4 WWE Superstars who were made relevant by The Miz

The Miz started his WWE career as an on-screen personality back in 2006. While Mike Mizanin boasted a respectable background in the entertainment industry--the reality show realm, to be specific--making the transition to the WWE was no small task.

Regardless, despite not being the most athletic performer in the WWE, Miz fought tooth and nail to ascend to the top of the WWE food chain. In fact, in the early days of his WWE career, Miz was regarded as an outsider--with several of his peers asserting that he ought to earn his respect in the pro-wrestling business.

In ensuing years, Miz elevated his career by means of his excellent performances, and from being a runner-up on the WWE Tough Enough reality show to a top-tier WWE Superstar--The A-Lister's professional wrestling career has been characterized by a lot of ups and downs.

The Miz worked as a tag team partner with John Morrison and then became a performer who could get fans as well as WWE officials' attention with his rather unique antics--Which could partly be attributed to why he became the WWE Champion, after cashing in his newly won Money In The Bank contract on Randy Orton a few years back.

The Miz also became an on-screen mentor around this time, and started mentoring the likes of Daniel Bryan in NXT. While the two had a bitter bonding on the show, The Miz was able to elevate careers of certain other performers who were either heading toward obscurity or already forgotten by the WWE Universe.

So without further ado, let's take a look at 4 WWE Superstars whose careers were made relevant by The Miz:

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#4 Alex Riley

Riley couldn't go on for long

Alex Riley was a great performer, who had a ho-hum run in the WWE. It was on an episode of Raw a few years back, that he returned to WWE TV so as to help his mentor The Miz.

One ought to note that Riley was widely beloved and valued by the fans, particularly during his association with The Miz--even though the A-Lister was always booed due to his heel character. Regardless, both Riley and Miz were accorded the deserved respect, owing to the fact that both Superstars were indeed consistent performers who made the most out of the opportunities given to them.

The Miz portrays his on-screen WWE character masterfully, and as a butterfly effect caused by his top-notch performances, his associates acquire a ton of brand value too.

After all, when a Superstar achieves the amount of success that Miz has gotten, one does expect him to hand over some of his shine to his proteges, so to speak...And that, folks, is something Miz has always done, selflessly!

Nevertheless, it's another story altogether that Riley couldn't be around for long as he went over to the commentary team on NXT and returned only to be on a losing streak before being released by WWE in 2016.

#3 Damien Sandow

More than a stunt double

Damien Sandow had multiple runs in WWE right from the early-2000s, however, nothing attained him more fan appreciation than being The Miz's on-screen personal assistant and body-double.

The former WWE Superstar was appreciated by the fans so much so, that when he threw The Miz out of the ring at Wrestlemania 31 in the Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal, he received perhaps his greatest pop of all time--something which he believes to be an incredible moment in his career and has credited to The Miz.

In simple terms, although Sandow's on-screen character's primary role was to sing praises of The Miz, no one can deny the fact that it was Miz who was actually responsible for putting over Sandow with the WWE Universe in a major way.

It's no secret that after breaking off from his team with The Miz, Sandow's career took a hit and he was subsequently released from WWE.

#2 Curtis Axel

Not so perfect as "Mr. Perfect"

Curtis Axel is the son of late-great former WWE Superstar Curt Hennig aka "Mr. Perfect", however, he never quite got the acclaim he deserves nor the work he is skilled enough to perform in the WWE. That is, until he joined forces with The Miz as his Miztourage stable-mate.

Before Axel joined Miz's Miztourage, the former was nothing more than an afterthought on the stacked WWE RAW roster. In fact, Axel was utilized on several occasions as an enhancement talent, with no significant character work or creative segments at all!

While The Miz was drafted to SmackDown Live earlier this year--leaving Axel and his team-mate Bo Dallas to fend for themselves--Axel & Dallas seem to have come into their own after having gotten the rub of stardom from The Miz.

Axel's star has never been as high as it currently is, all through his professional wrestling career...All thanks to his association with The Miz.

#1 Bo Dallas

Bo-Lieve he is good in the ring

Bo Dallas is a gifted performer, and the same was evident during his Bo-Lieve gimmick, however, the fans as well as WWE never quite paid heed to his work--since Dallas' overall character failed to click as a top-tier Superstar. Subsequently, Dallas became relatively obscure.

Regardless, when he joined forces with The Miz, Dallas' popularity shot up again--as the fans were always rooting for The Miztourage, despite the team being heels. The very fact that Dallas began garnering significant reactions from the fans, goes to show how much of a positive influence Miz had on his career.

A relatively simple gimmick as one of The Miz's lackeys made him relevant again. Furthermore, after The Miz moved to SmackDown Live, Dallas and Curtis Axel formed The B-Team which is perhaps the most beloved tag team gimmick in the WWE right now.

Given the highly-positive influence The Miz has had on multiple WWE Superstars' careers, it'd be safe to say that the A-Lister not only furthers his own career, but also elevates his peers' careers--taking them to the "A Level", so to speak.