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| - | | align="center" colspan=3 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:150%;" | <span style="color: #000000;">'''Joe Smith'''</span><br>
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| - | | bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="3" | http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/The_Miz_2010_Tribute_to_the_Troops.jpg/200px-The_Miz_2010_Tribute_to_the_Troops.jpg <br> Joe Smith as the [[IWE Championship|IWE Champion]] at Tribute to the Troops 2010.
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| - | | style="text-align: left;"| '''Ring name(s)'''
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| - | | bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | '''Joe Smith''' <br> Joe 'The Miz" Smith <br> '''The Miz'''
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| - | | style="text-align: left;"| '''Billed height'''
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| - | | bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
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| - | | style="text-align: left;"| '''Billed weight'''
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| - | | bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | 231 lb (105 kg)
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| - | | style="text-align: left;"| '''Born'''
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| - | | bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | October 8, 1980 (age 30) <br> Parma, Ohio
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| - | | style="text-align: left;"| '''Resides'''
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| - | | bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | Los Angeles, California
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| - | | bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | Cleveland, Ohio
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| - | | style="text-align: left;"| '''Trained by'''
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| - | | bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | UPW staff <br> Al Know <br> Bill DeMott
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| - | | style="text-align: left;"| '''Debut'''
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| - | | bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | 2001
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| - | '''Jospeh "The Miz" Smith''' (born October 8, 1980) is an American professional wrestler and former reality television personality, better known by his nickname and ring name '''Joe Smith'''. He is signed to [[IWE]], where he competes on the [[IWE Raw|Raw]] [[IWE Brand Extension|brand]].
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| - | Smith first gained fame as a cast member on MTV's ''[[The Real World: Back to New York]]'', which first aired in 2001, and its spinoff series, ''[[Real World/Road Rules Challenge]]''. He later entered the fourth season of ''[[IWE Tough Enough#$1,000,000 Tough Enough|Tough Enough]]'', a televised competition that would award the winner a [[IWE]] contract, and became a finalist. Smith has also made appearances on television shows including ''[[Battle of the Network Reality Stars]]'', ''[[Fear Factor]]'', ''Identity'', ''[[Ghost Hunters]]'', ''[[Dinner Impossible]]'' and ''[[Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?]]''.
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| - | Smith trained and wrestled with Ultimate Pro Wrestling and [[Deep South Wrestling]], where he became the first [[Deep South Heavyweight Championship|Deep South Heavyweight Champion]]. Smith was sent to [[Ohio Valley Wrestling]] (OVW), working in [[tag team]] action and winning the tag team title, the [[OVW Southern Tag Team Championship]], on one occasion.
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| - | After signing with IWE, Smith became host of the annual [[IWE Diva Search]] competition in 2006. Following his hosting duties, Smith made his wrestling debut in September 2006, as a [[Heel|villain]] who went "undefeated". In 2007, was drafted from [[IWE SmackDown|SmackDown]] to the [[XCW (IWE)|XCW]] brand, where he formed a partnership with [[Joe Linderman]], in which the two held both the [[IWE Tag Team Championship]] and the [[World Tag Team Championship (IWE)|World Tag Team Championship]]. He was drafted to the Raw brand as part of the [[IWE Draft (2009)|2009 Draft]], and won the [[IWE United States Championship]] on two occasions. He also won IWE Unified Tag Team Championship with [[Marc Beltran|The Big Marc]] and the IWE Tag Team Championship with [[Dustin Simpson]]. In July 2010, he won a [[Money in the Bank Ladder Match|Money in the Bank ladder match]] at the [[IWE Money in the Bank (2010)|first IWE Money in the Bank]] pay-per-view, earning a contract for a IWE Championship match, which he used in November to win the IWE Championship for the first time. In 2011, Joe Smith was ranked number one on [[Pro Wrestling Illustrated]]'s annual [[Pro Wrestling Illustrated#PWI 500|PWI 500]] list.
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| - | ==School career==
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| - | ==Television career==
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| - | ==Professional wrestling career==
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| - | ===International Wrestling Entertainment / IWE (2004–present)===
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| - | ====''Tough Enough'' and training (2004–2006)====
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| - | ====Ohio Valley Wrestling (2006)====
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| - | ====SmackDown (2006–2007)====
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| - | ====XCW and teaming with Joe Linderman (2007–2009)====
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| - | *''Main article: [[Joe Linderman and Joe Smith]]''
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| - | ====Alliances and Championship titles (2009–2011)====
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| - | *''See also: [[ShowMiz (Tag Team)]]''
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| - | ====The Awesome Truth and conspiracy storyline (2011-present)====
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| - | ==Other media==
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| - | ==In wrestling==
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| - | ==Championship and accomplishments==
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| - | [[File:Mizmorrisonwttclive.jpg|thumb|right|190px|The Miz (left), with [[Joe Linderman]] (right) as [[World Tag Team Championship (IWE)|World Tag Team Champions]] and with their [[IWE Slammy Awards|Slammy Award]]s.]]
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| - | [[File:The Miz with US Championship (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|190px|The Miz with the [[IWE United States Championship]] in 2009.]]
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| - | *'''[[Deep South Wrestling]]'''
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| - | **[[Deep South Heavyweight Championship]] ([[Deep South Heavyweight Championship#Title history|1 time]])
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| - | *'''[[Ohio Valley Wrestling]]'''
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| - | **[[OVW Southern Tag Team Championship]] ([[OVW Southern Tag Team Championship#Title history|1 time]]) – with [[Khris Cage|Chris Cage]]
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| - | *'''[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated]]'''
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| - | **[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated awards#Most Hated Wrestler of the Year|Most Hated Wrestler of the Year]] (2011)
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| - | **PWI ranked him #1 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the [[Pro Wrestling Illustrated#PWI 500|PWI 500]] in 2011
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| - | *'''[[IWE|International Wrestling Entertainment / IWE]]'''
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| - | **[[IWE Championship]] ([[List of IWE Champions|1 time]])
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| - | **[[IWE Tag Team Championship]] ([[List of IWE Tag Team Champions|3 times]]) – with Joe Linderman (1), The Big Show (1) and [[Dustin Simpson]] (1)
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| - | **[[IWE United States Championship]] ([[List of IWE United States Champions|2 times]])
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| - | **[[World Tag Team Championship (IWE)|World Tag Team Championship]] ([[List of World Tag Team Champions (IWE)|2 times]]) – with [[Joe Linderman]] (1) and [[Marc Beltran|The Big Show]] (1)
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| - | **[[Money in the Bank Ladder Match|Money in the Bank]] ([[Money in the Bank Ladder Match#June–November|Raw 2010]])
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| - | **[[IWE Slammy Awards|Slammy Award]] for Best IWE.com Exclusive (2008) – with Joe Linderman
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| - | **Slammy Award for Tag Team of the Year ([[IWE Slammy Awards#2008 Slammy Awards|2008]]) – with John Morrison
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| - | *'''[[Dave Meltzer#Wrestling Observer Newsletter|Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]'''
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| - | **[[List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards#Most Improved|Most Improved]] (2008, 2009)
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| - | **[[List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards#Tag Team of the Year|Tag Team of the Year]] (2008) <small>with Joe Linderman</small>
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