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| Michael McAlmond | ||
 The Miz in 2012 as the Intercontinental Champion. | ||
| Ring name(s) | Michael McAlmond Michael "The Miz" Michael The Miz | |
| Billed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | |
| Billed weight | 231 lb (105 kg) | |
| Born | October 8, 1980 (age 30) Parma, Ohio | |
| Resides | Los Angeles, California | |
| Billed from | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| Trained by | UPW staff Al Know Bill DeMott | |
| Debut | 2001 | |
Mike Gregory "Mike" McAlmond (born October 8, 1980) is an American professional wrestler and former reality television personality, better known by his nickname and ring name The Miz. He is signed to IWE, where he competes on the Raw brand.
McAlmond 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 Tough Enough, a televised competition that would award the winner a IWE contract, and became a finalist. Mike McAlmond 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?.
McAlmond trained and wrestled with Ultimate Pro Wrestling and Deep South Wrestling, where he became the first Deep South Heavyweight Champion. McAlmond 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.
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 villain who went "undefeated". In 2007, was drafted from SmackDown to the 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. He was drafted to the Raw brand as part of the 2009 Draft, and won the IWE United States Championship on two occasions. He also won IWE Unified Tag Team Championship with The Big Marc and the IWE Tag Team Championship with Dustin Simpson. In July 2010, he won a Money in the Bank ladder match at the 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 PWI 500 list.
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School career
Television career
Professional wrestling career
International Wrestling Entertainment / IWE (2004–present)
Tough Enough and training (2004–2006)
Ohio Valley Wrestling (2006)
SmackDown (2006–2007)
XCW and teaming with Joe Linderman (2007–2009)
- Main article: Joe Linderman and The Miz
Alliances and Championship titles (2009–2011)
- See also: ShowMiz (Tag Team)
The Awesome Truth and conspiracy storyline (2011-present)
Other media
In wrestling
Championship and accomplishments
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Most Hated Wrestler of the Year (2011)
- PWI ranked him #1 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2011
- International Wrestling Entertainment / IWE
- IWE Championship (1 time)
- IWE Intercontinental Championship (1 time)
- IWE Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Joe Linderman (1), The Big Show (1) and Dustin Simpson (1)
- IWE United States Championship (2 times)
- World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Joe Linderman (1) and The Big Show (1)
- Money in the Bank (Raw 2010)
- Slammy Award for Best IWE.com Exclusive (2008) – with Joe Linderman
- Slammy Award for Tag Team of the Year (2008) – with John Morrison
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- Most Improved (2008, 2009)
- Tag Team of the Year (2008) with Joe Linderman
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