9. He Dated Actress & Comedian Amy Schumer
Ziggler's dating life doesn't really matter in terms of what he does on screen, but when one of the top female comedians talked about their sex life in public it garnered some attention that WWE might not have wanted to be out in the public eye. When Amy Schumer appeared on the Howard Stern show in August of 2012, she revealed that she had dated Ziggler. She even explained why they broke up: "The sex was too athletic. Always. the first time, I was like, Oh, this is cool. Nobodys ever ragdolled me. He was spinning me like a Globetrotter." She also revealed that she broke up with him via text message and he was pretty sad about it. It was a story that got picked up by the mainstream press since Schumer's profile has risen thanks to her Comedy Central show "Inside Amy Schumer" and her success as a comedian. For his part, Ziggler didn't mind Schumer's comments although it was weird for his family. Here's how
he explained it in March 2014: "It was fine. I didn't care because it was mostly talking about how great I was. It was more being fun and a little complimentary. It was just weird that my mom was like, 'What does this mean?' and I was just like 'Ughhhhh.'" We know that WWE loves mainstream press, but they made no mention of Ziggler's name being in the Hollywood gossip section probably because it didn't fit their storylines at the time.