10 WWE Superstars and their childhood wrestling idols

#10 The Miz & The Rock

The Miz grew up wanting to be like The Rock

Watchers of MTV reality show The Real World will remember that Mike Mizanin based his ‘The Miz’ alter ego on Dwayne Johnson’s ‘The Rock’ character in WWE. A few years later, Miz would go on to share a WWE ring – and even the WrestleMania XXVII spotlight – with his idol.

Miz revealed to Inverse in April 2017 that before shooting his first movie, Marine 3, he sent a text to The Rock asking for advice. Within a minute, he got a call back from the Hollywood star and they spent half an hour talking about acting.