Dolph Ziggler Speaks On Working With Drew McIntyre, Six-Time Intercontinental Champion, More

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Los Angeles, (July 9th, 2018) In the newest episode of “Chasing Glory with Lilian Garcia”, Lilian sits down with WWE Superstar & 6-time Intercontinental Champion, Dolph Ziggler. Inside this episode, Dolph talks about his amateur wrestling experience in college, and what it was like to have his first WWE tryout against Bobby Lashley. In addition, you’ll hear about the initial plans WWE had for Dolph Ziggler and which WWE Hall of Famer he was planned to be partnered with. Hear his thoughts about being Chavo Guerrero’s caddy and how he dealt with being called over to the main roster with only 6 months of wrestling training. Dolph also expresses his feelings on the Spirit Squad and how he felt when it came to an end. He also discusses how he came up with the name “Dolph Ziggler” and which family member inspired the name. He mentions about being compared to Shawn Michaels and Mr. Perfect and how he feels being paired with Drew McIntyre. Dolph discusses growing up with 2 younger brothers and how his comedy career has helped him grow as an overall performer. In this episode of Chasing Glory, The Show Off shows everyone why he is focused on becoming one of the top superstars in the WWE. It’s about to get real, raw, and inspiring with Dolph Ziggler.

The origin of his name Dolph Ziggler :

“So I randomly got a call saying, “You’re going to TV to introduce something. We’re going into a meeting right now, we’re letting you know now your name is David Diggler, what do you think about that?” In my head, I’ve been fired twice, this is my last shot, I go, “I hate it, this is the Reality Era and I’m going to be David Diggler? Do I have any say in this?” They go, “Well, we’re going into a meeting right now, if you can have something in 15 minutes, but it’s got to be a “D” first name and a “D” last name.” I texted everyone I knew and I tried to think of things. I knew a great great grandfather who was Rudolph and Dolph Lundgren was from Rocky IV and I needed a “D” and I go, “Dolph?” and then I go, “Is there any way I can not do Diggler at the end?” So then I got to RAW and there was a little piece of paper that said, “Dolph Ziggler” on it. They didn’t really have long term plans for me which is fine, but I go, “Man, this might be my last chance.” I found Vince and I go, “Vince, its Reality Era, we’re doing the stuff, you can google my name, we can mix my name up and switch it a little bit. Dolph Ziggler sounds like a cartoon wrestling name!” And he goes, “It’s different. People are going to remember it. I love it!” And he walked off before he finished the sentence. I go, “Alright. I tried.”

What being Intercontinental Champion 6 times means to him :

“I used be like, “I don’t get these chances that other people get.” And after 12 years and 6 championships, Intercontinental champion, and plus a bunch of other stuff, you go, “I get the opportunity. I get them.” We don’t always follow up on them, but that’s part of the business and sometimes you’re not meant to be a long term person. Everytime you get something, I go, “Wow, I was just focusing on being a tag team wrestler, which I haven’t done in years and became champion. How can I make this the most memorable thing I’ve done in the last 10 years?” So I immediately went to work and I was focusing and I was watching different kinds of movies or studying different wrestlers from the 70s and 80s. I go, “How can I make this different?” Because Seth’s done an awesome job. We’re not really tight, we’re not really close, but I know that he’s awesome at his job also and it’s great to see what he’s done with that title.”

Working with Drew McIntyre:

“In the last couple years, I’ve been doing a lot of things with people who’ve been getting called up from NXT. I was teaching them on the weekends and making them better to shove them off to bigger greener pastures. In this way, he has the experience here, he has the experience out of here and he’s back and focused. So now I can fill him in on what we’ve been doing the last five years. He’s s focused, its awesome. Hopefully somewhere in a year, he punches me in the face and the arena erupts. Hopefully that will be the case, we’ll see. You never know around here. We’re not just a tag team with matching outfits, we’re just two dudes who want to be the champ and we’re watching each other’s back, so it’s a little bit of a nice twist on just tag teams.”