10 Wrestlers Who Suffered For Being Too Good
6. Dolph Ziggler
Yes, really, Dolph Ziggler.
After taking an age to finally properly pull the trigger on Ziggler with that Money in the Bank briefcase cash-in, it looked as if WWE was set to make its resident Show-Off a prominent, permanent part of its main event scene.
Unfortunately, Ziggler was soon on the end of a concussion, had to sit out nearly two months, then promptly dropped the World Heavyweight Championship back to Alberto Del Rio. With reports in subsequent years suggesting that Vince McMahon began to view Dolph as injury prone after Ziggler had the audacity to be kicked in the head by Jack Swagger, those same years have seen Ziggler's phenomenal in-ring ability render him being the go-to guy when WWE tries to establish a new star.
Ziggler is great between the ropes, is great on the microphone, and could have been a genuine difference maker in and around the World Championship scene over the past several years. As it stands, WWE struggled to ever really get behind Dolph in that sort of position, and these days he's viewed as loser heel who can be used to try and establish NXT call-ups such as Baron Corbin, Shinsuke Nakamura, Bobby Roode, Tyler Breeze, Kalisto, and Apollo Crews.
Seriously, whenever there's an NXT call-up, Ziggler is so often the go-to good hand for WWE management.