Former WWE Stars Discuss The Miz's Early Backstage Heat

Often times, the best in the business have to pay their dues as well.

On a recent episode of the Wrestling Inc. podcast, guests Shawn Daivari and Ken Anderson commented on heat that the The Miz had backstage in the beginning of his career. This topic was discussed due to the recent stories regarding Enzo Amore and the way he is currently viewed in the locker room.

“When we were there, The Miz had so much heat, and it was for the fact that he wasn’t involved in wrestling. He didn’t come up and work independents or territories and then he gets handed this thing. Plus, he wasn’t hard to get along with, but his personality wasn’t that big, he was just shy and quiet in the back,” Anderson said. “And then everything anybody would do to him he would sell hit, so he just got tons and tons of heat. But here we are, 10 years later, he’s done alright for himself.”

“He was a guy like Muhammad where I understood why people were upset with him, but I never really saw him do anything that would warrant that,” Daivari said.

“[The Miz] was an easy target because he took it on the chin, didn’t really fight back,” Anderson said. “Not that you should fight back all the time, but sometimes you should.”

You can watch the entire episode of the podcast here: