Dolph Ziggler Talks About His Journey To Main Events, Bringing Prestige Back To The IC Title

Here are some highlights from Dolph Ziggler’s recent interview with Philly.com:

Receiving Praise From WWE Superstars & Fans:

“I get a lot of it from legends, I get a lot of it from my peers backstage, I get a lot of it from my bosses backstage. People recognize when someone is awesome at something and I’m not going to pretend to be humble about it. I’m very vocal about it. I’m good at this. I’m real good and one day when I finish I may be the best ever, but right now, everyone talking in my ear is just fun.”

“You might have to ask Michael Jordan if he got tired of being called the greatest ever after every game,” he said. “I’m sure you don’t get tired of it. If you’re being told everyday that you’re the worst ever, maybe that could affect someone’s psyche, but I don’t have feelings like other people. All I have is a chip on my shoulder that says that I want to be the best.”

Not Being Featured Regularly In Main Events:

“It’s good and its bad,” Ziggler said. “Sometimes it sucks that people have to wait for years of having the best match on the card, getting some of the best reactions and you’re not at the top.”

“Sometimes, that doesn’t matter,” he added. “It doesn’t matter about talent, it doesn’t matter the situation. It matters where the storyline is going.”

Bringing Prestige Back To The Intercontinental Championship:

“It is not there yet,” he said. “I feel like I have an opportunity to have it somewhere near where it was. It used to be a stepping stone of, ‘This guy is getting great reactions, this guy is putting on a show every night.’”

“Right now, that is not the case, but hopefully it will be in due time ” he added. “People were complaining that the title wasn’t prestigious enough are now the same people are now complaining that in three weeks I’ve defended six times. You can’t have both, but I love it. I live for it. I live to fight every single day and outdo myself.”

“Hopefully, with the passion that I have and that the fans have toward this title we could get there, but it’s going to take some time.”