The Miz recently spoke with ESPN about various topics. Here are the highlights.
On the brand split:
“Raw is a great show — SmackDown Live is better,” The Miz said. “SmackDown Live has better characters, better stories, and I think we have better talent. Does Raw have great talent? Absolutely. Is it a good show to watch? Sure, go ahead and watch it. But I guarantee if you watch Raw and SmackDown, you’re going to watch SmackDown and go, ‘I like these guys better.’ Why? It’s because there’s competitiveness between Raw and SmackDown Live. We are fighting, clawing, scratching to get everything that Raw gets. [We want to] beat Raw every single week in the ratings,” The Miz states. “It takes time to develop, because Raw has always been on Monday nights. Even though we think SmackDown is the better show, they’ll look at it as ‘Oh, Raw gets more ratings. Raw is automatically better,'” Maryse continues after her husband finishes his statement. “Raw has 25 years behind it, they’ve been on Monday night for decades; we just started SmackDown on Tuesdays. It’s just going to take a while.”
On his career:
“It’s amazing, man, [to look back at my career in the WWE],” Miz said. “It’s one of those situations where you never imagine in your wildest dreams that you’ll be able to become anything more than what you’re supposed to be, which was in Cleveland, I was going to go to college, after college I was going to go back to Cleveland and run maybe my dad’s business or something like that. Get a job, get a family, and that’s what you do for the rest of your life. But once I go into “The Real World”, it made me realize I could do whatever I want with my life. I don’t just have to go for ‘This is what you’re supposed to do.'”
