Dolph Ziggler
 

Did I actually find him entertaining against Batista?

I know I did. He got in a surprising amount of offense and there was a faint "Ziggler" chant going.

Yes, that might've been it. I enjoyed him too.

Also, it's good to be back.

What surprised me the most was that he got a reaction. Now I can't wait to see him in the ring next week on Raw. I just hope he doesn't squash someone. Squash matches are meant for boring hosses. I guess I should hope D'Lo has the night off.

I liked him also tbh, surprisingly!

From what I've seen I like his style. His elbow drop to Batista was pretty sweet and reminded me of WCW, vs nWo Revenge. I wonder how he can carry himself in a nice lengthy match

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Yeah, that kick he delivered from the outside was pretty sweet looking.

Nice little match there. Also gotta dig his greasy 1991 WCW mullet.

He was actually decent, wasn't he is Spirt Squad?

Yup, NICKY!

I cannot stand Dancin' Dave anymore.....

:y:

Yeah. Actually gotten worse lately. My friends a Bats mark, and I cannot for the life of me understand why.

During his Evolution run and his the start of his face turn I was a Dancin' Dave Mark. But now he does his little interptive dance on the way to the ring, his ring work is mid card at best, and I swear to christ that Abe "Knuckleball" Schwartz is a better promo than him.

Maybe he has a thing for greased up roid abusers?

Actually, you're completely right.

Kind of reminded me of Curt Henning

I really enjoyed Dolph Ziggler on RAW. Maybe it's because the horrible name and the suspension made me completely lose interest in the very talented Nick Nemeth, but he just completely took me by surprise.

Is there some sort of heat on Batista? Between losing the World Heavyweight Championship as fast as he did, having his team lose to Team Orton, almost being an afterthought in main event happenings and almost getting pushed to the limit by Ziggler, I'm wondering if Batista and Brian Kendrick light it up together backstage at PPVs.

Anyway, the cheesy name, the nice guy attitude quickly spoiled by disrespect -- these are becoming charms and quirks that I could find myself liking. Dolph Ziggler for future Intercontinental Champion? I certainly hope so.

This Ziggler gimmick is quite impressive thus far, I just hope they don't drop the ball with it like they did so many other chances.

This is the first time in a while I've actually marked out for a guy -- even mildly. It just doesn't happen much anymore. If they can keep it up, more power to them.

One thing Ziggler does well, is draw heat. He's actually yet to do anything heelish since debuting. He stood with the heels in the Lumberjack Match between Randy Orton and CM Punk, I believe, but besides that, he's just introduced himself. Granted, they were in Batista's hometown, but it wasn't just nothing for Ziggler, it was good heat. And a few "Ziggler" chants coming from the audience.

Wow, my first post i can make in about 2 weeks. But that actually wasn't too bad of a match. I fully expected Dolph to be squashed in about a minute match if that. But that was fairly entertaining. Maybe Dolph can make some noise.

The only times I have REALLY enjoyed Batista was in the Punjabi Prison vs Khali (surprisingly) and WM 23 against Taker.

Nope. Not really. I think Jack Swagger has got a world of potential, but he's never made me "mark out." I think Mike Knox is solid for a brawler, and I really enjoyed his matches with Matt Hardy, Evan Bourne and Finlay on ECW. Charlie Haas being allowed to do something is cool, but will it actually go anywhere?

The last guy I marked out for was probably The Brian Kendrick.

I like Chris Jericho, and he won the IC Title and two World Heavyweight Titles this year. The Kendrick's career is not over yet. Get off the pot. That's advice I'd give Kendrick, too.

Much like Jericho's current run.

Nah, Kendrick's career is still going. At least for the moment. Hardy was suspended after he dropped the IC Title to Jericho. One could guess that the WWE held off on his suspension until he dropped the belt to Jericho, but if you believe Jericho and sources, they didn't actually do that. It was to build to a Jericho/Hardy rivarly heading into Money in the Bank.

Jericho's first run this year seemed like it was a reward for his great work. Just a week prior you heard reports of how Vince McMahon was really digging Jericho's work.

I don't buy the second reign story. Batista held the World Heavyweight Title 8 days. The WWE had already been advertising Cena for Armageddon. Batista has also been made to look pretty...well, unspectacular in recent weeks. Losing to Team Orton (when really, Batista's team seemed like the logical choice as winners). Not to mention Cody Rhodes, Manu and Dolph Ziggler all getting in way more offense on Dave than would normally be expected of them. He also only got a lukewarm pop when he came out on RAW with the World Heavyweight Title. I think there are a number of factors contributing to Big Dave losing the belt.

Besides, regardless of what spin you put on them, they are World Title reigns. And each has a flip story that has just as much evidence supporting it. So, in other words, you just need to shut the fuck up because you don't really know.

:| Jericho isn't champion. Also, his promo on RAW this week was fantastic.

Where did I say that he was?

Right there. "Current", you see, means "current".

It has nothing to do with hypocracy. You're just jumping on any chance to attack a guy, regardless of what's going on. A guy whose posts you don't even read, if your claims are to be taken seriously.

BDC was talking about Jericho's first run as World Heavyweight Champion, and said it sucked, and you said his current run sucks. I assumed that we were on the topic of World Title runs, seeing as that was the subject being discussed.

Sorry, I didn't realise you had changed the point of discussion. Easy mistake to make seeing as their was no indicator of such.

No, I'm just going to cringe at your lack of grammar, which you can't even pull off in style. e.e. cummings, you aint//. The idea of "winners" in internet arguments usually removed from any sort of factual discussion, and instead based around who is a bigger douche, who said what, what was intended to be said, and making assumptions about what the other person is thinking when they clearly don't know (or care to know) is ludicrous.

I may have just argued for the sport and recreation of it, but I couldn't for the life of me completely read your post without getting a migraine, and hating the school systems for some reason.

Not on topic, but I have to say that I agree. It happens all too frequently, though he does make the boards entertaining sometimes.

On Ziggler, I liked what I saw. I thought it was cool how he introduced himself to people all the time, I hope he keeps doing that. I was surprised by the match and how good he looked, especially against Dave. I hope we see good things from Ziggler, he's certainly got the talent to be more than a jobber.


Agreed. I was a fan, but he hasn't been the same since Mizark wrecked his day. And for the past few weeks/months, he's just been intolerable. I also hate how he bitched about not being in the main event all the time, but that's another discussion altogether.

Anyone else remember the days when a debuting guy was allowed to win his first match?

When they squashed jobbers? Yes, but in the long run does that make a huge difference? I'm not being a douche, I'm really asking.

On a side note, Braden Walker won his debut match, along with his second match and look at the star he is now. I don't think Ziggler could ever be as great as Braden Walker.

Braden would knock Dolph's brains out with his hands on his hips. :y:

That's a good question:

If you win your debut, it's against a jobber, which illustrates that you're good enough to beat a guy that everyone can beat. If you lose your debut, it's against a top tier monster, which illustrates that you weren't good enough to start where you started, and maybe you should start out against some jobbers. Either way, debuts are rarely impressive when it comes to the pinfall. It's the match itself you need to watch.

Right. Even guys who go undefeated for a while don't make it much further after that. I know this is just one example, but look at Ricky Ortiz. He's undefeated in WWE (on TV anyway), but he's doing it on ECW. Being as bad, or at least unrecognized (by fans and WWE themselves really) as ECW is, what good is that going to do for him a year from now?

Undefeated streaks can be awesome, but as Goldberg proved, if you get over because of them, often you don't have much life past them. A lot of people can't see The Undertaker wrestling post-WrestleMania streak. Why is that? Because guys become so dependant on these things. There's no reason why Taker could not work another WrestleMania after losing to someone at the previous Mania.

One good thing about losing in your debut, or losing in general, is that if you can get over despite it, it proves some kind of invariable quality to you. A guy who can look good losing can probably look good winning, whereas a guy who looks good winning can often look like crap losing.

There's just more value and more benefit to a guy who can both win and lose well, than a guy who needs to keep going over to stay over.

I flat out do not understand the line of thought of hyping guys up over weeks or months, and then having them lose in their debut. What's the point?

I wish I could answer that, but I really don't know either. Fans immediately lose interest in someone who can't live up to their hype, and said wrestler is relegated to jobber duty, or wished well in his future endeavors.

Maybe it's just me but maybe they should team him together with Mr. Kennedy. They are both solid wrestlers who's gimmicks could kinda work together, it would work better though if Kennedy still wore the suit and would pop out randomly backstage and scream his name.

Batista is a former four-time World Heavyweight Champion, and generally considered one of the best guys in the WWE. If Ziggler can hang with him in his first match, he has the potential to really go far. I see no damage in this loss.

And I am going to throw it out there again -- I really want to see a Dolph Ziggler/Jack Swagger tag team.

Yeah, aside from being able to joke about his name



THE BIG ZIGGLER

IT'S ZIGGLE TIME

BIGGLEDY ZIGGLEDY

FO' ZIGGLE MAH NIGGLES

I really don't know why anybody likes this motherfucker. I guess it's a Mike Knox thing.

THICK AND ZIGGLEY


ZIGGLE 'DEM TIGOL'BITTIES

Weird he may be, but .44 uses reasoning and logic, and that's rare on here.

Before coming in this thread, I was thinking there might be something going on with Dancin' Bats. People are actually getting offense in on him, & he's starting to do something that could be interpreted as "taking the fall" in matches. I wonder if someone in the back gave him a stern talking-to? :?:

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THE BIG ZIGGLE!

Yeah, because I'm the only guy on here that has said they were impressed with Dolph Ziggler in his first outing.

I haven't seen his second match, but I imagine it would be pretty OK.

Also, BDC, for the love of God -- RAW and ECW are linked via the talent exchange. ECW guys (like Swagger) and RAW guys (like Ziggler) can appear on each other's show. ECW and SmackDown! have the same relationship. The only two brands that don't have a talent exchange agreement are RAW and SmackDown! (but even then there are occasionally cross-over appearances).

WWE does often tend to do things in threes. Though more to the point, it always surprises me when the same fans who want something new and different clamor for more of the same.

And to be fair, Noid, you might not have been the only one who said they were impressed. On the other hand, you were the only one talking IC Championship that I can really see.

Ziggler's impressive in the sense that I'm impressed with his ability to get on television without actually doing anything amazing

You just blew my mind, dude.

No offense, but I'll reserve judgment until I've seen the match myself. I don't trust your opinion at all.

Anyway, just because there are currently no RAW/ECW tag teams, doesn't mean there can't be. Jack Swagger & Dolph Ziggler wouldn't so much be a cocky team as a pair of assholes (with Ziggler of course pretending to be friendly and respectful outside the ring) with amateur backgrounds. Their gimmick would be nothing like John Morrison & The Miz.

They might do well as singles wrestlers. Swagger, in particular, looks to be on the rise. But that being said, they may be pushing him too fast, and if they stop pushing him, they may lose his direction all together. A tag team run polishes him off some more, and gives him a purpose.

My God. You consider calling a mid-carder IC Title worthy me blowing the guy? Santino Marella was the previous IC Champion. Before him, it was Kofi Kingston, fresh into his stint on RAW after coming over from ECW. Guys have won the title in their debut.

Also, if you see similarities between Jack Swagger & Dolph Ziggler and John Morrison & The Miz, then it is their heel status and their potential awesomeness. It always surprising me when the same fans who rib someone for saying they want something new and then wanting "more of the same" cannot understand the principal of wanting things that don't work to be changed, while wanting more of the same of something that works and works well.

I'm sorry, .44, but I don't really understand what you're trying to say here. How could Ziggler do anything impressive if he hasn't been on TV? If you're counting his stuff in OVW, DSW or FCW, then I'd say he actually has some impressive stuff down there. If you're referring to his run in The Spirit Squad, I'd say that while the gimmick was stupid, they did well for what they were given so early on.

In a company that had Snitsky employed for like four years, can you really be surprised at a guy like Ziggler getting a shot?

Oy vey.

It'd be a decent way to retain, though.

I mean, if he ever got to that point.

Ziggler's decent, and he might get better. However, when I've heard him talk, all I can think is "nigga please." The gimmick is a dime a dozen, and he's going to need to shed it in the future to be remotely viable.

I loved that kick, BTW.

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So...BDC posted the match...It's not like there's any need to reserve judgement anymore.

I'm feeling an R-Truth heel turn right now. As for Dolph, good tenacity "From Hollywood, California" has potential. Does he have an actual finish yet? I'm liking his introduction gimmick. We'll see how he does in a longer match; can't brawl your way through that.

I just watched the match from last night with Santa Clahaas. I found him to be fairly sloppy again, and rather boring. The only thing I thought was entertaining about Ziggler was the attempt to be intense or whatever. He made me think of some bad wrestling parody, so I got to thinking....

Maybe that's the point.

He was like a parody of Randy Orton and his Chinlock of Doom.

Raw & ECW are somewhat combined as Smackdown & ECW were awhile back, it could work, watch wrestling more often BDC.

Yeah, during the Hardy's last tag title run, Jeff was part of the Raw roster while Matt was on SD! and I think even defended them on ECW.

Unlike Ziggler and Swagger, however, the Hardy's are brothers.

I could see a potential Ziggler/Swagger duo, it would have to be after they have astablished themsevles however.

A Ziggler/Swagger team IS possible. Is it probably? Not so much.

And that's what's so brilliant. He's such an awesome wrestler that he seemlessly integrates boredom into his act to parody the worst in pro wrestling.

And DX united across rosters....

So how many non-established tag teams has there been? I know BDC needs to "keep up," as Lux said, but really, these tag teams seem more like "by special request" than "this can happen with anyone, anywhere."

Didn't they spend like fifteen minutes on Kane last night?

Well Hell. When did he switch shows? Since ECW stars have been on Raw and S(t)D, I just assumed he was still on Tuesday Night Heat.

Like three-day old pizza, Ziggler was much less exciting the third time.

Really? I thought he was pretty great once again. I know the cocky asshole thing is done all the time but it certainly works for this guy. His facial expresions are pretty priceless.

Matt Hardy is also an exception to this rule.

I don't know. He pretty much dominated the whole time, but he didn't do anything I haven't seen the last two weeks. Yeah, his expressions are good, and he's got the gimmick down, and his intensity is still good. I'd like to see him work a different type of match, which, oddly enough, has been the Batista match, compared to his other two.

Yeah, he was actually drafted to RAW back in June.

Do not insult the Zigster.

BROTHER!