Professional wrestling legend and two times WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair who is a former sixteen times World Champion as recognised by the WWE recently talked about the former two times WWE World Champion the Miz. The Nature Boy praised the A Lister and explained why he thought he was one of the best.
The Miz is definitely one of the biggest names not on the in the world of WWE but in the world of professional wrestling today. But his journey to be a top star was not very easy. He started his professional wrestling career as a participants of the Tough Enough competition of WWE in 2004.
WWE RAW – Ric Flair Praises The Miz
He was the finalist of the tournament and ultimately he lost to Daniel Puder. He first started to work as a host of different WWE management programs and slowly he became a wrestler. At first he had been treated as a jobber but by 2010 he had been established by the WWE main event star.
He won his first WWE Championship in November, 2010. He even main evented Wrestlemania XXVII along with John Cena. He walked in as the WWE champion in the event and retained it by defeating John Cena. It was definitely one of the biggest achievements of his career.
After dropping the WWE title to John Cena, he became a concrete upper mid card and he maintained this position. He mostly focused on the mid card Championship and had a mouthful of title reigns. It is often said that he regained the Lok heritage of the WWE intercontinental championship once.
Earlier last year he won the WWE championship for the second time but dropped the title in only eight days time. After dropping the title he did not focus on the WWE championship just like before and he maintained his mid card role. He is still doing an excellent job as an upper mid card.
Ric Flair who is a former sixteen times World Champion as recognized by the WWE recently spoke on his Wooooo Nation Uncensored podcast where he praised the former two times WWE World Champion the Miz. He said;
“I think the world of him personally. What makes him good is the fact that he never stopped wanting to be good. Whatever they give him, whether it’s chicken sh*t or chicken salad, he makes it chicken salad. To have that kind of a run, I think he decided that he was going to make a career out of this no matter how much he had to go through, humiliation wise. He’s rocking it out right now. I’m happy for him.
“Yes, that’s exactly what it was. He wasn’t some super athlete with a super athletic background. He’s just a guy that wanted to be a wrestler, but he pulled it off. I’m telling you, they hand him his script and he will rehearse it from 2 o’clock in the afternoon until he goes on the air. He walks around. I see him in the hallway talking to himself. Then he’ll go to his producer and say, ‘Can I change this to this?’ He’s a perfectionist, and that’s why he’s good.
“He’s just a much better heel. I think it’s more acting, because he’s not an arrogant guy in real life. I think it’s more about how he’s learned how to pull that character off. He’s not in any way, shape, or form, a pr*ck, which to be a good heel, you have to have some pr*ck in you. I’m proud of him, and once again, I can’t say enough good things about him.”
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