The Miz Explains Why His Character "Doesn't Work As A Babyface" In WWE

The Miz has discussed his character in WWE, and why it is a struggle to be the babyface in the company.

Although Miz has had runs where he has portrayed the good guy in WWE, the majority of his 20-year career has seen him be booed by the fans. From The Rock to John Cena to Randy Orton, Miz has always been dependable to be the one to help get the babyface over with the fans.

However, as the 2-time Grand Slam Champion has now been in the company for more than 2 decades, there is a growing swell of support for Miz, with live fans starting to cheer The A Lister and online fans calling for him to “get his flowers.”

“Winning Matters, Especially If You Are A Babyface”: The Miz

While speaking with Chris Van Vliet, Miz admitted that his strength is bouncing back from a major loss, noting that wins and losses matter, especially for a babyface:

“My character doesn’t really work as a baby face, if I’m being honest. It’s a person that can lose, and then the next day, you’ll forget about that loss, because I’ll just cut a promo and just make you believe. But with the babyface, babyfaces can’t really lose a lot. If a babyface loses too much, you lose [appeal]. Everyone always says winning doesn’t matter, winning doesn’t matter. It matters. It really does matter. Especially if you’re a babyface, because in my opinion, if you’re a babyface and I’m a kid out there, my kids always ask me, ‘Did you win? Did you win? Did you win?’ I always have to go, ‘Ah, daddy didn’t win this week. But you know, I’ll get him next week.’ You can only say that so many times to a kid where they’re just like, I want a winner. I want a winner. I want to cheer a winner. People like winners, people like first place, they don’t like second place, they don’t like third place. They want the guy, their guy, and they want their guy to win, so if he doesn’t win… So that’s why I feel like my character, I’m so good at losing and then making you forget about that loss, and then making you believe the next day that I can beat the biggest superstar in the world. I could lose to whoever. Guy comes up from NXT, Je’Von Evans, and beats me. The next day, I can be in the main event. I can go up against John Cena, not anymore, but I go up against your biggest superstar, and I can make you believe I can beat that person, and you will believe that I will beat that person. But as a babyface, it’s a little tougher. It’s been weird these past couple of years, though. I would say this past year has been weird.”

It should be noted that Miz has an unfortunate win/loss record in 2025, as he failed to win a one-on-one match last year.

When asked if he feels the respect from the wrestling community, Miz stated that he does, but some of the admiration is not as strong:

“Yes, I feel the respect. I feel it in the locker room. I feel it in the crowd, but I’ll hear you say it. ‘Oh, Miz has gotten his flowers.’ You know what kind of flowers I get? I get the ones that are half dead, that you give to me and they’re gonna die the next day. You don’t give me a full bouquet of flowers that are like, here are your flowers. John Cena gets the flowers. I don’t get the flowers. I get the half-dead flowers that are like, Here you go, here’s your flowers. We’re giving you your flowers. It’s the half assed flowers.”