The Miz

Uh, as soon as I started at UPW and feeling my first bump that I ever took, I was like, Oh my God,

This is rough.

Am I really going to be able to do this?

And then going through the three years of basically trying to go into dark matches, trying to get a notice from WWE or even Japan was very difficult.

Trying to get any type of booking was very tough.

I was getting booked on college circuits because I was on the real world.

I was going to these colleges and everyone would always ask me, you know, could you do the Miz?

And I would cut promos as The Miz.

There would be thousands of kids there listening to my speech, listening to my stories.

And then I would go and perform in...

like back alleys for like 20 bucks.

Not even, I wouldn't even get paid.

It was in front of 20 people.

And literally it was like that kind of contrast.

But I was learning the art of professional wrestling while also doing speeches in front of thousands of people.

Yeah, but when you're doing it, you don't sit there and you go, oh, I'm accomplishing this dream.

You're going through it.

And it's funny.

Now you see on TikTok or Instagram or any type of social media, you'll see like, yeah, you don't see the grit, the grind, the blood, sweat, tears.

You just see the championships.