WWE Superstar The Miz Previews Backlash Tampa PLE

The Miz arrived to preview Saturday's WWE Backlash in Tampa with a long list of grievances, all aimed at one man. The grievances were the preview.

His Backlash opponent, Danhausen, is a wrestler whose entire gimmick is cursing people. The Miz wants the world to understand that no one should believe in the curse, even though everything about his last few weeks suggests someone might.

"I hit a guy with a skull crushing finale," The Miz told Rich. "I go to cover him. One, two, the referee gets a cramp in his shoulder."

The Miz was not the new tag team champion. He invited Rich to imagine an NFL referee blaming a missed call on a cramp.

He kept going. Two weeks ago, pyro detonated in the ring. The Miz pointed out that this is the pyro guy doing the pyro wrong, not a curse. He also disclosed that Danhausen ruined his vow renewal with his wife, an unannounced moment at WrestleMania where The Miz was officiating other weddings and his wife surprised him by asking to renew their own in front of their daughters.

"Danhausen shows up and ruins everything," The Miz said. "My wife gets cake in her face. I get cake in my face."

The final indignity was personal.

"Danhausen stole my daughter's bike," he said. The daughter, in The Miz's telling, was unbothered. He was not.

The Miz also flagged what he sees as the real story on the rest of the Backlash card. He singled out Jacob Fatu's "all gas, no brakes" run into the WWE Championship match with Roman Reigns. He praised Seth Rollins as the new Mr. WrestleMania, "every time he has a match, it's a five-star quality match." He raved about Bron Breakker as a product of the kind of work being done at the NXT Performance Center, where new arrivals seem to come in ready and already connected to the audience.

"Bron Breakker just hits you hard and could cause an injury," The Miz said. "You never know."

Then the segment took a turn. Rich, asked which guest he had enjoyed more this week, The Miz or Jacob Fatu, picked Fatu. He framed it gently. The Miz did not take it gently.

"There's no one that's a better interview than me," he said, before pivoting to a new revenge plan. He decided he would partner with cast member TJ at Backlash so he could deliver a skull crushing finale to him personally on air.

The Miz closed by reminding the audience that American Gladiators, which he hosts on Prime Video, has been the number one competition series on the platform since its debut a month ago.

WWE Backlash streams Saturday, May 9 at 6 p.m. Eastern on the ESPN app. The first hour airs live on ESPN2.