As a champion of what's branded as 'empty-stomach-cardio' (it speaks for itself really), it's not difficult to realise why Dolph Ziggler carries very little in the way of excess. He needs to be lean, because that's his game. He's essentially modern wrestling's version of 1990's Shawn Michaels - a quick, willing worker who is brilliant at making other guys look golden. We're all clamouring for Ziggler to get a sustained run at the top. He's been there before with a couple of World Heavyweight Championship reigns - albeit short ones - but it's perhaps his size that has held him back from getting a sustained spell 'til now. That's not to say he's the most disciplined with his diet. He just urges anyone who wants to strip off the fat to just be sensible, and work their ass off at the gym. According to prowrestling.com in 2013, he said: "I would say 70% of the time I eat moderately healthy and 30% of the time I eat whatever the hell I want because I work out so hard. "Every morning no matter what, six days a week if not seven I force myself up and on that treadmill or elliptical and get your body going Eat and enjoy yourself, weve got too many nerdy people who are weighing turkey slices. Get out of here, you know whats good and you know whats bad. Eat what you like and be moderately healthy but go kill it in the gym." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xgvqrCxSBY
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