The Miz has been in WWE for so long that fans believe he’s now a veteran of the industry. The celebrated and loved star recently spoke about his career. While being humble in his interview with Q104.3, he said,
“Well, as a kid, I never thought I could be a WWE superstar. Like, the guys back then, Hulk Hogan, 6’7″, you know… pythons, he had huge muscles and I didn’t have that. I wasn’t big by any means. So there was, that was out of the question. I wanted to be a baseball player, basketball player, football player. Like that was the dream, right? I was average. My dad would say I was average. I would say I was really good. I was the captain of my baseball team, captain of my cross country team.”
“I mean, I was very good at all sports, but I wasn’t exceptional. Like it takes the top, like 0.1% to become a professional in anything, correct? So, it never really dawned on me that I could become a WWE superstar. Huge fan. But then I got on The Real World, which was literally kind of right down the street in Greenwich Village.”
“So I got on The Real World, and from there, I said, you know what? If I could be on The Real World, maybe, just maybe, I could become a WWE superstar. Because I a...