The Miz Talks About His Favorite Wrestlers Growing Up, His Start & More

The Miz recently did an interview with The Miami New Times promoting last night's episode of RAW in Miami. Here are some excerpts from the interview:

On planning a career in pro wrestling while on the Real World: When I got on the Real World, I really didn't know what I wanted to do with my life. I kinda had that mentality where you finish high school, then you go on to college, you go back to where you grew up, you get a family, you get a job. That's your life. That's what's gonna happen. But then I realized I could do anything I wanted with my life. And I said, "I wanna be a WWE Superstar."

On his start with pro wrestling: I moved to Los Angeles and I enrolled in an independent wrestling school called UPW. Everyone thinks I just went from a reality show to the WWE contract. That wasn't the case. I had to earn my stripes for three years on the independent circuit. Finally, I got on a show called Tough Enough, which offered a WWE contract to the winner. I didn't win, but I impressed the execs enough that they gave me a developmental contract. It was actually a blessing in diguise 'cause the winner of Tough Enough is no longer with the WWE and I sit here as a former Unified WWE Tag Team Champion.

Being a wrestling fan as a kid: I was a huge wrestling fan as a kid. I loved tag team wrestlers like the Rockers, Demolition, Legion of Doom, and the Bushwhackers.

Wrestlers he hated growing up: I didn't like the Iron Sheik. No one liked the Sheik.

For the rest of the interview, where he also talks about facing the Iron Sheik and his favorite TV shows, click here.