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Dolph Ziggler
Born (1980-07-27) July 27, 1980 (age 44)[1][2]
Cleveland, Ohio[1][2]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Dolph Ziggler[3]
Nic Nemeth[1]
Nick Metro[2]
Nick Nemeth[1]
Nicky[1]
Billed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[1][2][4]
Billed weight223 lb (101 kg)[4]
Billed fromHollywood, Florida[4]
Trained byFCW Training[1]
OVW Training[1]
Steve Keirn[1]
Tom Prichard[1]
Lance Storm[5]
DebutNovember 2004[1]

Nicholas Theodore "Nick" Nemeth[1] (born July 27, 1980)[1][2] is an American professional wrestler, currently signed to WWE wrestling on the Raw brand under the ring name Dolph Ziggler. He is the reigning United States Champion.[3] He is also known for his performances with WWE as Spirit Squad member Nicky in 2006, and earlier as the caddie for Kerwin White under his real name.

Nemeth signed a development contract with WWE in 2004, and was sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW). He was brought up to the Raw brand in 2005 as Kerwin White's sidekick. He was, however, sent back to OVW shortly afterwards, where he joined the Spirit Squad. They debuted on Raw in January 2006, and won the World Tag Team Championship once before returning to OVW that November.

In September 2007, Nemeth was assigned to Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), where he formed a tag team with Brad Allen. The pair won the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship once, and Nemeth later won the championship for the second time with Gavin Spears as his partner. He returned to Raw as Ziggler in September 2008, and was drafted to the SmackDown brand in April 2009. At the SmackDown tapings on July 28, Ziggler won the WWE Intercontinental Championship for the first time. He held the championship for five months, until January 2011. He was awarded, and lost, his first World Heavyweight Championship on February 15, 2011. He won the United States Championship at Capitol Punishment on June 19, 2011.

Amateur wrestling career

Nemeth attended St. Edward High School in Lakewood, Ohio where he was an amateur wrestler, and holds the school record for most pins in a career with 82.[2] Nemeth was teammates with Gray Maynard and Andy Hrovat, who would go on to compete in the UFC and at the Olympics respectively.[7] He wrestled collegiately at Kent State University, eventually setting what was then the record for most career wins in the team's history.[2][8] Nemeth's record was passed in 2006, and as of 2010 he stands second all-time in career victories at Kent State.[8] He had 121 career wins between 2000 and 2003.[8][9] He was a three-time All-Mid-American Conference champion, winning the 165 lb (75 kg) tournament in 2000, 2002, and 2003, and as of 2010 is the last wrestler from Kent State University to have won three amateur wrestling championships.[10] During his time at St Edwards, the wrestling team won the National Championships on two occasions.[10]

Professional wrestling career

World Wrestling Entertainment / WWE (2004–present)

Ohio Valley Wrestling and Raw (2004–2006)

Nemeth signed a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in 2004.[9] He was assigned to their developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), debuting as "Nick Nemeth". He feuded with Paul Burchill and challenged unsuccessfully for the OVW Television Championship, losing a championship match against then-champion Ken Doane on August 12, 2005.[2]

Nemeth was called up to the Raw roster shortly afterwards, making his television debut on the September 19, 2005 episode of Sunday Night Heat.[1] He was made the enforcer and sidekick for Chavo Guerrero, Jr., who was using a golfer in-ring persona and going by the ring name of "Kerwin White".[2] As such, Nemeth became White's caddy.[2] His wrestling debut came on an episode of Sunday Night Heat, teaming up with White in a tag team match against Shelton Benjamin and Matt Striker.[1] After the death of Eddie Guerrero, Chavo Guerrero dropped the "Kerwin White" character, and Nemeth no longer played the role of his caddy and tag partner. After a few months of wrestling in dark matches and at house shows, he was sent back to OVW.[2]

The Spirit Squad (2006)

Main article: Spirit Squad

Nemeth became a part of the Spirit Squad faction, a group of five wrestlers who used the in-ring personas of male cheerleaders, and adopted the name Nicky in OVW during late 2005.[2] The Spirit Squad members trained with real cheerleaders and gymnasts to ensure their characters were believable.[11] On January 23, 2006, they had their WWE television debut as a group, appearing on Raw and helping Jonathan Coachman win a Royal Rumble qualifying match against Jerry "The King" Lawler by performing cheers for Coachman and distracting Lawler.[12] They later became a part of the on-going scripted feud between WWE chairman Vince McMahon and Shawn Michaels. The heel (villainous) McMahon brought in the Squad to attack Michaels on numerous occasions, including placing them in multiple handicap matches.[13][14]

File:Spirit-Squad.jpg
Nemeth as Nicky, with Mikey and Johnny in the Spirit Squad

They also wrestled in the tag team division, and on April 3, on Raw, won the World Tag Team Championship when Kenny and Mikey, with outside help from the other three Squad members, defeated Kane and The Big Show.[15][16] After winning the championship, all five members of the Spirit Squad were recognized as the champions, allowing any combination of them to defend the championship.[2]

In May, McMahon signed another Handicap match, with the Spirit Squad facing Michaels. The match never started, however; instead the Spirit Squad attacked Michaels, and, as part of the storyline, shattered his knee with a steel chair.[17] McMahon brought Triple H to the ring to attack Michaels with a sledgehammer; however, after Triple H felt that the Squad had disrespected him, he attacked the group.[17] This led to Triple H and Michaels reforming D-Generation X (DX) and they began a feud with the Spirit Squad.[18][19] DX played various sophomoric jokes on the Squad and the McMahons, as well as defeating the Spirit Squad in handicap tag team matches at Vengeance and a clean sweep in an elimination handicap match at Saturday Night's Main Event.[19][20][21][22]

At the same time as their feud with DX and their alignment with McMahon, the Squad also wrestled other teams in Raw's tag division over their World Tag Team Championship, successfully defending the championship against the teams of Jim Duggan and Eugene, Charlie Haas and Viscera, and Snitsky and Val Venis.[20] They then entered a lengthy feud with The Highlanders, whom they eventually defeated to retain the championship at the Unforgiven pay-per-view in September.[23][24] The Squad as a whole later began a losing streak with separate members losing singles matches to Ric Flair on consecutive episodes of Raw, until Kenny managed to defeat him on the October 23 episode.[25][26][27][28][29] It was then announced that Flair and a WWE legend, selected by interactive voting, would wrestle the team for the World Tag Team Championship at the Cyber Sunday pay-per-view in early November.[29] The fans chose Roddy Piper, and he and Flair defeated Kenny and Mikey to win the championship.[30]

The group disbanded on the November 27 episode of Raw, when they were defeated in a five-on-three handicap match by DX and Flair. In a backstage segment later that night, DX placed all members into a crate stamped "OVW, Louisville, Kentucky", a reference to the developmental territory from which the Squad had come.[31]

Return to developmentals (2007–2008)

Nemeth returned to OVW on January 17, 2007, at the television tapings, again using his Nick Nemeth ring name, along with Mike Mondo, formerly Mikey in the Spirit Squad, as the "Frat Pack". The pair teamed with Mike Kruel in a match against Seth Skyfire, Shawn Spears, and Cody Runnels.[32] The team disbanded in the early parts of 2007.[33] Nemeth then competed in several dark matches before the OVW television tapings, competing against wrestler including Chris Cage, Bradley Jay and Jake Hager, before he began teaming with Mondo again in August.[34][35][36][37]

At the end of August, Nemeth and Mike Mondo were moved to the Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) developmental territory and in his debut there, Nemeth gained the nickname "The Natural" and defeated Hade Vansen.[1][2][38] In November 2007, Nemeth gained Big Rob as his manager, but their alliance was short-lived.[1][39] At the start of 2008, he tweaked his name to "Nic Nemeth" and began teaming with Brad Allen, with the pair gaining Taryn Terrell as their valet.[9] Nemeth and Allen started a frat boy type ring character with Terrell as a "sorority chick". On March 22, Nemeth and Allen won the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship by defeating defending champions Eddie Colón and Eric Pérez, but lost the championship back to Colón and Pérez on April 15.[9][40] Throughout April and May 2008, Nemeth wrestled in several dark matches prior to Raw, losing to Kofi Kingston and Ron Killings on several occasions.[1] Soon after, he returned to the name "Nic Nemeth", and began teaming with Gavin Spears.[1] The pair defeated Colón and Pérez to win the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship on August 16, but lost it to Heath Miller and Joe Hennig less than a month later.[1][41]

"Dolph Ziggler", Various Championships and Relationship with Vickie Guerrero (2008-present)

On September 15, 2008, Nemeth re-debuted on Raw, introducing himself in a backstage segment under the name "Dolph Ziggler" and with a new image.[3] On October 10, 2008, Nemeth was suspended for 30 days for his first violation of WWE's Wellness Program policy.[42] He returned to Raw on November 17 in a backstage segment with Rey Mysterio and Shawn Michaels.[43] In his first match on Raw under the Ziggler name, he lost to Batista on the December 1 episode.[44] The following week he got his first victory as Ziggler, by countout, against R-Truth.[45] The next week on Raw, he picked up his first televised pinfall victory, when he defeated Charlie Haas.[46]

Ziggler as the Intercontinental Champion in December 2010 at WWE Tribute to the Troops.

On April 15, 2009, Ziggler was drafted to the SmackDown brand as part of the 2009 Supplemental Draft.[47] He made his debut on the April 17 episode of SmackDown, defeating the United States Champion, Montel Vontavious Porter (MVP) in a non-title match, and, as a result, the following week he demanded a match for the championship.[48][49] On the May 1 episode of SmackDown, however, he failed to win the championship, after he was pinned by MVP.[50] Ziggler then started a rivalry with The Great Khali, losing to him by disqualification after attacking Khali with a steel chair.[51] As a result, Khali began coming out to the ring during and after Ziggler's matches, in attempt to gain revenge and to stop Ziggler from cheating.[52][53] Over the next few weeks, Ziggler defeated Khali by countout and disqualification after making it look like Khali had struck him with a steel chair.[54][55] At The Bash pay-per-view, Ziggler defeated Khali by pinfall, after Kane interfered and attacked Khali.[56]

Ziggler then entered an on-screen relationship with WWE Diva Maria and she became his valet.[2] He simultaneously started a scripted rivalry with Intercontinental Champion Rey Mysterio, who defeated Ziggler at the Night of Champions and SummerSlam pay-per-views to retain the championship.[57] In September, Mysterio lost the Intercontinental Championship to John Morrison, and Ziggler entered a feud with Morrison, losing to him at the Hell in a Cell pay-per-view.[58] On the episode of SmackDown, following Hell in a Cell, Ziggler ended his on-screen relationship with Maria after she cost him a match against Morrison.[59] On the February 26, 2010 episode of SmackDown, Ziggler defeated John Morrison and R-Truth in a triple threat qualifying match to compete in the Money in the Bank ladder match at WrestleMania XXVI, but was ultimately unsuccessful.[60][61]

In June he began a romantic storyline with Vickie Guerrero, who began accompanying him to the ring.[62] On the July 9 episode of SmackDown, Ziggler defeated Chavo Guerrero and Montel Vontavious Porter in a triple threat match to qualify[63] for the SmackDown Money in the Bank ladder match at the Money in the Bank pay-per-view, where he once again failed to win the match.[64] On July 28 at the tapings of the August 6 edition of SmackDown Ziggler defeated Kofi Kingston to win the WWE Intercontinental Championship for the first time.[65][66] In his first title defense on August 15 at SummerSlam, he retained the championship against Kingston when the match ended in a no contest due to interference from The Nexus.[67] Ziggler was able to make a successful title defense against Kingston on September 19 at the Night of Champions pay-per-view.[68]

After his feud with Kingston, Ziggler was challenged for his title by Montel Vontavius Porter on the October 1 episode of Smackdown, but it ended due to interference by Nexus.[69] After MVP worked his way up to another shot against Ziggler by defeating "The Dashing Ones" (Cody Rhodes and Drew McIntyre), Ziggler set an example by defeating JTG, another black superstar with bling and an initialism moniker.[70] He would defend it successfully without interference against MVP on the November 12 episode of SmackDown, though the referee missed MVP's foot on the rope.[71]

The following week on November 19, NXT Season 2 Winner Kaval announced his intention to challenge Ziggler for the Intercontinental Championship (as winning NXT Season 2 allowed him to do this) on November 21 at Survivor Series, a match which Ziggler won and retained his title.[72]

Further celebrations were in order when Vickie's NXT rookie, Kaitlyn,[73] whom Dolph had been flirting with relentlessly, won the third season of NXT on November 30. That same night, Ziggler was announced as a Pro for the fourth season of NXT, with Jacob Novak as his Rookie.[74]

On December 19 at Tables, Ladders & Chairs, Ziggler successfully retained the Intercontinental Championship in a three-way ladder match against Kofi Kingston and Jack Swagger.[75] On the January 4, 2011 episode of NXT, Ziggler won a battle royal to earn the right to choose a new rookie, and chose Byron Saxton. His original rookie, Novak, was the first rookie eliminated later that night.[76] At the SmackDown tapings on January 4, Ziggler lost the Intercontinental Championship to Kingston after a five month reign.[77]

Ziggler as United States Champion In July 2011.
Ziggler (left), with his new look, and Vickie Guerrero in April 2011.

Ziggler won a four-way match against Cody Rhodes, Drew McIntyre, and The Big Show to become the number one contender to the World Heavyweight Championship at the SmackDown tapings on January 4, 2011, the same night he lost the Intercontinental Championship.[78] Ziggler received his match for the championship at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view against Edge, but was unsuccessful.[79] On February 4, Ziggler's girlfriend Vickie Guerrero, who was the Acting General Manager of SmackDown, announced that she had banned the spear – Edge's finishing move – and if Edge used it during the rematch between the two, Ziggler would be automatically awarded the championship.[80] In the interim, Ziggler's second rookie, Byron Saxton, was also voted off of NXT.[81] On the February 11 episode of SmackDown, Ziggler received a rematch for the championship, only to lose after being speared.[82] On the February 14 episode of Raw, Guerrero announced that Edge had lost the championship due to using the spear and that Ziggler would be crowned the new champion.[83] On SmackDown on February 18, Guerrero fired Edge, claiming that he had attacked SmackDown General Manager Theodore Long several weeks prior, and awarded Ziggler the championship during a coronation ceremony later that night. Long returned during the ceremony however, and Guerrero revealed Ziggler as the attacker after being accused of orchestrating the attack by Long. Long rehired Edge and gave him his rematch, in which Edge regained the championship.[84] Ziggler's first World Championship reign lasted 11 minutes and 23 seconds, the second shortest in history behind Jeff Hardy. After the match, Long fired Ziggler in storyline.[85]

On the March 7 episode of Raw, Ziggler was introduced as the newest member of the Raw roster, and defeated John Morrison in a singles match. Ziggler was accompanied by Guerrero, who had also been fired from SmackDown, but she was forced to earn her spot on the Raw roster.[86] Ziggler, along with Guerrero, and LayCool then feuded with Morrison, Trish Stratus and Jersey Shore guest star Snooki.[87] This cumulated in a mixed tag team match at WrestleMania XXVII where Ziggler, McCool and Layla lost to Morrison, Stratus and Snooki.[88] On the April 18 episode of Raw, Vickie introduced the "new and improved" Dolph Ziggler, who came out with his hair cut short and dyed brown; he went on to defeat Evan Bourne in a singles match.[89] He had re-bleached his hair by the May 23 episode of Raw.[90] Ziggler beat United States Champion Kofi Kingston in a non-title match on the May 30 edition of Raw.[91] Ziggler won the United States Championship when he beat Kofi Kingston at Capitol Punishment.[92]. On August 1 edition of Raw, he began a feud with Alex Riley who said that Ziggler is nothing without Vickie Guerrero and that he (Ziggler) reminds him (Riley) of The Miz.

Personal life

Nemeth has been a fan of professional wrestling since he was five years old, when he attended a wrestling event at the Richfield Coliseum, and decided to become a professional wrestler at age twelve.[9][10] Nemeth has a younger brother named Ryan, who is also a professional wrestler.[93] Nemeth attended Kent State University, where he majored in political science with a pre-law minor.[6] Prior to his WWE tryout, Nemeth was living in Phoenix, Arizona, and had applied to Arizona State University law school, where he was due to start his first semester.[6][10] Nemeth is good friends with his former Spirit Squad teammates, particularly Michael Brendli, with whom he lived in Florida until 2008.[94] Nemeth has since returned to residing in Phoenix.[6] Nemeth is also fluent in American Sign Language.[95]

Nemeth appeared on the November 3, 2009 episode of Deal or No Deal with Maria Kanellis and Eve Torres.[96] He then appeared on Lopez Tonight on August 9, 2010.[97] Nemeth appears in a 2011 episode of Silent Library alongside JTG, Trent Barreta, Caylen Croft, Chris Masters and Curt Hawkins.[98]

In wrestling

  • Nickname(s)
    • "The Perfection"
    • "The Natural"

Championships and accomplishments

The manager of Dolph Ziggler, Vickie Guerrero

See also

Template:Wikipedia-Books

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