<P> Following this match, Extreme Exposé began expressing admiration in him and gave him a lap - dance, starting a new gimmick for him of a self - proclaimed "chick magnet". Extreme Exposé then became managers for The Miz . He then began a feud with Balls Mahoney, after Kelly Kelly began to fall in love with Mahoney on screen . On the October 2 episode of ECW, it was revealed that Miz owned the contracts of Kelly Kelly, Layla, and Brooke Adams, and used this excuse to stop Kelly from going out with Mahoney . He was voted at Cyber Sunday to face CM Punk for the ECW Championship, but lost the match . </P> <P> On the November 16 episode of SmackDown, he became one half of the WWE Tag Team Champions with John Morrison when they defeated Matt Hardy and Montel Vontavious Porter (MVP) in a title match, which gave The Miz his first title within the company . </P> <P> In February 2008, Miz and Morrison were given a streaming segment on the WWE website named The Dirt Sheet in which they mocked other wrestlers and facets of pop culture, showing off their promo skills . Morrison and The Miz co-wrote each episode of The Dirt Sheet each week . As the duo continued to hold the titles, WWE downplayed the angle of Miz and Morrison disliking each other, and portrayed them as friends . Miz competed in a battle royal on the pre-show of WrestleMania XXIV but was unsuccessful in winning after being eliminated by Jamie Noble . The team of Miz and Morrison had many successful title defenses over the next few months, before dropping the championship to Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder at the Great American Bash in a Fatal Four - Way match which also featured Jesse and Festus and Finlay and Hornswoggle . Neither Miz nor Morrison were pinned, as Hawkins pinned Jesse to win the titles . Miz and Morrison soon followed a feud with Cryme Tyme (Shad Gaspard and JTG) as a battle of their webshows, "Word Up" and "The Dirt Sheet". They were voted into a match with, and defeated, Cryme Tyme at Cyber Sunday . The team also feuded with 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 Miz and Morrison were in high school . On the 800th episode celebration of Raw, Miz and Morrison competed in a match against DX, and were defeated . During the match, they mocked DX's signature moves, with Morrison successfully performing a superkick (mocking Michaels' Sweet Chin Music) on Triple H. On December 13, 2008, Miz and Morrison defeated Kofi Kingston and CM Punk to win the World Tag Team Championship during a WWE house show in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada . The team then engaged themselves in a feud with The Colóns (Carlito and Primo). In a dark match at WrestleMania XXV, they lost the World Tag Team Championship to The Colóns in a Lumberjack match to unify the World Tag Team and the WWE Tag Team titles . On the April 13 episode of Raw, The Miz lost a match to Kofi Kingston due to Morrison's inadvertent interference, which gave Raw a draft pick in the 2009 WWE draft . The pick was then revealed to be The Miz, and retaliated by subsequently attacking Morrison, ending their partnership and thus turning John Morrison face . </P> <P> Miz challenged John Cena to a match on the April 27 episode of Raw, but as Cena was out due to injury, Miz claimed an unofficial win via forfeit and continued to do this over the following weeks, until Cena defeated him in a singles match at The Bash . On the August 3 episode of Raw, The Miz lost a match to Cena, which meant that, in storyline, he was banned from the Staples Center, Raw and SummerSlam . The following week on August 10, Miz competed under a mask as "The Calgary Kid", and won a Contract on Pole match against Eugene, earning a contract in storyline, and revealing himself by removing his mask afterwards . He then created the Skull - Crushing Finale and used it on Eugene . After removing the mask to reveal himself, he cut a promo and debuted his catchphrase "Because I'm The Miz and I'm Awesome ." </P>

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