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==History==
===Formation and WWE Tag Team Champions===
===Formation and WWE Tag Team Champions===
On the November 16, 2007 episode of ''[[Friday Night SmackDown|SmackDown!]]'', ECW superstars and then-rivals [[John Hennigan|John Morrison]] and [[Mike Mizanin|The Miz]] were paired together to face [[Matt Hardy]] and [[Alvin Burke, Jr.|Montel Vontavious Porter]] (MVP) in a match for the [[WWE Tag Team Championship]], which they subsequently won after MVP [[List of professional wrestling terms#T|turned]] on Hardy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/smackdown/archive/11162007/|accessdate=2008-08-09|date=2007-11-16|last=DiFino|first=Lennie|title=Survival techniques|publisher=[[World Wrestling Entertainment]]}}</ref><ref name="wwetag1"/> After winning the title, Morrison and the Miz brought the title to the [[Extreme Championship Wrestling (WWE)|ECW]] [[WWE Brand Extension|brand]]. Soon after winning the WWE Tag Team Championship, the two were no longer portrayed as enemies, but rather as trusting friends. They would defend the title on numerous occasions on both ''ECW'' and ''SmackDown'' as well as multiple pay-per-views against opponents like [[Shannon Moore]] and [[James Yun|Jimmy Wang Yang]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/ecw/archive/01082008/|title=Retaining gold|date=2008-01-08|last=Medalis|first=Kara A.|accessdate=2008-08-11|publisher=[[World Wrestling Entertainment]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/smackdown/archive/05022008/|title=Championship Friday|date=2008-04-02|last=Passero|first=Mitch|accessdate=2008-08-11|publisher=[[World Wrestling Entertainment]]}}</ref> [[Jesse and Festus]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/smackdown/archive/03212008/|title=Full Moon Con-Chair-To|date=2008-03-21|last=Passero|first=Mitch|accessdate=2008-08-11|publisher=[[World Wrestling Entertainment]]}}</ref> and [[Tommy Dreamer]] and [[Colin Delaney]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/ecw/archive/03042008/|title=Sense of entitlement|date=2008-03-04|last=Rote|first=Andrew|accessdate=2008-08-11|publisher=[[World Wrestling Entertainment]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/ecw/archive/03112008/|title=Tables, Helmets and Champions|date=2008-11-03|last=Medalis|first=Kara A.|accessdate=2008-08-11|publisher=[[World Wrestling Entertainment]]}}</ref> The team's gimmick was further expanded upon when they were given a show on WWE.com called ''[[Extreme Championship Wrestling (WWE)#Recurring segments|The Dirt Sheet]]''. During the sixth annual [[2008 WWE Draft|WWE Draft]] on June 23, 2008, on ''[[WWE Raw|Monday Night Raw]]'', the duo defeated the [[Hardy Boyz|Hardys]] (Matt and [[Jeff Hardy|Jeff]]) which earned ECW its only draft pick, which turned out to be Matt Hardy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/archive/06232008/|title=A Draft Disaster|last=Sitterson|first=Aubrey|date=2008-06-23|publisher=[[World Wrestling Entertainment]]|accessdate=2008-06-25}}</ref> At the [[The Great American Bash (2008)|Great American Bash]] in July, Morrison and the Miz lost the title to [[Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder]]; however, neither Miz nor Morrison were pinned during the match.<ref>{{cite web|first=Mitch|last=Passero|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/thegreatamericanbash/matches/7599484/results/|title=Out of the shadows, into the golden light|accessdate=2008-08-09|date=2008-07-20|publisher=[[World Wrestling Entertainment]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2008/07/20/6215361.html|title=The Great American Soap Opera|last=Hillhouse|first=Dave|date=2008-07-20|work=Slam! Sports|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]|accessdate=2009-02-23}}</ref>
Before they formed a partnership, Morrison and the Miz were opponents, competing for the [[ECW Championship]] in October.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/ecw-wwe/071016.html|title=ECW on Sci-Fi Results - October 16, 2007|date=2007-10-16|publisher=Online World of Wrestling|accessdate=2009-02-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/cybersunday/history/2007/matches/52676101/preview/|title=ECW Championship Match (Fans' choice)|publisher=[[World Wrestling Entertainment]]|accessdate=2007-11-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/ecw/archive/10162007/articles/matterofchoices |title=A matter of choice|first=Craig|last=Tello|date=2007-10-19|publisher=[[World Wrestling Entertainment]]|accessdate=2007-11-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/ecw/archive/10232007/articles/punkrockthevote1|title=Punk rockin' the vote|first=Craig|last=Tello|date=2007-10-23|publisher=[[World Wrestling Entertainment]]|accessdate=2007-11-02}}</ref> On the November 16, 2007 episode of ''[[Friday Night SmackDown|SmackDown!]]'', ECW superstars and then-rivals [[John Hennigan|John Morrison]] and [[Mike Mizanin|The Miz]] were paired together to face [[Matt Hardy]] and [[Alvin Burke, Jr.|Montel Vontavious Porter]] (MVP) in a match for the [[WWE Tag Team Championship]], which they subsequently won after MVP [[List of professional wrestling terms#T|turned]] on Hardy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/smackdown/archive/11162007/|accessdate=2008-08-09|date=2007-11-16|last=DiFino|first=Lennie|title=Survival techniques|publisher=[[World Wrestling Entertainment]]}}</ref><ref name="wwetag1"/> After winning the title, Morrison and the Miz brought the title to the [[Extreme Championship Wrestling (WWE)|ECW]] [[WWE Brand Extension|brand]]. Soon after winning the WWE Tag Team Championship, the two were no longer portrayed as enemies, but rather as trusting friends. They would defend the title on numerous occasions on both ''ECW'' and ''SmackDown'' as well as multiple pay-per-views against opponents like [[Shannon Moore]] and [[James Yun|Jimmy Wang Yang]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/ecw/archive/01082008/|title=Retaining gold|date=2008-01-08|last=Medalis|first=Kara A.|accessdate=2008-08-11|publisher=[[World Wrestling Entertainment]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/smackdown/archive/05022008/|title=Championship Friday|date=2008-04-02|last=Passero|first=Mitch|accessdate=2008-08-11|publisher=[[World Wrestling Entertainment]]}}</ref> [[Jesse and Festus]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/smackdown/archive/03212008/|title=Full Moon Con-Chair-To|date=2008-03-21|last=Passero|first=Mitch|accessdate=2008-08-11|publisher=[[World Wrestling Entertainment]]}}</ref> and [[Tommy Dreamer]] and [[Colin Delaney]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/ecw/archive/03042008/|title=Sense of entitlement|date=2008-03-04|last=Rote|first=Andrew|accessdate=2008-08-11|publisher=[[World Wrestling Entertainment]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/ecw/archive/03112008/|title=Tables, Helmets and Champions|date=2008-11-03|last=Medalis|first=Kara A.|accessdate=2008-08-11|publisher=[[World Wrestling Entertainment]]}}</ref> The team's gimmick was further expanded upon when they were given a show on WWE.com called ''[[Extreme Championship Wrestling (WWE)#Recurring segments|The Dirt Sheet]]''. During the sixth annual [[2008 WWE Draft|WWE Draft]] on June 23, 2008, on ''[[WWE Raw|Monday Night Raw]]'', the duo defeated the [[Hardy Boyz|Hardys]] (Matt and [[Jeff Hardy|Jeff]]) which earned ECW its only draft pick, which turned out to be Matt Hardy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/archive/06232008/|title=A Draft Disaster|last=Sitterson|first=Aubrey|date=2008-06-23|publisher=[[World Wrestling Entertainment]]|accessdate=2008-06-25}}</ref> At the [[The Great American Bash (2008)|Great American Bash]] in July, Morrison and the Miz lost the title to [[Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder]]; however, neither Miz nor Morrison were pinned during the match.<ref>{{cite web|first=Mitch|last=Passero|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/thegreatamericanbash/matches/7599484/results/|title=Out of the shadows, into the golden light|accessdate=2008-08-09|date=2008-07-20|publisher=[[World Wrestling Entertainment]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2008/07/20/6215361.html|title=The Great American Soap Opera|last=Hillhouse|first=Dave|date=2008-07-20|work=Slam! Sports|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]|accessdate=2009-02-23}}</ref>


===Various feuds===
===Various feuds===

Revision as of 21:31, 24 February 2009

John Morrison and The Miz
Tag team
MembersJohn Morrison
The Miz
Name(s)John Morrison and The Miz
Billed heightsMorrison:
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Miz:
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Combined
billed weight		Morrison:
219 lb (99 kg)
Miz:
220 lb (100 kg)
DebutNovember 16, 2007

John Morrison and The Miz are an active professional wrestling tag team and former WWE Tough Enough contestants. The team currently works for World Wrestling Entertainment on its ECW brand, but also appears on the SmackDown and Raw brands due to ECW's talent exchanges with those brands. The team has no official name, although they have been referred to as "The In Crowd" or "The Dirt Sheet Duo", after the name of their online webshow. They are the current holders of the World Tag Team Championship, which is originally exclusive to the Raw brand.

They first began teaming together in 2007. They became partners as a result of winning the WWE Tag Team Championship and making the title exclusive to the ECW brand, for a brief time. They eventually dropped the titles in July 2008. During their title reign, Morrison and the Miz developed a gimmick that resulted the duo being given their own webshow, The Dirt Sheet, and their own in-ring interview segment of the same name on ECW. In December 2008 they won the Slammy Award in the category for Tag Team of the Year and won the World Tag Team Championship.

History

Formation and WWE Tag Team Champions

Before they formed a partnership, Morrison and the Miz were opponents, competing for the ECW Championship in October.[1][2][3][4] On the November 16, 2007 episode of SmackDown!, ECW superstars and then-rivals John Morrison and The Miz were paired together to face Matt Hardy and Montel Vontavious Porter (MVP) in a match for the WWE Tag Team Championship, which they subsequently won after MVP turned on Hardy.[5][6] After winning the title, Morrison and the Miz brought the title to the ECW brand. Soon after winning the WWE Tag Team Championship, the two were no longer portrayed as enemies, but rather as trusting friends. They would defend the title on numerous occasions on both ECW and SmackDown as well as multiple pay-per-views against opponents like Shannon Moore and Jimmy Wang Yang,[7][8] Jesse and Festus,[9] and Tommy Dreamer and Colin Delaney.[10][11] The team's gimmick was further expanded upon when they were given a show on WWE.com called The Dirt Sheet. During the sixth annual WWE Draft on June 23, 2008, on Monday Night Raw, the duo defeated the Hardys (Matt and Jeff) which earned ECW its only draft pick, which turned out to be Matt Hardy.[12] At the Great American Bash in July, Morrison and the Miz lost the title to Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder; however, neither Miz nor Morrison were pinned during the match.[13][14]

Various feuds

The Miz (right), with John Morrison (left) as WWE Tag Team Champions.

After losing the tag team titles, Morrison and Miz entered a feud with ECW newcomers Evan Bourne and Ricky Ortiz, who they had previously mocked (and continued to do so) on the Dirt Sheet,[15][16] as well as an Internet-centered feud with Raw's Cryme Tyme (Shad Gaspard and JTG) based on which WWE.com online show was better, the Dirt Sheet or Cryme Tyme's Word Up.[17][18][19][20] Morrison and Miz won a match between the two teams at Cyber Sunday, which was voted for by fans.[21][22] Throughout October, the team mocked D-Generation X (DX) (Triple H and Shawn Michaels), using phrases such as "Are you 50?" instead of DX's usual catchphrase "Are you Ready" to mock their ages due to DX being formed in 1997, when both Morrison and Miz were in high school.[23][24][25][26]

On the October 28 episode of ECW, their feud with DX continued as they mocked them after a live Dirt Sheet and then proceeded to attack two impostors playing Michaels and Triple H.[25] On the 800th episode celebration of Raw, Morrison and Miz competed in a match against DX, and were defeated.[26] During the match, they mocked DX's signature moves, with Morrison successfully performing a superkick (mocking Michaels' Sweet Chin Music) on Triple H as well as the Miz attempting a Pedigree on Triple H.[26] Following their feud with DX, they continued to feud with Cryme Tyme.[27] Morrison and Miz were part of John "Bradshaw" Layfield's team at the annual Survivor Series but they lost to the team of Shawn Michaels.[28][29]

Slammy Award winners and World Tag Team Champions

On the December 8 episode of Raw, Morrison and the Miz won the 2008 Slammy Award for Tag Team of the Year and also for the Best WWE.com exclusive, for their show, The Dirt Sheet.[30][31] On December 13, at a house show in Hamilton, Ontario, Morrison and the Miz won the World Tag Team Championship for the first time, defeating Kofi Kingston and CM Punk.[32]

In wrestling

  • Nicknames
    • "The Greatest Tag Team of the 21st Century" - (self–proclaimed)
  • Entrance themes
    • "Ain't No Make Believe" by Stonefree Experience (This is also Morrison's theme in singles competition)

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. ^ "ECW on Sci-Fi Results - October 16, 2007". Online World of Wrestling. 2007-10-16. Retrieved 2009-02-24.
  2. ^ "ECW Championship Match (Fans' choice)". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2007-11-02.
  3. ^ Tello, Craig (2007-10-19). "A matter of choice". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2007-11-02.
  4. ^ Tello, Craig (2007-10-23). "Punk rockin' the vote". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2007-11-02.
  5. ^ DiFino, Lennie (2007-11-16). "Survival techniques". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2008-08-09.
  6. ^ a b "History of the WWE Tag Team Championship - John Morrison & The Miz". World Wrestling Entertainment. 2007-11-16. Retrieved 2008-08-09.
  7. ^ Medalis, Kara A. (2008-01-08). "Retaining gold". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2008-08-11.
  8. ^ Passero, Mitch (2008-04-02). "Championship Friday". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2008-08-11.
  9. ^ Passero, Mitch (2008-03-21). "Full Moon Con-Chair-To". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2008-08-11.
  10. ^ Rote, Andrew (2008-03-04). "Sense of entitlement". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2008-08-11.
  11. ^ Medalis, Kara A. (2008-11-03). "Tables, Helmets and Champions". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2008-08-11.
  12. ^ Sitterson, Aubrey (2008-06-23). "A Draft Disaster". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2008-06-25.
  13. ^ Passero, Mitch (2008-07-20). "Out of the shadows, into the golden light". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2008-08-09.
  14. ^ Hillhouse, Dave (2008-07-20). "The Great American Soap Opera". Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
  15. ^ "John Morrison Profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
  16. ^ "Mike Mizanin Profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
  17. ^ Plummer, Dale (2008-09-23). "Raw: Adamle runs into McMahon on 800th show". Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
  18. ^ Plummer, Dale (2008-09-30). "Raw: A DX reunion just before No Mercy". Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
  19. ^ Tylwalk, Nick (2008-10-14). "Raw: The build begins for Batista-Jericho". Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
  20. ^ Bishop, Matt (2008-10-22). "ECW: Bourne again". Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
  21. ^ Sitterson, Aubrey (2008-10-26). "WWE dot combat". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2008-10-27.
  22. ^ McNamara, Andy (2008-10-26). "Cyber Sunday lives up to the hype". Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
  23. ^ "Raw results - October 27, 2008". Online World of Wrestling. 2008-10-27. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
  24. ^ Sitterson, Aubrey (2008-10-27). "Just desserts". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
  25. ^ a b "ECW on Sci-Fi Results - October 28, 2008". Online World of Wrestling. 2008-10-28. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
  26. ^ a b c Sitterson, Aubrey (2008-11-03). "Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
  27. ^ Caldwell, James (2008-11-11). "Caldwell's ECW TV Report 11/11: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of WWE's Sci-Fi show featuring Hardy vs. Finlay". PW Torch. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
  28. ^ Plummer, Dale (2008-11-24). "Two new world champs at dull Survivor Series". Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved 2009-02-23. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  29. ^ "Team HBK Survives!". World Wrestling Entertainment. 2008-11-23. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
  30. ^ a b c "2008 Slammy Awards". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2008-12-17.
  31. ^ Caldwell, James (2008-12-08). "WWE News: First four awards named for 2008 Slammys including Announcing Team of the Year". PW Torch. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
  32. ^ a b "History Of The World Tag Team Championship - The Miz & John Morrison". World Wrestling Entertainment. 2008-12-13. Retrieved 2008-12-14.
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