Dolph Ziggler annoyed with part-timers being the WrestleMania limelights
Dolph Ziggler
In a recent interview, Dolph Ziggler expressed his displeasure over the WWE‘s attitude of bringing in part-time wrestlers for the main event matches at WrestleMania instead of the presence of a large pool of regular superstars in WWE. It is evident from the fact that four of the six wrestlers who will be fighting in the top 3 matches at WrestleMania 29 are part-timers. On being asked if he is annoyed or inspired by this fact, he replied “it’s both.”
The Show-Off said, “It really pisses me off. But it also is good business. Every year a part timer comes back, but there’s a reason that they’re back. Whether it’s the fans want to see them, if they’re a draw, if they’re a movie star, there’s a reason that they’re back. They’re not back just to do it. There’s business to be had. And it pisses me off and it motivates me a hundred percent. It makes me want to be that guy that they’re begging to come back. I appreciate it, it’s just good business. When people come to Wrestlemania to see the Rock and the Undertaker and they leave that Wrestlemania thinking, “Wow, that Dolph Ziggler stole the show. I can’t wait to tune in to ‘Raw’ to see what he does next.” That’s how I’ve lived my entire career.”
He also termed his job as a locker room veteran of assisting young talents like Big E Langston and AJ Lee as “crazy”.
“As the roster is changing and we have less guys from the late 90s, unless they’re on a light schedule, I’m good enough to be giving back to young up and comers. And it’s really cool to have someone like an AJ and a Big E. I really appreciate that they want the best, they want to know what’s going on, they want to know why I did things in a match. It helps that they were childhood fans. AJ’s dream as a child was to be a WWE Superstar. I was five years old and I wanted to be a superstar. We have that bond. It makes it that much more rewarding. And we’re just getting started. Once Wrestlemania comes and goes we’ll have more time to settle in and I think you’ll see a nice trio of great talent that could be the future of the business.” he concluded.