10 Things WWE Wants You To Forget About Dolph Ziggler

9. The End Of The Spirit Squad

DX Spirit Squad Burial
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Instead, he ended up being packaged back to Ohio Valley Wrestling in a production crate alongside his Spirit Squad pals.

D-Generation X circa 2006 was all about juvenile humour. As they couldn't rely on the same language and explicit behaviour they had before, Triple H and Shawn Michaels became akin to those cool uncles who'd stir things up and push the envelope a little. In '06, this meant referencing WWE development and squashing newbies.

Unfortunately for WWE, a portion of fans still don't like the fact that DX made a group of five aspiring young workers look like jobbers. That 'Destination: OVW - Louisville, KY' sign they slapped across the box was funny, but it left a bad taste in some people's mouths. To those folks, this was a flagrant power play and totally unnecessary.

It was also a set back for Dolph. He'd hoped to use the Squad as his ticket to main roster stability, only to find he was right back in OVW where he started.

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