‘It’s Never Good Enough’ – The Miz Shares Honest Thoughts On Respect & His Legacy In WWE

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‘It’s Never Good Enough’ – The Miz Shares Honest Thoughts On Respect & His Legacy In WWE

The Miz has addressed whether he feels he will ever have the respect he deserves in WWE, and what he sees his legacy being in the company.

Offered a development contract after appearing as a competitor in Tough Enough season four back in 2004, The Miz has gone on to a storied career, being a WWE Grand Slam Champion, having held multiple singles and tag team championships.

While he may have held titles on Raw and SmackDown, the subject of respect in WWE is a thorny one for the Miz.

During an appearance on the Complex Graps Wrestling Podcast, The Miz revealed he doesn’t think he will ever get, or recognize, the respect he feels he deserves, saying:

“No, never. And I don’t think even if it did happen, I would recognize it because it will never be enough. I’m always a person that it’s never enough. It’s never good enough.

“I don’t know why my brain always works like that, but I’m always striving to be better, do better in every aspect of it. That’s why I work so hard. That’s why you’ll always see me doing things that most people aren’t doing. And that’s just what’s always set me apart. And the reason that I’ve been a success my entire career, and other careers that I’ve been facilitating in, it’s because I’ll work harder than everybody else. I’ll do the things that nobody else wants to do, and I will make it a success, and I’ll make it even better than it truly is.”

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Respect may be something that The Miz may see as just out of reach, but his legacy is far more defined, with the star looking towards the WWE Hall of Fame, stating:

“I think I said it at (the) Hall of Fame. When you’re put into the Hall of Fame, you left the ring better than when you started. So I think that’s the goal of every superstar out here, is to leave WWE better than when you found it. And I’ve been here for 20 years, when I first started everything was arenas. Now you look at it, WrestleMania is a two-night stadium (show), and that’s not just the only one, SummerSlam’s two nights.

“We’re going worldwide, we’re going all over the place. We’ve been travelling more internationally than I think we ever have before. They’re getting to see pay-per-views now that normally they would never get because of timing, because of certain different aspects, but now we’re doing that, and it’s been successful. And the fact that Netflix has not only Raw but they’ve been doing (the behind-the-scenes series) Unreal where you get to see the insights of what we do and how it’s run.”

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With WWE Unreal recently finishing its second series, the show would see three nominations at the Sports Emmys.

The Miz would also address the challenges of the WWE product and the commitment of those involved, explaining:

“It’s not easy to make what we do look easy. It’s a very difficult process, and it takes a lot of people to make it a success. So, people work very hard to entertain the masses. Do we succeed every time? No. Do we try to? Absolutely 100%, everyone puts full force, everything they possibly can to make memories that people still talk about to this day and in the future.”

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Ahead of WrestleMania 42, Triple H also discussed the challenges that WWE creative faced in the run-up to the April Premium Live Event and the criticism towards the changes.

The Miz: A Study In Respect

For a period of time, The Miz wasn’t welcome in the WWE locker room following an incident that saw him banished for six months, only to be permitted to return by The Undertaker.

Taking place early in The Miz’s WWE career, the infraction the young star had commited was to each chicken over the bag of a fellow talent.

Respecting one’s peers and contemporaries isn’t the only thing for wrestling stars, however, with respect from the fans being a somewhat contentious concept. For some stars, being booed is part of the character that they’re portraying, with the likes of Dominik Mysterio getting such a loud reaction that it became somewhat of a running joke among his opponents on WWE television and the Judgment Day member simply accepting the conversely loving reaction.

For others, though, there’s the arguably nuclear reaction of “go home” heat, where the fans simply don’t want to see the star in question, and it’s very much not limited to just the WWE. That sort of reaction is down the fans being so fed up of seeing a particular star and not, as one might expect, just because it’s common to boo the bad guy.

For The Miz, more than twenty years as a WWE star has seen him receive a wide range of reactions, and he’s been able to craft the response to whatever is needed for the situation he finds himself in. Whether he’s in a serious storyline or something much more lighthearted, such as his current issues with Danhausen, The Miz has demonstrated his range and ability to, as he says, “make memories that people still talk about to this day.”

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