Ziggler had already flirted with the main event scene, including a ten-minute World Heavyweight title reign in 2011. Of course, in latter day WWE, pushes have the life-expectancy of peppered moths, and Ziggler remained tethered to the upper-midcard, aside from some excellent matches with CM Punk over the WWE Championship. So often, performers end up back at square one. Before Jericho began yet another sabbatical after SummerSlam 2012, he put Ziggler over clean as a sheet in a match where Jericho put his career on the line against Ziggler's Money in the Bank briefcase. This time, Ziggler managed to sustain a push, and though that can't all be credited to a good match with Jericho, it didn't hurt, either.
Justin has been a wrestling fan since 1989, and has been writing about it since 2009. Since 2014, Justin has been a features writer and interviewer for Fighting Spirit Magazine. Justin also writes for History of Wrestling, and is a contributing author to James Dixon's Titan series.
