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When WPC interviewed World Wrestling Entertainment Champion the Miz for Creative Loafing‘s wrestling guide, there wasn’t room for all of the mouthy champions comments. Here’s a link to what CL used, followed by his thoughts on living in suburban Atlanta.

http://clatl.com/atlanta/winning-with-wwes-the-miz/Content?oid=3000924

While you were training for WWE, you became a part of Georgia wrestling history by becoming the first person to win the Deep South Wrestling title while it was a WWE developmental territory.

Yeah, I lived in McDonough for six months. When I first got signed to WWE, I took a pay cut from the reality shows and had to move from Los Angeles to McDonough, which is pretty Southern. It’s only 40 minutes south of Atlanta, so you’d think it would still be pretty cool. But once you get down to McDonough, you’re kind of in the boons.

It was fine, though. I enjoyed my experience in Georgia, it was a lot of fun and I learned a lot in that developmental territory. I became the first ever Deep South Heavyweight Champion, which was a huge honor for me because a lot of people wanted me out of WWE, or out of wrestling in general, because I was from a reality show and they felt that I didn’t belong. Winning the Deep South Heavyweight Championship was one of those things that proved them wrong, and I’ve been proving them wrong ever since.