The Miz believes his wife, Maryse, is one of the most underappreciated figures in WWE history, and he made that case emphatically in a new interview.
Speaking with the Complex Graps Wrestling Podcast, Miz discussed their on-screen chemistry and their history together, going back to his days as host of the Divas Search, before making a pointed argument about the recognition he feels Maryse has been denied.
“Every time we are on camera together it just creates magic. It creates some sort of special moment that people talk about, that people remember. And that’s a testament to, sure, me, but I tell you what, the more is Maryse. You want to talk about people getting flowers, she never gets her flowers. She never gets the credit that she deserves. When she was a Divas Champion, a Women’s Champion in WWE, this was a time when girls got maybe a minute on TV, and you had to get your character over, get people over, get people talking, get people booing, get people cheering, get people reacting. And she was able to do that in the minute, the two minutes that she would get,” Miz said.
He also directly credited Maryse for the success of their reality series and the Intercontinental Title run they shared.
“And then moving on to Miz and Mrs and the Intercontinental Title run that we had. She was the reason Miz and Mrs came about and the success of Miz and Mrs,” Miz said.
Maryse’s first run with WWE was from 2006 to 2011, before making sporadic returns over the years, most recently appearing in SmackDown vignettes in April amid The Miz’s rivalry with Danhausen. Her last WWE match was a tag team bout alongside The Miz against Edge and Beth Phoenix at the 2022 Royal Rumble.
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