8. Spirit Squad's Nicky To Dolph Ziggler
Whoever came up with the idea of a troupe of male cheerleaders is certainly not a creative genius, and it certainly didnt take a genius to work out that it wouldnt be a raging success. While they did win the WWE Tag Team titles, they were won and often defended with a 5 on 2 advantage and the group were never portrayed as a serious threat. Its significant to note that, today, only one member of the Squad remains on the active roster. The other four fizzled out pretty quickly after the Squad disbanded and only two of them are still active independent wrestler to this day. However, it didnt appear to be all that promising when he was repackaged, as he was lumbered with the awful sounding name of Dolph Ziggler, a take-off of the name Dirk Diggler from the movie Boogie Nights. Despite also being lumbered with some awful storylines, like being romantically involved with Vickie Guerrero, and never being booked in a particularly strong manner, Zigglers superb wrestling and bump taking ability (reminiscent of Mr Perfects time in the WWE) has made a lasting impression with WWE fans, especially the longer-term, more hardcore fans. When Ziggler won the World Heavyweight Championship at Raw the night after WrestleMania 29, the travelling hardcore fans in attendance lifted the roof off the place. It does seem that Ziggler is destined to be a midcarder forever more, which is a great shame, but hes still a million miles away from being a male cheerleader.