Michael Gregory Mizanin (born June 13, 1980)[1] is an American professional wrestler and reality television personality, better known by his ring name The Miz. He is signed to WWE, where he competes on the Raw brand. Mizanin first gained fame as a cast member on MTV's The Real World: Back to New York, which first aired in 2001, and its spinoff series, Real World/Road Rules Challenge. He later entered the fourth season of Tough Enough, a televised competition that would award the winner a WWE contract, and became a finalist. Mizanin has also made appearances on television shows including Battle of the Network Reality Stars, Fear Factor, Identity, Ghost Hunters, Dinner Impossible and Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?.

Mizanin trained and wrestled with Ultimate Pro Wrestling and Deep South Wrestling, where he became the first Deep South Heavyweight Champion. Mizanin was sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), working in tag team action and winning the tag team title, the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship, on one occasion.

After signing with WWE, Mizanin became host of the annual WWE Diva Search competition 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 held both the WWE Tag Team Championship and the World Tag Team Championship. He was drafted to the Raw brand as part of the 2009 WWE Draft, and won the WWE United States Championship on two occasions. He also won WWE Unified Tag Team Championship with The Big Show and the WWE Tag Team Championship with John Cena. In July 2010, he won a Money in the Bank ladder match at the first WWE Money in the Bank pay-per-view, earning a contract for a WWE Championship match, which he used in November to win the WWE Championship for the first time.
Deep South Wrestling
Deep South Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[133]
Ohio Valley Wrestling
OVW Southern Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Chris Cage, later known as Caylen Croft[134]
Pro Wrestling Illustrated
PWI ranked him #12 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2010[135]
World Wrestling Entertainment
WWE Championship (1 time)[103]
WWE Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with John Morrison (1), The Big Show (1) and John Cena (1)[60][84][109]
WWE United States Championship (2 times)[75][94]
World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with John Morrison (1) and The Big Show (1)[66][83]
Mr. Money in the Bank (Raw) (July 2010)[97]
Slammy Award for Best WWE.com Exclusive (2008) – with John Morrison[136]
Slammy Award for Tag Team of the Year (2008) – with John Morrison[136]
Wrestling Observer Newsletter
Most Improved (2008, 2009)[137]
Tag Team of the Year (2008) with John Morrison[137]