Dolph Ziggler whining and crying

[Berniewood Hogan]

Dolph Ziggler appeared on Lilian Garcia’s Chasing Glory podcast and shot down the idea that people who aren’t in major storylines are the ones at fault. Here are the highlights:

On people who say that if you’re not in angles or getting a push, that’s on you and not WWE Creative:

That’s not true, not at all…11.5 out of 12 years I was doing everything I could, pitching ideas, having guys like Shawn Michaels tell me how awesome I was. I got to a point where I said to Shawn, ‘I’m going to go out here in this dark match and you tell me why the hell I’m not on TV kicking ass.’ He goes, ‘Ah Ok.’ I had the match, came to the back and he said, ‘Yeah, I don’t know.’ So, I got to a point where I was so fed up and that’s years ago. So, it happens.

On trying to do everything that he can to get to where he needs:

I always told myself, ‘Do everything you possibly can. Don’t have something like, ‘I wish I would have told Vince [McMahon] this. I wish I would have represented myself this way. I wish I would have pitched this idea. I wish I would have done this one extra thing where I hit the gym a little harder and look better on TV’…I hit every aspect I could so the frustration is it’s a little on yourself because maybe somebody hates me from eight years ago and they bring it up at every meeting. I have no idea; but, I’ve done everything I can…If you’ve done everything you can and creative has nothing for you sometimes they have nothing for you. Sometimes it’s personal. Sometimes it’s not.

On people who tell him that it’s his fault he’s not in major storylines:

People who tell me that, a couple old timers, even Hall of Famers, they’re like, ‘That’s on you.’ I’m like, ‘No man.’ Seven years ago maybe it is on me. Now they know how good I am. I know how good I am. It’s not all in my court there to put myself on the show.

Who hates him from eight years ago?
Who was driving the white hummer?

 

[Kidd Dibiase]

Sounds like what Bryan said, he pitches ideas and gets ignored.

Almost the same story from a lot of shoot interviews

 

[LastManStanding]

He's not whining and he's not wrong.

 

[TobiOT]

 

[Bob Loblaw]

He’s got a point, Sting!

 

[mrken12]

On people who say that if you’re not in angles or getting a push, that’s on you and not WWE Creative:


By "people" do they mean Vince? No sane person would make such a delusional declaration.

 

[R=G]

On people who say that if you’re not in angles or getting a push, that’s on you and not WWE Creative:


By "people" do they mean Vince? No sane person would make such a delusional declaration.

That's exactly what Vince said on the Austin podcast. Austin was talking about Cesaro and his push..why are they holding him back after he was so hot post WM XXX..besides the "maybe he doesnt connect because he's swiss" stuff. Austin said the locker room now seems to be walking on eggshells and they dint want to piss anyone off. What do you say to that, Vince? "Maybe you shouldn't piss nobody off" it became very obvious at that point that they are gonna push and justify whoever they want..they had to do the Bryan thing because they were starting to get humilated on the mainstream level.

 

[OmegaK2099]

Who was driving the white hummer?

Tryna be slick

 

[Berniewood Hogan]

Tryna be slick

 

[Big D Bangston]

The talent is only as good as the writers ALLOW them to be

 

[RammerJammer]

Ziggler going against the grain and not being a brainwashed puppet like most of the WWE stars are in interviews

 

[Norrin Radd]

"having guys like Shawn Michaels tell me how awesome I was."

I don't care if that's true or not, the fact that he actually came out and said that makes Dolph look corny af

 

[AquaCityBoy]

He's 1000% correct.

Let's not act like he didn't have three key moments in the last five years where he was over AF that were squandered through no fault of his own.

 

[LastManStanding]

He's 1000% correct.

Let's not act like he didn't have three key moments in the last five years where he was over AF that were squandered through no fault of his own.

in particular the build for and match at No Mercy 2016 vs The Miz with the retirement angle. that was one of the best matches (a match that should have gone on last that night) of 2016 and the crowd was completely behind Ziggler.

and what did creative do with it? ended it 37 days later on a random episode of Smackdown.

 

[Mantis Toboggan M.D.]

in particular the build for and match at No Mercy 2016 vs The Miz with the retirement angle. that was one of the best matches (a match that should have gone on last that night) of 2016 and the crowd was completely behind Ziggler.

and what did creative do with it? ended it 37 days later on a random episode of Smackdown.

For real? That’s almost as bad as the way they wasted his heat from survivor series 2014