It's been a long time.

[D.J]

OOC: First RP in several months. Go easy on me! Hope you guys enjoy it - DJ

It had been a long time. Some questioned if Mike Mizanin would ever return to a wrestling ring again. He was sidelined by an injury issued on screen by former allies Ted Dibiase and AJ Styles. Fans who read the dirt sheets and followed stars away from the show understood that really Mike took some time to get his life in order. He was in and out of relationships, first with Layla El, followed by Maria Menoudos, but both ended abruptly. It was clear Mike needed to spend sometime on his own, away from the additional stress of "girl problems." The world of a professional wrestler can be tiresome and stressful for those who choose it, and Mike knew that this alone was enough to keep him consumed without adding to it, with personal problems. The past couple months though not in the ring, were very busy for the former EBWF Grand Slam Champion, he remained in the public eye by making appearances, guest starring on TV shows, and continuing to show the world why he was one of EBWF's hottest commodities. Even though Mike kept his calendar full (he did not know how to just relax) he once again realized that the only place that truly made him happy, the only schedule he was truly excited to keep, was that of an in ring superstar. Which is why this past Monday Night, John Cena dropped his name as the first member of team Cena, blowing the roof off of the arena in Jacksonville, Florida. Mike Mizanin had once again become The Miz, and the smile that donned his face on this night alluded to the fact that The Miz felt once again like he was home, which was without question step one in the right direction of his being happy.

The scene opened up in a room that before the superstar was even revealed, viewers knew it was someone of great significance. We saw shelves of pictures unclear at first of whom, we also saw title after title hanging on the wall, every EBWF Belt, as well as a smattering of WWE Championships as well. As the camera zoomed in we were able to make out who was in the pictures, and also what name was on the name plates of the titles. It was clear we were about to be treated to the first words in quite some time from The Miz. The camera panning to the left to reveal a seated Miz, confirmed this. Miz wore a Plain white V neck short sleeved shirt and blue fitted jeans. He sat upright in a chair, and spoke to whoever was holding the camera.

The Miz: We rolling? Sorry it's been awhile.

The Miz flashed his signature smile, as a thumbs up protruded from behind the camera.

The Miz: Mizfits, it's been long awaited, it's been whispered about, it's been rumored, it's been quite frankly FAR TOOO LONG, but your hero, your idol, your favorite wrestler's favorite wrestler, the most must see man in sports entertainment.... IS BAAAAAAACK.

The Miz cracked another quick smile, this would usually be a pause for a pop, but considering we were in Miz trophy room there was no crowds to fill the gap, so Miz continued.

The Miz: Now this whole leaving, and then returning thing is something that I've never really been good at, mostly because I just hate the leaving part. Now if someone could just tell AJ Styles that, so he'd quit ambushing me and putting me on the shelf that would be great. I mean the can't the guy just leave me alone, or at least give me a chance to defend myself. I mean come on, just because he hasn't gotten a haircut since he joined Paul Heyman, and because he doesn't care about the language he uses now, doesn't mean he can continue to sneak attack me and put me out of action. Although if my memory serves me correctly, and it doesn't always, but I think my old buddy Ted had a part in this one too... and get this STILL nobody cared about him after it happened. "Hey did you hear Ted took Miz out from behind and now Miz is hurt." "Who's Ted?" "Ted Dibiase" "Oh who cares."

Miz smirked.

The Miz: So instead of me being all "it's been 4 long months" and blah blah blah, I'm just going to answer all the questions succinctly and then move on to doing what I usually do, and that's talking about how great I am, and why Team Cena is going to easily defeat Team Rhodes on Sunday Night, cool? Cool.

The Miz took a deep sigh, it was clear he was ecstatic to be back talking to the many fans who have missed him over the past few months.

The Miz: Yes I'm fully healthy, no I'm not concerned about being involved in such a brutal match my first time out, no Paul Heyman has not lost any weight, and finally yes, even after I just brought Ted Dibiase up, he remains uncared about by all.

The Miz wiped his brow.

The Miz: Phew ok, now that we got taken care of let's start talking about the things people do care about. Like this match on Sunday Night, that I've decided to grace with my presence. Now all of you know, that John Cena hasn't always been my favorite person since my signing with EBWF. We've had our battles, but the one thing John has always been is a straight shooter. Whether we've been friends or opponents, he's always been up front with me about how he's felt. He's always made it clear his intentions, and in a weird way regardless of what happened he never really steered me wrong. So when he approached me 2 weeks ago, about making my return to be a member of his team, I gladly accepted. He then told me that we would be going against some of my favorite deputy's, which made this whole thing even sweeter.

Somewhere fans of Woody from Toy Story giggled at the reference Miz just snuck in.

The Miz: I mean what better way to make my return then to get to face the 3 jamoaks that have been the biggest part of my undoing here in the EBWF, I'm of course not referring to AJ, Heyman, and Ted, but rather the Shield. Their quote un quote, leader, Dean Ambrose and I have met many times, most of which ended with him and his little cronies getting the better of me. I'll admit it, it hasn't been the best of times for this guy when I've been up against them. However, over the course of the past few months it seems as though the mystique of the Shield has kind of died down. I mean sure they still do headstands in puddles before they enter an arena. Sure they still haven't found the proper entrance way to walk down the ramp, and continue to just come to the ring wherever they happen to be in the arena, sure they still have sleepovers every Friday Night, but they just don't seem to be as daunting as they once were. Since Ambrose has lost the title, the Shield have just kind of been around resisting obscurity. It's like when a kid finally gets old enough to know there are no Monsters in his closet, and he goes to bed peacefully, that's what has happened to the entire EBWF. Everyone is finally like, oh ok so.. right.. they aren't scary.. they aren't tough.. let's all smile about this together and laugh at when we thought they were.

The Miz flashed a smile and a small chuckle.

The Miz: For those of you unsure that was me, smiling about it and laughing. To drive this point home, I, The Miz, will be on a team that earns a victory over them, and I will finally be able to move on to the last level of this video game of life.

Somewhere Trent? felt his pants get tighter at the video game metaphor.

The Miz: In all seriousness, what Ambrose has been able to do in the EBWF is admirable, it's commendable, he's not half as bad a competitor as he is a dresser and as his personality is weird. He's not half as bad in the ring, as his breath is terrible, or as the chances are of his not 'hounding' his own 'justice' to slipknot music videos. I'm serious Dean, you're an awful member of society, but you can get it done in the squared circle. That's a compliment, I don't give them out much, but I still have a question about your whole little operation. What in the world is the claim to fame for Rollins and Reigns. What do they do other than breathe heavily like the kid in Hey Arnold when he's near Helga?

Nickelodeon reference, clearly the Miz was refreshed.

The Miz: Nothing! Oh no it's the Shield it's Dean Ambrose, and those other two oafs that do nothing but laugh manically and issue the occasional blow to the head or chest when the other person isn't expecting it. Now I'm fully expecting another ingenious response by you guys. Probably in a dark alley somewhere, probably filmed poorly for added bad ass effect. You'll probably try to bring up the fact that soon I will realize what Rollins and Reigns are all about. Only Ambrose will say it and Rollins and Reigns will sit in the background like the other members of N'Sync when Timberlake is singing. I'm sorry Shield, I'm just not buying it, I'm just not believing it. No matter how many times you guys put your fists together, like you were on captain planet, I'm just not scared of how united you are. In fact nobody is, you can WIND, WATER, EARTH, FIRE, all you want. The Shield is dying, and after you are on the losing end this weekend in Survivor Series, people won't continue to clear a path out of fear you guys to walk through the crowd anymore, men, women and children alike will trip you so you fall down 40 rows of steps just because they feel like it. They will shoot blow dryers at you guys, so your hair will be dry and frizzy instead of wet and intimidating. They will hold up boom boxes with "play em off" music from the academy awards as Ambrose lays out one of his

Miz mocked Ambrose

The Miz: Long.... arduous... methodical... drawn out..... boring... plans... to make... us... believe... in..... the shield.

The Miz smiled, the impression was just OK, SNL wouldn't be calling him anytime soon.

The Miz: The point is, though you've died down, this will be the last chance for you to bolster yourselves back up the ladder here in the EBWF. Only you won't, and when you don't, you will officially be off the radar. You will be gone. You will be more gone then I was when I actually wasn't even competing over the last few months, and believe me when I tell you, from someone who has been through countless Shield encounters, when it happens..

Again Miz went into his Ambrose voice.

The Miz: I...will.....laugh. Believe... I WILL LAUGH!

The Miz adjusted himself in his chair.

The Miz: Enough on Dean Ambrose featuring Rollins and Reigns, though. I would be remiss if I didn't get to talk about the other two guys that will be trying to ensure that my return isn't a happy one. I figure since Rhodes is the captain, I'll talk about his pet goat first. Daniel Bryan... really? REALLY? That's who Rhodes wants on his team, D-Bry? REALLY? Cena drops the bombshells that he dropped, Miz... Syxx.. Trent? Freakin Wes Ikeda... and Rhodes is gonna go with Daniel Bryan?... REALLY? Well let me just say.. horray. The last thing I need is to talk myself up this much, and not be successful in this match. I mean unless Daniel Bryan gives us all scratches by rubbing his beard up against us, we should be fine. The only way I could see us having any issue with the "beared one" is if Cena starts getting confused feelings, thinking Daniel was a member of the Boston Red Sox, and refuses to inflict punishment on him. Luckily I will be there to remind him, that most of the Red Sox, sorry Dustin, are taller than 5 foot 2, this should kick him back into gear, and put our team back on track.

The Miz smiled again, somewhere Dustin Pedroia wished he was a little bigger.

The Miz: In all seriousness, I've heard just about all the things I need to hear about Daniel Bryan. "OH HE'S SUCH A TECHNICIAN.. he will FOLD YOU UP LIKE A PRETZEL." The fact is he'd be better off staying home and eating a pretzel, then showing up and trying to make an impact in this match. Can he eat pretzels? Are pretzels vegan?

A thumbs up was once again seen from behind the camera.

The Miz: They can? Good. So there you go, eat a pretzel Daniel Bryan, and stay home. You don't fit on this team, or in this match. I will give you this, never has one word become so annoying since "What?" Then the little "Yes/No" thing you have going on. Kudos, you have somehow managed to make one of the first words everyone learns when they are a baby, iconic. Sure Rollins and Reigns haven't learned either of those words yet, but maybe you could at the very least teach them to them this weekend, because that will be about the only thing good that will come out of the match this weekend for team Rhodes. In fact, I mean this.. I need Rollins and Reigns to learn words this weekend. I'm counting on you Daniel Bryan.. GOD SPEED.

The Miz faked like he was getting choked up about his "mission" that he laid out to his opponent.

The Miz: Which brings me to the last adversary of Team Rhodes. The captain himself Cody Rhodes. Now Cody has gone through more transformations of himself then Michael Jackson. All of which, I don't care about. All of which are irrelevant to the match. I don't get the idea behind this match. Let's put 5 of the biggest names in this business on one team. Then let's have Cody Rhodes.. Cody... Rhodes... captain a team of Daniel Bryan and the Shield to face them. It's not even drama, it's a forgone conclusion what's about to happen in this match. Cody, you better hope you have a better in the ring performance than you did as this teams "General Manager" you mean to tell me this was the best you could find? Then you throw in yourself, and it just finishes off a very underwhelming squad. You guys aren't going to win, you'll be lucky to survive. You see what I did there?

Once more a thumbs up came from behind the camera.

The Miz: Cody Rhodes is another guy that continues to be thrown in the face of the fans, and everyone's really not sure why. He's not entertaining, he's not very talented, he's just... there. One minute smiling his way to recognition, the next he's trying to bizarre his way to the top. Either way this is going to be an order too tall for him, and his squad. Team Rhodes will quite simply be out of their league against Team Cena. I'm not the only reason why... but hey.. it never hurts to have me...

Because I'm The Miz.... and for oh so long I have been 100 percent...

The Miz cracked one last smile.

The Miz: Awesome.

The scene cut away to static. It seemed as though The Miz was back, and that he couldn't wait to be in the ring once again this Sunday at Survivor Series.