Speaking to Digital Spy, The Miz takes credit for
Daniel Bryan's success after mentoring him two
years ago on NXT.
"I taught Daniel Bryan everything he knows. So,
he's welcome. The reason he was World
Heavyweight Champion was because of me," he
said. "The first thing I told Daniel Bryan when he
came here... I said 'Do you have a catchphrase?'
He came up with some lame catchphrase and so what happened? Guess what - Daniel Bryan went
out and got himself a catchphrase. My advice
basically gave him what he needs to be
successful in the WWE."
His dream match would be with an individual he
tangled with last year in a tag team bout at
Survivor Series last year.
"I would say The Rock. The reason I wanted to
be a WWE Superstar was because of The Rock. I
used to watch him in The Attitude Era. There was
no-one more electrifying and no-one more must-
see than The Rock. Seeing that I just always
wanted to have a singles match with him," he said. "I had a tag match with him at a sold-out event at
Madison Square Garden, which I was the main
event in. I don't mean to brag about that but I
sold out Madison Square Garden in two minutes.
Note to self."
The Miz also reveals that his career highlight Raw
involves The Rock. "I've had so many cool moments on Monday
Night Raw. I remember when The Rock first
came back and every time his music played
everyone would go 'Aaaaah!' Well since they did
that every time and I was getting overlooked by
everyone - and I was the WWE champion at the time - I decided to dress up as The Rock and
come out with the music," The Miz said. "I
thought people would know it was me from the
beginning, but they were just so amazed that The
Rock was there. I think Cena was getting beaten
up and all of a sudden you hear 'If you smell...!' and everyone goes 'Aaaaah!' and all of a sudden
I walk out like I was The Rock. Then there was
another 'Aaaaah!' and then I took off the
sunglasses thinking people will get it now... No!
An even bigger eruption happened.