7 Reasons Dolph Ziggler Might Actually Retire From WWE

by John Bills

1. 'Retirement' Has No Meaning In Wrestling

Dolph Ziggler
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The only real point that needs making, in truth. Say Ziggler loses to The Miz and is forced to retire. So what? Nobody ever truly retires in professional wrestling. The history of the sport is littered with great stars who had huge, emotional retirement matches, only to go back on that months later and find themselves lacing up the boots one more time.

Mick Foley, Ric Flair, Terry Funk, Shawn Michaels, Hulk Hogan... the list of men who have retired and returned goes on and on and on. Even in story, John Cena and others have retired. The truth is that unless an individual has an injury that means that are medically unfit to wrestle, they are never retired.

Without that injury, 'retirement' in wrestling basically means 'I'm going away for a little bit'. Ziggler could lose and retire, only to show up six weeks later due to a loophole in whatever contract is signed for the match. That is the beauty of professional wrestling after all, the freedom to take whatever path desired.

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Born in the middle of Wales in the middle of the 1980's, John can't quite remember when he started watching wrestling but he has a terrible feeling that Dino Bravo was involved. Now living in Prague, John spends most of his time trying to work out how Tomohiro Ishii still stands upright. His favourite wrestler of all time is Dean Malenko, but really it is Repo Man. He is the author of 'An Illustrated History of Slavic Misery', the best book about the Slavic people that you haven't yet read. You can get that and others from www.poshlostbooks.com.