10 Wrestlers Who Broke Typecasting In The Most Epic Way
2. The Miz
During his first stint as United States Champion in 2010, The Miz cut a memorable promo that involved him talking his way from the locker room to the ring - it painted the picture of the man he'd become in spite of the start he'd faced as a WWE Superstar.
A figure of loathing and hatred amongst some of the worst business-protecting b*stards of the day, Miz was prohibited from even changing with the other wrestlers after breaking various unwritten rule and daring to be a slightly irritating fan that had broke in via reality TV rather than a bruising past on the independent scene.
Work - hard, hard work - got him through the dark days and to the promised land as WWE Champion at the tail-end of the year. Though that run was destroyed by the highly corrosive John Cena character at the time, he's since carved out a different legacy as the company's best all-round Sports Entertainer. Few ever saw him getting near the top title, let alone earning actual - gasp - respect from most and many as such a vital cog in the WWE machine.