The Miz says Snoop Dogg “sucker-punched” him at WrestleMania 39

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NME about Snoop Dogg “sucker-punching” him, his iconic theme song, and still proving that he’s more than “just a reality guy”.Last Friday (March 28), Smackdown was held at London’s O2 Arena as part of the Road To WrestleMania tour.

At the show, The Miz confronted Jimmy Uso and lost an impromptu match against him.Ahead of the show, Miz – real name Michael Mizanin – reminisced on his love for music, especially metal. “Right now, I’ve been listening to the new Sleep Token [single] ‘Emergence’, Bad Omens, Falling in Reverse,” he told NME. “Those are the kinds of bands that have been on my playlist non-stop, so that’s what I’ve been listening to quite a bit.

Sleep Token’s – since I had 11 hours to fly over to Europe – probably been repeated a million times.”Mizanin is also a self-proclaimed fan of ‘90s rap, revealing that he listens to “Tupac, Biggie, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony – because I’m from Cleveland” while he works out.Funnily enough, his theme song ‘I Came To Play’ blends both genres and has been with him since his WWE debut in 2006, becoming one of the company’s most recognisable tracks.

The track was created by Downstrait, the band behind other fan-favourite themes for other wrestlers such as Cody Rhodes (‘Kingdom’), Dolph Ziggler (‘Here To Show The World’) and Matt Cardona (‘When the Lights Go Down’).“I do remember the day I got my theme song,” The Miz said with a smile. “The first time I heard my theme song was in a car.