The Hollywood A-Lister with the "Moneymaker" face too attractive to touch. Somehow it's taken The Miz being in WWE for nearly a decade to find the gimmick that suits both him and his personality to a tee. Miz isn't "serious grappling World Champion," and he isn't "catch-as-catch-can grappling midcarder." As well, he's not a guy who finds a tag-team partner of the week to go after the Tag Team Championships, either. Miz is an actor who wrestles. Much in the same way as grapplers in the early 1990s were all saddled with real-life occupations, Miz legitimately fitting that role suits him well. From tagging with Mizdow to the possibilities down the line for those heels looking to garner heat from the instant heat magnet that Miz has become, this one is perfect in every way.
Besides having been an independent professional wrestling manager for a decade, Marcus Dowling is a Washington, DC-based writer who has contributed to a plethora of online and print magazines and newspapers writing about music and popular culture over the past 15 years.