10 Creative Ways WWE Can Survive Without John Cena & Randy Orton

5. Push Dolph Ziggler

Yup. If there were ever a time to have Dolph Ziggler court Nikki Bella, it'd be *RIGHT* now. It's simple. This could all start from a backstage segment where Dolph's in catering and kinda staring off into space. Nikki, Brie and Foxy all walk in, and when they see Dolph, Nikki's like, "wow, he's gone from dating me to being a TOTAL loser. WOW." Dolph wants to say something as a retort, but he stops himself, and dejectedly walks away. This turns into a thing where every so often Dolph mentions in interviews that he can thank a series of wins and improved luck that he starts having on Nikki motivating him. He even goes as far as to bring her flowers as a sign of thanks, saying that he "remembered what favorite flowers were." Nikki plays it dumbstruck, and things seem to keep on moving. Dolph however is on a REAL hot streak, and is blowing down the doors in Raw main events. At some point, Nikki could get hurt in the ring during a match on Raw, and in the midst of the EMTs coming down to ringside, there's Dolph, who the announcers mention is Nikki's "very close friend and ex-boyfriend" helping her out. For the next few weeks while she's tending to her injuries bacstage, Dolph's not being a creep, but he's legit trying to be helpful. This leads to John's eventual return to TV, and a moment where John returns from cutting his first promo back, Dolph says that he's "on his way to deliver Brie some dinner." John stops him and says, "I can do that" in a VERY terse manner, and then says, "I KNOW what you're doing Dolph. And you DON'T need to be doing that" implying that Dolph wants Nikki back. When it comes to the main event of Cena's return, he doesn't even get past his entrance before Dolph attacks him from behind, beats him down and says that he's tired of playing "second-fiddle" to him. He says that Cena's fans are now his fans, Cena's stardom his now his stardom, and that most importantly, Cena's girl is "as she always was," his. It might be time to make Dolph Ziggler a super-duper-star in Cena's absence.