed with WWE. You can read more about that here.
