The Miz On Vince McMahon's Reaction To Promo Botch, Which WWE Star Is The "Gassiest," Advice To Kids
Recently, The Miz was a guest on Allegedly with Theo Von & Matthew Cole Weiss. Among other things, The Miz talked about how he developed his promo skills, almost ruining WWE Divas Search, and The Big Show's best running gag.
In regards to his mic work, The Miz admitted that he was not always great at cutting promos. Coming into WWE, The Miz's only prior experience with public speaking were giving motivational speeches at colleges and going to professional wrestling school. After getting to WWE, The Miz took acting classes, received improv training, and always asked to cut promos at house shows.
During the podcast, The Miz told a story about almost ruining WWE Diva Search.
"I remember being in there with Vince McMahon and Vince was like, 'we're going to have you kind of like the Ryan Seacrest of WWE' and I went, 'what? No, I want to be, like, the big star. Like, when I was a kid, The Ultimate Warrior was the man. Like, let me be him, not the host.' But then, I was like, 'well, they'll give me the mic. As long as I have the mic, I know I can get this crowd to either boo me or cheer me.' So the first thing that comes out, I have to host this Diva Search where I have to memorize a number and I wrote the number on my wrist because it was a hard number to remember. It was like seven [digits]. It wasn't like a 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. No, it was like a number, so I totally forgot it. As I was looking on my wrist, you could see me looking on my wrist and the sweat kind of made it go off, so I totally ruined, basically, that whole competition. It was bad, so I was completely worried I was going to get fired. I went backstage and I was like, 'I am so sorry' [and McMahon] was like, 'oh, it happens, blah, blah, blah' and to his credit, he kept allowing me to host that show and as time progressed, I kept getting better and better."
As for advice to kids who want to make it to WWE, The Miz said to cut promos on everything for practice.
"So is there an art to trash talk? If kids want to become a WWE Superstar, I say start cutting promos in the mirror. We did a class. Like Vince did a class for, like, seven of us. We'd have to go in there and we'd cut promos. Vince would go, 'alright, cut a promo on armbar. Alright?' 'Armbar? Okay!' And he would just say a word and we'd have to do it, so I'd practice that while I'm in traffic in L.A. Like, stop sign. Cut a promo on a stop sign."
When asked whether professional wrestlers accidentally soil themselves in the ring, The Miz said that there have definitely been stories of such incidents. The Miz said that flatulence is the biggest concern though and that The Big Show is the most notorious in that regard.
"A lot of gas. Sometimes there's some gas and you wonder if the audience can smell it. And you're breathing heavy, like, you're tasting it. It's not very fun." The Miz added, "Big Show [is the gassiest WWE Superstar]. He is 500 pounds. He's seven-foot tall. The best running gag that he has is like, he'll get in an elevator and once he's leaving the elevator and the door's closing, he'll just let it rip and walk out."
In addition to these topics, The Miz talked about celebrities who have exceeded his expectations, riding with Zack Ryder and Dolph Ziggler, and more. Click here to check out the whole podcast. 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.