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Championship Contender
Now that Ziggler is "fired" from the company and also no longer Intercontinental Champion, I feel like he's got a really great chance at being in one of the marquee matches at WrestleMania this year.
A small part of me thinks they might be considering matching him up against John Cena. Possibly...even the main event for the World Heavyweight Championship. And the best part is, if they do go this route, they don't even have to turn him heel since Cena is obviously going to get booed regardless.
The scenario I have in mind is something like this. You can fill in the blank on how Dolph gets his job back. We know that's happening, so the details aren't even important on that to me. So Ziggler wins the Royal Rumble. It's the one guy that could make the fans as happy or possibly even happier than Daniel Bryan. I'm not buying Reigns as the winner of the Rumble or the next champion. Just not ready in my book. Brutal promos too, but let's get back to the point. The following night on Raw, Cena starts the show (possibly as the new World Heavyweight Champion). He talks about his match with Lesnar and Rollins last night and then moves on to Dolph Ziggler and how he wants to personally congratulate him.
So Ziggler's music hits and he joins Cena in the ring. The 2 shake hands and Cena says, "There's not a single man more deserving of a championship opportunity and the main event spotlight at WrestleMania 31 after all The Authority has put us through."
Ziggler looks confused. "Us? You were never fired. In fact, everyone from Team Cena at Survivor Series was fired except John Cena. You didn't have to watch Monday Night Raw from your couch the past few weeks and you sure as hell didn't have to wonder if you'd be a part of WrestleMania. It strikes me kind of odd that myself, Ryback, and Erick Rowan were all fired for being a part of your Survivor Series team, yet you kept your job John. And then you could've redeemed yourself a couple weeks ago, you couldn't even beat Seth Rollins 1-on-1. Something just doesn't add up in all of this. It just seems very convenient to me that you not only kept your job, but you also walked out of Royal Rumble the new World Heavyweight Champion. But where this little plan you cooked up with Triple H fell apart is I walked outlasted 29 other men and I'm the new #1 contender. You almost cost me my livelihood. You almost took away everything I ever cared about. At WrestleMania, I'm returning the favor."
So the angle begins where Ziggler is suspicious that Cena is in cahoots with Triple H and The Authority, which of course eventually turns out to be false. Ziggler goes on to defeat Cena, becoming new champion if Cena does in fact dethrone Lesnar. But once again, there's always "Plan B", and Rollins cashes in. Ziggler and Rollins feud throughout the spring and Ziggler chases the title, eventually overcoming and regaining it - possibly at SummerSlam. I would let Rollins have a nice run with it before the payoff and the fans get what they want.
Ziggler could face Triple H (if plans with Sting change), and I would really like to see that. However, I might prefer to see this instead. Dolph has been booked extremely strong since Survivor Series, so if they don't have a big plan for him upon his return, I'm going to be baffled about why the firing angle happened to begin with.
Thoughts?
A small part of me thinks they might be considering matching him up against John Cena. Possibly...even the main event for the World Heavyweight Championship. And the best part is, if they do go this route, they don't even have to turn him heel since Cena is obviously going to get booed regardless.
The scenario I have in mind is something like this. You can fill in the blank on how Dolph gets his job back. We know that's happening, so the details aren't even important on that to me. So Ziggler wins the Royal Rumble. It's the one guy that could make the fans as happy or possibly even happier than Daniel Bryan. I'm not buying Reigns as the winner of the Rumble or the next champion. Just not ready in my book. Brutal promos too, but let's get back to the point. The following night on Raw, Cena starts the show (possibly as the new World Heavyweight Champion). He talks about his match with Lesnar and Rollins last night and then moves on to Dolph Ziggler and how he wants to personally congratulate him.
So Ziggler's music hits and he joins Cena in the ring. The 2 shake hands and Cena says, "There's not a single man more deserving of a championship opportunity and the main event spotlight at WrestleMania 31 after all The Authority has put us through."
Ziggler looks confused. "Us? You were never fired. In fact, everyone from Team Cena at Survivor Series was fired except John Cena. You didn't have to watch Monday Night Raw from your couch the past few weeks and you sure as hell didn't have to wonder if you'd be a part of WrestleMania. It strikes me kind of odd that myself, Ryback, and Erick Rowan were all fired for being a part of your Survivor Series team, yet you kept your job John. And then you could've redeemed yourself a couple weeks ago, you couldn't even beat Seth Rollins 1-on-1. Something just doesn't add up in all of this. It just seems very convenient to me that you not only kept your job, but you also walked out of Royal Rumble the new World Heavyweight Champion. But where this little plan you cooked up with Triple H fell apart is I walked outlasted 29 other men and I'm the new #1 contender. You almost cost me my livelihood. You almost took away everything I ever cared about. At WrestleMania, I'm returning the favor."
So the angle begins where Ziggler is suspicious that Cena is in cahoots with Triple H and The Authority, which of course eventually turns out to be false. Ziggler goes on to defeat Cena, becoming new champion if Cena does in fact dethrone Lesnar. But once again, there's always "Plan B", and Rollins cashes in. Ziggler and Rollins feud throughout the spring and Ziggler chases the title, eventually overcoming and regaining it - possibly at SummerSlam. I would let Rollins have a nice run with it before the payoff and the fans get what they want.
Ziggler could face Triple H (if plans with Sting change), and I would really like to see that. However, I might prefer to see this instead. Dolph has been booked extremely strong since Survivor Series, so if they don't have a big plan for him upon his return, I'm going to be baffled about why the firing angle happened to begin with.
Thoughts?