8. What, Exactly Is Dolph Ziggler Doing These Days?
Dolph Ziggler's just not championship material of ANY kind, huh? Well, that seems to again be the message as his "unified with his two friends who were fired by The Authority two months ago" storyline and their seemingly completely unnecessary match versus Seth Rollins, The Big Show and Kane at Fastlane. On some level, Dolph Ziggler literally saved the WWE from the "evil clutches of The Authority" (for awhile). As well, he's defeated Seth Rollins, and never really ever seems to have a bad match. In a fine case of "oh, so THIS is what Mr. Perfect's fans felt like back in the day," here's Dolph the tablesetter instead of Dolph the main course.
Besides having been an independent professional wrestling manager for a decade, Marcus Dowling is a Washington, DC-based writer who has contributed to a plethora of online and print magazines and newspapers writing about music and popular culture over the past 15 years.