10 Times WWE Wrestlers Escaped Booking Hell

The character Dolph Ziggler is sanctuary for Nick Nemeth after escaping booking hell twice.

Nemeth debuted on WWE C-show Sunday Night Heat on 19 September 2005. He was cast as a golf caddie for Chavo Guerrero Jr.’s cringe-inducing Kerwin White persona, though the whitewashed gimmick was axed in the wake of Eddie Guerrero’s death.

When he returned to TV (Raw, 23 January 2006), ‘Nicky’ was a member of The Spirit Squad. The male cheerleaders were a group of goons who recalled the Mean Street Posse with the irritability factor cranked up and were inserted into the rivalry between Vince McMahon and Shawn Michaels, cheering the boss on, and both dishing and taking beatings in his honour. The Squad’s only achievement was winning the World Tag Team Championships, splitting the honour five ways under the Freebird Rule.

Before the year’s end, DX launched all five members into a crate addressed to “OVW - Louisville, Kentucky” - an embarrassing way of sending them back to development.

Dolph Ziggler’s overall success is debatable, but he is a solid mid-carder, able to put a decent match on with any opponent. As a caddie or a cheerleader, he would never have become a two-time World Heavyweight Champion.