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The Miz Recalls His Favorite Part of WrestleMania 27 Match, Talks Real World
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– The Miz spoke with Dub Magazine for a new interview. The highlights are below:
On his appearance on The Real World: “It kind of made me believe I could do anything I wanted with my life. 60,000 people tried out (for 7 spots). And out of all of them, I got one.”
On inventing his Miz persona on the show: “If Mike couldn’t say something to the roommates, The Miz would. They only showed me doing the character in like two episodes, but after the season ended, when I would go out, people would start calling me ‘The Miz.’”
On catching WWE’s eye on Tough Enough: “I’m only 6’1” and at the time could not get heavier than 195 lbs., no matter how much I ate or how hard I worked out. I knew I could never be the biggest guy out there, so I tried to be the biggest character.”
On beating John Cena to defend the WWE Championship at WrestleMania XXVII: “The coolest moment about being in that ring in the main event at WrestleMania wasn’t my entrance. It wasn’t even holding the title in my hand. I don’t really remember that. The coolest moment was looking over to my left and seeing all my friends from high school that were in my living room in 1999 watching WrestleMania. Looking over at them in the front row and saying, ‘We did it”
