http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYA42IJ6ApE When Dolph Ziggler started in WWE under that name there wasn't much to his gimmick. Basically, all he would do is go up to people and say "Hi I'm Dolph Ziggler." Then he would shake his hand. It's amazing that somebody got paid money to come up with a character like that in the first place. Thankfully for him, things got better over the years. In the 2009 Rumble match, Ziggler entered the match with a lot of enthusiasm. He was really excited to be there as he should be. The problem for him was that the evil monster Kane was right there waiting for him. Ziggler went to shake Kane's hand. Bad idea. Kane grabbed him by the hand, threw him into the ropes and Ziggler, the amazing athlete that he was, flew over the top to be eliminated from the match. Ziggler's Rumble debut lasted 21 seconds. At least we knew what his name was.
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