10 WWE Legends That Require A Career Reevaluation
3. Dolph Ziggler
WWE really know what they're doing with the current Dolph Ziggler/Drew McIntyre partnership.
Following their electric Hell In A Cell victory over Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins, the 'Scottish Psychopath' literally carried 'The Show Off' backstage, simply on the off chance that fans had missed how they'd been presented in every other aspect for the better part of a month. McIntyre is the project here, the designated success story, and the babyface turn at Dolph's expense will conclude the comparisons to Shawn Michaels and Diesel that were once, admittedly, laughable.
The references to 'HBK' and 'Big Daddy Cool' seemed like a rib because just about everything else linking Ziggler to 'The Showstopper' was. He set about calling himself "the greatest in-ring performer in the history of the company" whilst throwing his second-rate superkicks looking like a third-rate sexy boy. Either under instruction or of his own volition, Dolph was playing the tribute act well because his own career had gone up in smoke months earlier.
This latter-day run should serve him well, but it's just about all he really deserves. His last remaining fans may say he was an unappreciated all-timer, but carving out a serviceable midcard run over the last decade was perhaps his ceiling all along.