Mike Mizanin is the busiest man in reality television.

Mizanin has 11 reality shows to his credit. He started on "TheReal World: New York" in 2001. Now he's a star on "ExtremeChampionship Wrestling" (10 p.m. Tuesdays, Sci-Fi Channel).

There he's known, simply, as "The Miz."

For the sake of reality TV, he's navigated tricky obstaclecourses, played peacemaker with roommates and landed on his head infront of an arena full of fans. He says his appeal as a reality-TVstar comes down to personality.

He knows when conflict is about to erupt, and he's always on thescene to aggravate it.

"I'm a guy who likes drama," the 26-year-old says. ". . . I amalways made out to be the nice guy, but I will pick at someone witha smile. Then the fight will happen, and I will think, 'Oh, this isawesome.'

"If there is a fight about to start, I'm not the one startingit, but I am the one in the background watching the whole thing and(promoting) it. That's me."

After winning over audiences on "The Real World," he was askedback to MTV to do "Real World" specials and spin-offs, such as "TheReal World/ Road Rules Challenge." It pits cast members from "RealWorld" and "Road Rules" in physical contests.

Then branded as a reality-show star, he was asked to do suchprograms as "Fear Factor" and "Battle of the Network Reality TVStars."

Just when it seemed as if every second of his 15 minutes of famewere used, Mizanin landed a spot on "Tough Enough," a realitycompetition series for WWE. Participants competed for a contractwith the wrestling company.

Mizanin came in second, but that still didn't stop him. Hispersonality proved mightier than his punches.

"They liked my personality so much on it that I got a contractwith WWE," he says. "They thought I could do well in this (prowrestling) business."

This native of the Columbus, Ohio, area dreamed of being aprofessional wrestler since he was a kid. He went to businessschool in Miami, though, thinking that being a wrestler was animpossible dream.

"Then I got on 'The Real World,' and it took off from there," hesays.

Mizanin was perfect reality-show material, especially for theMTV crowd that discovered him first. He was a muscular,Mohawk-wearing college kid with a big smile and a friendlydemeanor.

His stint on "Real World/ Road Rules Challenge" helped show offhis physicality. "I love to compete, and I got to do that," hesays.

The 6-foot-2, 230-pound athlete says he never dreamed he'd bebig enough to be a professional wrestler. "When I was a kid, I hadwrestling action figures and dreamed of it," he says. "But I gotbigger and bigger and bigger.

"I'm a big guy in the real world. In wrestling, compared to theother guys, I'm small.."

But his current gig in professional wrestling has met hisexpectations, he says. "It's everything I thought it would be andmore. It's hard on the body, and it's hard mentally."