The Miz is looked strong as a contestant onDancing with the Stars in the Season 30 premiere episode. Monday night The WWE Superstar danced the Cha Cha to “Butter” with his partner Witney Carson. The total score for the pair was 24, which was not the lowest, but it was the lowest for this type of dance.
Next week will see the first elimination. Fans can vote on who they believe should be promoted to the next stage.
The most interesting thing about The Miz’s situation is that he has worked hard to get WWE fans to hate him. They are what he needs to win this competition. “Here’s the hard part about being on Dancing with the Stars: you need people to vote for you. The past 16 years, I have been the most egotistical, arrogant jerk on WWE,” The Miz said in an interview per our sister site, ComicBook.com. “That is my character. He will cheat in order to win.
“So, now I’m going asking those people, “hey, vote for me!” I think people get it and my [USA Network reality show] ‘Miz & Mrs,’ I’ve been able to show my family, my insights of what it’s like to be a WWE superstar, a husband, to be with my wife, to be with my children, so people have been able to see that side of me and now, I hope a broader audience of ‘Dancing with the Stars,’ maybe people who don’t watch wrestling, don’t watch WWE, maybe they’ll tune in now because they saw me on ‘Dancing with the Stars.’ I just want to share a little of Mike from Parma (Ohio).”
The Miz is looking to be the first pro wrestler to win Dancing with the Stars. In the second season, Stacy Keibler was the first pro wrestler to compete in the show and finished in third place. In Season 12, Chris Jericho finished seventh, and Mr. T, who was in the main event at the first WrestleMania, finished 10th in season 24, as mentioned by Gold Derby.
In a recent season, Nikki Bella was seventh on Season 25. However, she left the competition a winner because she is engaged to Artem Chigvintsev – a DWTS pro partner – and they have a son.