10 Pieces Of Wrestling Trivia That Will Astonish You
4. Dolph Ziggler's WWE Run Has Lasted Longer Than Arn Anderson's Entire In-Ring Career
When people shrug at an objectively good SmackDown TV match, they aren't showing bias. They aren't disregarding it because there's a cool new promotion on the scene. They aren't doing it because Tony Khan is paying them.
They are more likely than not really, really bored.
Dolph Ziggler remains a very good TV worker when he's in the mood. Dolph Ziggler remains in phenomenal shape. Dolph Ziggler epitomises how ancient WWE feels and how awful the monopoly was for the industry.
Dolph Ziggler - and Randy Orton has been around, on top, for three years longer - has appeared on WWE screens for 16 years. From caddy to cheerleader to Showoff, Dolph Ziggler's run in WWE has outlasted Arn Anderson's entire career. Forgive people for not doing cartwheels over a ***1/2 TV tag. Nobody went apesh*t for Terry Taylor at the turn of the millennium because he wasn't working then. Wrestling was competitive and promotions had to make the effort.
Arn's middle-aged-from-birth look makes this statistic all the more shocking. The man looked - and this is absolutely a compliment, since it's badass - like he'd cut his teeth doing jobs for Toots Mondt. In reality, he was just born as hard and grizzled as f*ck.
Ziggler looks younger now than Arn did as a rookie.