“I like being a heel. I like being a bad guy," - WWE Star The Miz revealed about his role as a heel

The Miz is one of the most successful and well-known WWE Superstars ever. He has won many championships and achieved numerous milestones both within and outside of wrestling. Known as one of the top villains (Heel) in WWE, The Miz recently shared the downside of playing a villainous role. Although he has mostly been seen in a villainous role, The Miz had some moments as a good guy as well. Currently, he is teamed up with R-Truth.

Let's take a look at what The Miz has revealed about the downside of being a heel

During a recent interview with The American Nightmare, Cody Rhodes on his YouTube show, WWE star The Miz talked about how much he enjoys being booed by fans. He loves playing the bad guy (heel), but the downside is that it can lead to lower merchandise sales, which affects his contract negotiations with the company. While he likes being a villain, he knows it's a challenge to make fans dislike him while also hoping they will buy his merchandise.

The Miz Said - “I love being booed. It’s crazy that some people don’t like it. The only thing I don’t like is maybe my T-shirts don’t sell, right? My merchandise doesn’t sell, and that’s a big thing when you’re negotiating contracts and stuff. It’s like a big metric, and it’s like, well, I’m a bad guy. My job is to make them hate me so much that they don’t buy my T-shirts and stuff. But you want them to buy your T-shirts but can’t stand you, right? So, I mean, I like being a heel. I like being a bad guy.” (Via Cody Rhodes’ - What Do You Wanna Talk About?)

The Miz also added that his current role as a good guy is because of R-Truth's influence. He said R-Truth is a funny, charismatic, and entertaining person, saying that R-Truth naturally makes everyone around him seem like babyfaces.

The Miz added - “But the only reason I am a babyface right now is because of R-Truth. R-Truth just makes anyone he’s around, like, the biggest babyface. Because he’s just funny, charismatic, entertaining, and just fun to be around.” (Via Cody Rhodes’ - What Do You Wanna Talk About?)


WWE star The Miz loved his role as a heel, but due to the heel role, merchandise sales did not meet the target, and it created an issue in the contract negotiation with the company. Right now, The Miz is seen as a good guy, but we don’t know when things will change and he might turn heel again in WWE.