Maryse Mizanin[5] (néeOuellet; born January 21, 1983) is a Canadian media personality, model, actress and retiredprofessional wrestler. She is best known for her tenure inWWE.
In 2009, she was drafted to theWWE Raw brand, and won the Divas Championship for the second time in 2010, making her the first woman to hold it more than once. In 2010, she co-hostedNXT and managedTed DiBiase, prior to her release from the company in 2011. In 2016, she returned to the company and became the manager of her husband The Miz. That year, she joined the cast of the reality showTotal Divas. In 2018, WWE announced a spin-off show titledMiz & Mrs., which starred Mizanin.[6] She and her husband also served asexecutive producers.
Ouellet was born inMontreal,Quebec, but grew up inEdmundston,New Brunswick.[4] In high school, Ouellet was the only girl in her class, and ran the school's fashion show. She also began developing a range ofmakeup products.[7] Ouellet began her modeling career as abeauty pageant contestant, winningMiss Hawaiian Tropic Canada 2003 and finishing second at the International Finals of Miss Hawaiian Tropic 2004.[4] She was also on the cover ofPlayboy's 2007 Girls of Canada calendar.[7]
In mid-2006, Ouellet tried out forWorld Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)'sDiva Search.[4] She made the final cut and was one of the top eight contestants, but was the second person eliminated on July 24. Despite her elimination, she was invited to observe workouts and the training facility at WWE'sdevelopmental territory,Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), along withBrooke Adams.[4] Ouellet later said that she was "very, very excited", as it was her "dream to become aWWE Diva".[8]
On the September 22, 2006, episode ofSmackDown!, Ouellet, known as simply Maryse, was shown on theTitanTron welcoming the Montreal viewers inFrench to the season premiere ofSmackDown! on theCW Network.[4] Maryse made her first official televised appearance on the May 21, 2007, episode ofRaw to present American rapperTimbaland's new music video for the single "Throw It on Me", in which she had appeared.[10]
By the time she began appearing regularly onSmackDown at the beginning of 2008, she had adopted a snobby attitude and become avillainous character.[9][11] On the March 7, 2008, episode ofSmackDown, Maryse competed in a swimsuit contest againstVictoria,Michelle McCool,Cherry, andEve Torres, which ended in a brawl between Maryse and Torres.[12] The following week, she was the first eliminated from another swimsuit competition.[13] On March 28, Maryse competed in a "Wet and Wild" match, teaming with Victoria against Cherry and McCool in a losing effort.[14] On a "SmackDown after the bell" video on WWE's website, the tag teamDeuce 'n Domino dumped Cherry, who had been theirmanager, and replaced her with Maryse.[4] Maryse then insulted Cherry, only for Cherry to slap her.[15] On the May 16 episode ofSmackDown, Maryse made her in-ring debut in a loss to Cherry, though she defeated Cherry in a rematch the following week.[16][17] On the June 6 episode ofSmackDown!,SmackDown General ManagerVickie Guerrero announced the creation of theWWE Divas Championship, and that same night theDivas competed in aGolden Dreams match to qualify for the championship match atThe Great American Bash, which was won byNatalya.[18] On the July 4, 2008, episode ofSmackDown!, she competed again in another Golden Dreams match to face Natalya for the championship, however she failed to win.[19] For several weeks, Maryse competed in six-person tag team matches with Victoria and Natalya against Cherry, Michelle McCool andMaria. She suffered a minor broken nose after receiving abulldog from Maria in August 2008.[20]
Maryse began a rivalry withMichelle McCool in September 2008, challenging her for theWWE Divas Championship atUnforgiven,[21] and in a rematch the following week onSmackDown, but failed to win on both occasions.[22] On the September 23 episode ofECW, Maryse defeated McCool in a non-title match.[23] After a month-long absence, Maryse returned atSurvivor Series pay-per-view event in November, participating in a five-on-five Divaselimination tag team match, eliminatingKelly Kelly,Mickie James andCandice Michelle; Maryse was the sole survivor of her team, but was ultimately eliminated byBeth Phoenix.[24] At theArmageddon pay-per-view on December 14, Maryse teamed up with Jillian Hall, Victoria and Natalya in a losing effort to McCool, Maria, Kelly Kelly and Mickie James in anEight-Diva Santa's Little Helper tag team match.[25] On December 19, Maryse pinnedMaria to become the number one contender for Michelle McCool's Divas Championship.[26] The following week onSmackDown, Maryse defeated McCool, with Maria as thespecial guest referee, to win her first Divas Championship.[27][28] On December 28, at ahouse show inRaleigh, North Carolina, Maryse dislocated her knee in a tag team match againstThe Bella Twins (Nikki andBrie). It was later announced that the injury was not major, and therefore only missed a few weeks action.[29] On the January 23, 2009, episode ofSmackDown, Maryse returned and sat at ringside commentating during a Divas' tag team match.[29] She returned to in-ring action on February 20, teaming with Michelle McCool in a win against Maria andEve Torres, where she pinned Torres.[30]
Maryse made her first appearance onRaw on March 2, as a commentator for a match involving theWWE Women's ChampionMelina, with Maryse attacking her after the match.[citation needed] The following week, Maryse made her in-ring debut onRaw in a champion vs championlumberjill match, which she defeated Melina.[31] The rivalry extended to a tag team match onSmackDown on March 13, where Melina and Maria defeated McCool and Maryse.[32] On March 27 episode ofSmackDown, Maryse made her first championship defense, losing by disqualification after the returningGail Kim attacked Maryse and McCool, and thus retained the championship.[33] On April 5, Maryse competed in a 25-DivaMiss WrestleMania battle royal atWrestleMania XXV, but she was eliminated by Beth Phoenix and the match was won by Santina Marella (Santino Marella dressed indrag).[34] Maryse made her last appearance onSmackDown on April 24, retaining her championship against Gail Kim.[35]
Maryse as Divas Champion in 2009
As part of the2009 WWE Draft on April 13, Maryse was drafted to theRaw brand, and in the process, the Divas Championship became exclusive toRaw.[36] She made her first appearance as part of the brand on April 27, teaming with Beth Phoenix,Rosa Mendes, andJillian Hall in a loss toSantina Marella,Mickie James,Brie Bella andKelly Kelly.[37] Maryse then beganfeuding with Mickie James after she cost James a number one contender's battle royal, which was eventually won by Kelly Kelly, by spraying hairspray in her eyes. The following week, Maryse lost a championship match against Kelly by disqualification, meaning the championship did not change hands, and won a rematch by pinfall two weeks later on June 8.[38][39] AtNight of Champions on July 26, Maryse lost the Divas Championship to James.[40] Despite being only the second Divas champion, her reign of 216 days remained the longest in the title's history for nearly five years,[11] untilAJ Lee surpassed her reign in January 2014.[41]
After losing the championship, Maryse underwent alegitimate knee surgery.[citation needed] She returned on the November 23 episode ofRaw, disguised asThe Gobbledy Gooker, as the guest timekeeper for aThanksgiving-themed 6-Divas tag team match. After the match, she revealed herself by attacking the Divas ChampionMelina.[42] The following week, Maryse made her in-ring return teamed withJillian Hall in a tag team match against Melina andGail Kim, where Maryse pinned Melina.[43] On the December 7 episode ofRaw, Maryse defeated Gail Kim by dirty tactics, and following the match, Maryse proceed to attackKelly Kelly, who was working asring announcer, ordering her to announce she was the next Divas Champion, but was stopped by Melina.[4]
In early 2010, atournament was held for the newlyvacatedWWE Divas Championship due to Melina's injury.[44] Maryse entered the tournament, and defeated Brie Bella andEve Torres in the first round and semi-finals, respectively, to advance to the finals.[45][46] The tournament's finals were originally scheduled forElimination Chamber on February 21; instead, the match was changed by theSmackDown General ManagerVickie Guerrero to aninterbrand tag team match, where Maryse teamed with her scheduled opponent Gail Kim againstLayCool (Michelle McCool andLayla), which was won by LayCool as a result of Maryse abandoning Kim during the match.[47][48] The following night onRaw, Maryse defeated Kim in the finals to win the championship, becoming the first Diva to have held it twice.[11][49]
On March 15 episode ofRaw, Maryse defeated Kelly Kelly in a non-title match, attacking her after the match before being attacked by Eve Torres and Gail Kim, and saved by LayCool, then joining with them and Vickie Guerrero.[citation needed] On March 26 episode ofSmackDown, Maryse teamed up with LayCool, Guerrero and Alicia Fox defeatingBeth Phoenix in a5-on-1 handicap match before being attacked by Kim, Eve, Kelly andMickie James.[50] AtWrestleMania XXVI, on March 28, she was part of the winning team of a 10-Diva tag team match with LayCool, Fox and Guerrero against Phoenix, James, Kim, Torres and Kelly Kelly,[51] but the following night onRaw, she was pinned by Torres in a rematch.[52] Maryse lost the Divas Championship two weeks later to Eve Torres on the April 12 episode ofRaw,[53] and was unsuccessful to regain it atOver the Limit pay-per-view in May.[54] AtFatal 4-Way on June 20, Maryse failed to regain the title in aFatal Four-Way match that also involved then-champion Eve, Gail Kim, and Alicia Fox, which Fox would win pinning her to become the champion.[55]
On March 8, Maryse became the co-host ofNXT, alongsideMatt Striker.[64] As part ofNXT Redemption, Maryse was involved in several romantic storylines, most notably withYoshi Tatsu,Lucky Cannon, andHornswoggle.[65][66] In April, DiBiase made an ultimatum to Maryse for her to choose to continue on theNXT or continue with him. The following week, Maryse chose to continue appearing onNXT, disbanding their alliance in the process.[67] In August, Maryse underwent surgery for anabdominal hernia and took time off WWE programming.[68][69] After two months of inactivity, Maryse was released from her WWE contract on October 28.[70]
On October 5, 2012, Maryse appeared at theFamily Wrestling Entertainment (FWE) eventBack 2 Brooklyn, performing live commentary.[71] She began appearing regularly for FWE, where she commentated during women's matches.[72][73][74]
On April 4, 2016, episode ofRaw, the episode afterWrestleMania 32, Maryse returned during aWWE Intercontinental Championship match between the championZack Ryder and her husband,The Miz. During the match, Maryse slapped Ryder's father, who was in the front row, in order to distract Ryder and allowed Miz to capture the championship for the fifth time, thus becoming hismanager in the process, where the two then became anon-screenpower couple.[75] She formally re-introduced herself three days later on the April 7 episode ofSmackDown before once more helping Miz to retain his championship over Ryder.[76] She then began to cut variouspromos with Miz as his host during theMiz TV segments, while calling themselves the "It" Couple.[77] Following a hiatus due to theshoot of a WWE film, Maryse returned to WWE television on the June 27 episode ofRaw, where she helped Miz to retain his championship againstKane after she faked an ankle injury.[78]
After being drafted toSmackdown as part of the2016 WWE draft which took place on July 19,[79][80] she helped her husband to retain the title on several occasions.[81][82]
In February 2017, Maryse was involved in her first feud since her return when she and The Miz feuded with the also real-life couple Nikki Bella and John Cena.[83] This culminated in amixed tag team match atWrestleMania 33, where Maryse and Miz would lose in what was Maryse's first match in over six years.[84] On April 10, Maryse was drafted to theRaw brand along with Miz as part of the "Superstar Shake Up".[85] On June 4, atExtreme Rules, Maryse was in Miz's corner when he won theWWE Intercontinental Championship for the seventh time by defeating Dean Ambrose.[86] In September, following her pregnancy announcement, Maryse stopped appearing on television.[87] On November 19, 2017, she made an appearance on theSurvivor Series pay-per-view crowd watching Miz fightUnited States ChampionBaron Corbin.[88]
Maryse returned toSmackdown to manage The Miz in July 2018.[92] Following Maryse's interference in The Miz vs.Daniel Bryan match atSummerslam,[93] Maryse and Miz were put in a mixed tag match by theSmackDown General ManagerPaige againstBrie Bella and Daniel Bryan atHell in a Cell on September 16 and won.[94] On the September 11 edition ofSmackDown Live, Maryse competed in her first singles match in over 8 years, losing to disqualification to Brie Bella.[95] Following this match, Maryse would again stop appearing on television as Miz began a storyline withShane McMahon. AtElimination Chamber Maryse returned as aface announcing she and The Miz are having their second child.[96] Although Miz was drafted to SmackDown during the2019 WWE Draft, Maryse went undrafted. Her first post-draft appearance occurred during a pre-recorded segment onSmackDown in December 2019 for Miz's feud with"The Fiend" Bray Wyatt, where she appeared with Miz at their home.[97] Maryse returned toRaw on April 12, 2021, as part ofMiz TV.[98] On the same episode, Maryse accompanied and helpedThe Miz andJohn Morrison to defeatDamian Priest in ahandicap match.[98]
On November 29, 2021, Maryse made a surprise return to Raw, where she accompanied The Miz and confronted Edge in the middle of his first promo after being drafted back to Raw.[99] She made multiple appearances on Raw in the following weeks, including attempting to interfere in the match between Edge and The Miz atDay 1, where Beth Phoenix returned to confront her.[100] On the following week Raw, Edge and Beth Phoenix challenged The Miz and Maryse to a mixed-tag team match at theRoyal Rumble, which The Miz accepted.[101] On January 17, 2022, Maryse attempted to persuade Beth Phoenix to cancel their match at the Royal Rumble, and attacked her with a brick in her purse when she refused.[102] The feud concluded in amixed tag team match atRoyal Rumble where Maryse and The Miz lost the match.[103]
On July 13, 2025 during theEvolution 2 event, Maryse was shown in the crowd alongside several female WWE Hall of Famers and legends, being honored as one of the pioneers of theWWE's Women's Evolution.[104]
Throughout her career, Maryse has been noted for generating heat due to her snobby persona and bossy attitude in the ring, as well as for her comedy skits that often come unexpectedly during her matches and promos.[105][106][107][108]
In 2018, Maryse and her husband Mike appeared in a reality television series titledMiz & Mrs.[124] It was later announced on July 26 that Maryse would not be returning for theeighth season ofTotal Divas.[citation needed]
In 2013, Ouellet got engaged to longtime boyfriend and fellow wrestler Mike Mizanin, better known by his ring name,The Miz. The two were married inThe Bahamas on February 20, 2014.[130][131][132]On March 27, 2018, Maryse gave birth to their first child, a daughter named Monroe Sky Mizanin.[133][134][135]During Elimination Chamber on February 17, 2019, the couple announced they were expecting their second child.[136][137] Their daughter Madison Jade Mizanin was born on September 20, 2019.[138][139]
On February 10, 2024, Maryse announced she had been diagnosed with ovarian serous borderline tumors and would be undergoing a completehysterectomy.[142]
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