WWE's The Miz
SI Media With Jimmy Traina
Sports Illustrated
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 12 December 2025
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Episode 586 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features an interview with WWE superstar, The Miz.
The Miz, who has a long and storied history with John Cena, talks about Cena's final match, his retirement and whether he will really disappear from the WWE as he has claimed. Miz also reveals what we might not know about Cena away from the ring and pulls back the curtain on the famous storyline where Miz and his wife, Maryse, spoofed Cena and his then-girlfriend, Nikki Bella.
In addition, The Miz also talks about his own career after being in the WWE for nearly 20 years, why he thinks he's always a heel no matter what, being a reality star and more.
Lastly, Miz, a huge Cleveland Browns fan, weighs in on his team's season and Shedeur Sanders.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome everyone to S-I Media with Jimmy Traynor. Thank you so much for listening. We have a bonus episode of the pod with the WWEs, The Mizz. The W.E's gearing up for a huge, huge run here. They have John Sina's last ever match on Saturday night's main event. The Miz has a long history with with John Cena, so we get into all that with him and much more |
| 0:24.4 | and get into his career. |
| 0:25.9 | He's been there forever now at the WWE. |
| 0:27.8 | So good stuff with the Miz on John Cena, who is leaving the WWE before the year is even |
| 0:35.0 | up after, you know, one of the greatest careers in the history of pro wrestling. |
| 0:38.9 | So let's get you right now to The Miz on this bonus episode of SI Media with Jimmy Trana. |
| 0:46.1 | All right, joining me now, huge week for the WWE. |
| 0:49.1 | We have John Cena's last show on Saturday, Saturday night's main event on Peacock. And, uh, |
| 0:55.8 | here's someone who has certainly had some history with John Sina. He is the Ms. |
| 1:01.5 | There's a little bit of history, little bit. I feel like, uh, I have been, uh, slighted, |
| 1:07.1 | if you will, uh, because I feel like I have one of the most profound histories with |
| 1:12.9 | John Sina. I've been tag team champion with him. I beat him in the main event of |
| 1:16.1 | WrestleMania. I've had multiple WrestleMania's with John Sina. How many people can actually |
| 1:22.4 | say that? I mean, literally, the beginning of my entire career was kind of with John Sina. |
| 1:30.5 | And I feel like it's went through maybe 15, 20 years of just nonstop feuds with him. |
| 1:40.5 | And then literally two years ago, I was in the ring at, I believe it was Barclays |
| 1:45.9 | and actually tagging with him, which kind of came full circle with everything. I didn't think |
| 1:52.2 | that would be my last match with John Cena, but I guess it will be. It's a little upsetting. It's a |
| 1:59.4 | little like, it's one of those things. |
| 2:01.4 | Like I remember when he first started this whole, the Time is Now tournament tour, like where it's like, hey, I'm retiring in one year. |
| 2:09.2 | I was the first person, literally the first person to put my name in the hat and go, I want to go up against John Cena. |
| 2:14.3 | I want to take on John Cena one last time, the Miz versus Sina. And want to take on John Sina one last time, the Ms. versus Sina, and it never |
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