The Miz Talks Advice From The Rock, Vince McMahon Changing His Ring Gear, Celebrities Who Follow WWE
On a recent episode of Allegedly with Theo Von & Matthew Cole Weiss, The Miz talked about celebrities who are WWE fans, celebrities who have exceeded his expectations, the celebrity who inspired his current character, and why he switched his ring gear from shorts to trunks.
When asked who are some celebrities that follow WWE, The Miz named Seth Green, Mark Wahlberg, and WWE Hall of Famer, Arnold Schwarzenegger.
"Seth Green, Mark Wahlberg, like, these are people that come backstage and I was like, 'wow, they're fans!'. I've gotten to meet Arnold Schwarzenegger. [He] is the biggest fan."
As for who are celebrities that have exceeded his expectations, The Miz said he briefly worked with Will Ferrell on the film, The Campaign, and Ferrell remembered him six years later when he was promoting Get Hard with WWE. Also, The Miz mentioned The Rock as another celebrity who has exceeded his expectations.
"I met The Rock. I got to wrestle The Rock and I remember my first movie I actually texted The Rock and he called me back and was like, 'hey man, this is your first movie' and he gave me the most amazing advice."
According to The Miz, his egotistical movie star gimmick is based on Tom Cruise.
"I would watch all of [Cruise's] interviews and just some of the stuff that he would say would just be incredible." The Miz added, "he'd be so intense and then start laughing and then be really intense again and I'd be like, 'I'm using this!' This is it!"
The Miz said that he switched to trunks from shorts after Vince McMahon saw him in trunks and liked it.
"When I first started with WWE, I didn't want to look like the quintessential wrestler. I didn't want to wear trunks. I didn't want to look like that. I wanted to look cool, I guess you could say, like, cooler in my mind. And I wore shorts with a bunch of different stuff. I wore a bandana with a fedora thinking it was the coolest thing ever, saying 'ninny'. I don't know. It was just one of those things. I got fired by Jeremy Piven because he was the guest host that week [on WWE Monday Night RAW] and so the next week I was going to come back and I was going to wear a mask and everyone couldn't know who I was, so I wore trunks for the first time. When I got [backstage], one of the talent relations guys goes, 'Vince loves you in trunks. You are wearing trunks from now on.' I was like, 'I don't want to wear trunks! I don't want to wear trunks!' And it's like, if Vince McMahon says, 'you're going to wear trunks from now on,' you're going to wear trunks from now on, so I started wearing trunks and I haven't gone back."
In addition to these topics, The Miz discussed WWE's stringent wellness policy, The Big Show's flatulence, and much more. Click here to listen to the rest of the show. If you use any of the quotes in this article, please credit Allegedly with Theo Von & Matthew Cole Weiss with an H/T to Wrestling Inc. for the transcription.