The Miz recently reflected on one of the most difficult periods of his WWE career. He opened up about a six-month exile from the locker room stemming from a chicken incident.
During a candid conversation on Six Feet Under with The Undertaker, the A-Lister recalled eating a piece of chicken over someone\'s bag, which was then reported as him \"throwing chicken everywhere\" in the locker room. Here is what The Miz said:
\"I got yelled at probably the worst I\'ve ever been yelled at in my entire life. And then that night I went to Chili\'s and I got a gift card and I gave it to the person. Person that yelled at me goes, chewing on a straw, \'I think you need to be kicked outta the locker room just for live events.\' Then the next day was TV. I see the person chewing his thing, \'Hey, you\'re kicked out of the locker room, TV and this.\' It was like six months, I think it was even longer than that.\
The Miz\'s Backstage Struggles
The Miz explained that he was forced to change in broom closets and backstage areas during the exile. When the person who had the power to let him back in left the company, he had no way to return.
\"I would find places to go and then the person told me, \'You can come in when I tell you can come in.\'\"Something happened to that person and that person went away. And so I had no way of getting back in.\
The story is part of a larger pattern of adversity The Miz overcame early in his career. He also discussed being labeled a \"no talent hack\" for coming from MTV\'s The Real World, surviving grueling conditions at Deep South Wrestling, and turning down his father\'s offer to be \"king of Cleveland\" to pursue wrestling instead.
Unexpected Allies
Despite the hardship, The Miz noted that some veterans, like JBL offered support. He recalled:
\"JBL gets a lot of flack for like bullying and like, was an ass or whatever. It wasn\'t really him. He was the person that would take me aside and go, \'Hey kid, you\'re doing a good job. You know what? Keep doing this, keep doing this, do this, this, this, this and this and this, this. But keep it up.\'\
The Undertaker himself endorsed The Miz during a Performance Center speech, with Vince McMahon present. According to the former WWE Champion, Taker said,
\"The Miz, he is the guy. Every last one of y\'all need to study what he is doing. He is the top heel, he is master.\
