The Miz recently opened up about how Grammy-winning artist Bad Bunny earned real respect inside the WWE locker room.
Back in 2021, Bad Bunny made his in-ring debut at WrestleMania 37 in Tampa, Florida. He teamed with Damian Priest to face The Miz and John Morrison. While many celebrities step into WWE for a quick appearance, Bunny surprised everyone with how seriously he took the match and how well he performed.
Speaking on the Six Feet Under podcast, The Miz explained how hard Bunny worked behind the scenes. “I remember Bunny training, and this was during COVID times, where we were at the baseball field in Tampa. Every time I would come to a show, he was there early in the ring and he would be practicing.”
“Then he would go sing at the Grammys, he’d be right back in the ring. He’d got to SNL and he would have the 24/7 title, it was like a fun title right? Ha ha title. But he would have it and hold it and sing on SNL with that title in his arm. I was like man this dude just loves what we do and gets it and he wanted to do something special, he wanted to do something great.”
Miz said Bunny didn’t just want a simple celebrity moment he wanted to put on a real match.
The Miz says Bad Bunny encouraged them spraypainting his expensive car
When trainers started teaching Bunny basic lockups and headlocks, Miz decided to push him even harder. “I remember when they were teaching him, he wanted to learn lockups and headlocks. I was like, ‘Dude, I’m not doing any of that.’ So when he was doing all of that I was like, ‘You know what? Everyone outta the ring.’ I just gave him heat for like 15 minutes and I go, ‘Sell this, because this is what you’re gonna be doing a lot of.’
“I feel like a lot of times celebrities, we hide them, we hide their flaws, whatever. I was like, ‘We’re not hiding you, you are literally be going to be doing the entire intro, you’re gonna be involved in every aspect of this match, because no one will expect it and everyone will expect you to just come hit a clothesline, and hit this, it’s boring. They wanna see you.”
Miz added that Bunny’s dedication earned him respect from everyone backstage. He also shared a wild moment from WWE RAW when he and John Morrison spray-painted Bunny’s all-white Bugatti.
“He let us spray paint his $500,000 car, real spray paint, and it was his idea. I was like, ‘Bunny I’m a little nervous,’ and he goes, no, no you spray paint it, we’ll have someone wash it afterwards.’ I go, ‘It might not come off,’ he goes, ‘it’ll be alright.’ But still, that’s how into it Bad Bunny was.” [H/T: Wrestletalk]
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