10 Unsolved WWE Mysteries

4. Dolph Ziggler's Real Motivation

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To recap, Dolph Ziggler won the United States Title at Clash Of Champions 2017, vacated the title nine nights later on SmackDown and told fans they didn't deserve him. After walking out on WWE, he has since returned, earned a spot at Elimination Chamber and said he plans to use that match to headline WrestleMania.

Erm, what?

The logic here is seriously lacking. Dolph already had a title that would (in all probability) get him onto the card at 'Mania, and he still had a chance of entering the Royal Rumble to secure the main event he so desperately wanted. Ditching that belt and storming out, only to return less than a month later and crow about 'Mania dreams, makes Ziggler look like an idiot.

Perhaps Dolph believed he was going to leave WWE. He's been open about his unhappiness in interviews over the past few years, so maybe his walk out was supposed to be a dramatic end. Even so, sidelining the motivation for that with a clumsy tale revolving around WrestleMania hope is silly.

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