10 Major WWE Stars The Internet Completely Turned A Corner On 6

6. The Miz

The relationship between online fans and The Miz has changed over the years. When he first started in WWE it was after Tough Enough. He didn’t win his season, but he did well enough that WWE kept him around. He hosted a Diva Search, which he was terrible at, and eventually he got signed as a wrestler. Even though he’s not a big guy, his personality was able to carry him a long way to the point that he started moving up the ranks.
When online fans really liked him the most was when he was teaming up with John Morrison when they did their online show called “The Dirt Sheet.” A “dirtsheet” is an old term that people in the wrestling business would use to talk about wresting newsletters like the Wrestling Observer Newsletter by Dave Meltzer. Those publications were filled with insider news that wrestlers and fans didn’t know, so it was called a dirtsheet. When Miz & Morrison did their show, they were very entertaining. Online fans watched it regularly. They laughed at how clever it was.
The Miz had established himself as a cool midcard heel that the fans were rooting for because he came off like a regular guy instead of some jacked up wrestler. When he won the Money in the Bank contract and the WWE Title in 2010 fans were happy for him. However, when he headlined WrestleMania 27 with John Cena in 2011, people started to wonder why he was in a top spot. He wasn’t seen as a top guy by fans and because of that, a lot of people that liked him all of a sudden turned on him.
When The Miz went babyface he failed miserably. People didn’t cheer. They booed him. The best wrestlers can get over in either role. The Miz did not. Now that he’s Hollywood Miz the fans that have hated him are warming up to him a bit although there are always going to be a group of fans that don’t like him and probably never will.


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