10 WWE Stars Who Need To Follow Neville Out Of The Exit Door

There is nothing else left for Dolph Ziggler to accomplish in WWE.

While you cannot physically see the glass ceiling erected over his head, you can hear it: Dolph of late is fond of referring to himself as the "greatest in-ring performer in WWE history," which is a clear scripted rib at the expense of a man perceived as a facsimile of greatness by those who wield power. Ziggler is a six-time midcard champion and a two-time World Heavyweight champion - reigns that yielded very few classic captures or defences. Two spring to mind immediately which, for a near-decade main roster run, is telling. The dawn of NXT and the realisation that management doesn't believe in him narrows the scope for real progress.

The elder statesman role into which he has been cast in 2017 isn't an authentic fit; that glass ceiling has always hovered perilously close to his bleach blonde locks, so much so that the man does not command the required respect nor aura to cast doubt over the outcome of his showcase programmes with Shinsuke Nakamura and Bobby Roode. Typecast as an athletic bumping machine, Ziggler in the overdog role is a sight as incongruous as it is inauthentic as it is a little tedious.

Ziggler has told us, for years, that he is as great as he says he is. Only on the Independents can he show it.