History Wrestling / DolphZiggler

He would make his post-WWE debut at [[Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling NJPW]] Wrestle Kingdom 18 undeŕ her real name as Nic Nemeth with his brother Ryan and later getting in a fight with the newly crowned IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion David Finlay. Nine days later, he would make his Wrestling/TotalNonstopActionWrestling debut at the end of their fifth ''Hard to Kill'' event, confronting [[Wrestling/QuinnOjinnaka Moose]], who had just won the TNA World Championship. The following month, he made his in-ring debut for NJPW on the first night of The New Beginning in Sapporo, defeating Finlay for the Global Championship.

Nick was signed to developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling, lasting a year there before making his debut on Raw as the manager (specifically, the ''caddy'') to Wrestling/ChavoGuerreroJr, who was wrestling as Kerwin White at the time. After that gimmick abruptly ended due to the passing of Chavo's uncle Wrestling/EddieGuerrero, he became Nicky from the Spirit Squad, a five-man faction of male cheerleaders, which lasted the better part of 2006 until their feud with Wrestling/DGenerationX came to an end in the fall.

He would make his post-WWE debut at [[Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling NJPW]] Wrestle Kingdom 18 as Nic Nemeth with his brother Ryan and later getting in a fight with the newly crowned IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion David Finlay. Nine days later, he would make his Wrestling/TotalNonstopActionWrestling debut at the end of their fifth ''Hard to Kill'' event, confronting [[Wrestling/QuinnOjinnaka Moose]], who had just won the TNA World Championship. The following month, he made his in-ring debut for NJPW on the first night of The New Beginning in Sapporo, defeating Finlay for the Global Championship.

Ziggler is a two-time World Heavyweight Champion, six-time Intercontinental Champion, two-time United States Champion, one-time WWE World Tag Team Champion (as a member of the Spirit Squad), two-time Raw Tag Team Champion (once with Wrestling/DrewMcIntyre and once with Wrestling/BobbyRoode), one-time [=SmackDown=] Tag Team Champion (with Roode), a one-time NXT Champion, and the reigning IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion.

Nick was signed to developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling, lasting a year there before making his debut on Raw as the manager (specifically, the ''caddy'') to Wrestling/ChavoGuerreroJr, who was wrestling as Kerwin White at the time. After that gimmick abruptly ended due to the passing of Chavo's uncle Wrestling/EddieGuerrero, he became Nicky from the Spirit Squad, a five-man faction of male cheerleaders, which lasted the better part of 2006 until their feud with [[Wrestling/{{DGenerationX}} DeGeneration X]] came to an end in the fall.

He would make his post-WWE debut at Wrestling/{{N|ewJapanProWrestling}}JPW Wrestle Kingdom 18 as Nic Nemeth with his brother Ryan and later getting in a fight with the newly crowned IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion David Finlay. 9 days later, he would make his Wrestling/TotalNonstopActionWrestling debut at the end of their fifth ''Hard to Kill'' event, confronting [[Wrestling/QuinnOjinnaka Moose]], who had just won the TNA World Championship.

Ziggler is a two-time World Heavyweight Champion, six-time Intercontinental Champion, two-time United States Champion, one-time WWE World Tag Team Champion (as a member of the Spirit Squad), two-time Raw Tag Team Champion (once with Wrestling/DrewMcIntyre and once with Wrestling/BobbyRoode), one-time [=SmackDown=] Tag Team Champion (with Roode) and a one-time NXT Champion.

He would make his post-WWE debut at Wrestling/{{N|ewJapanProWrestling}}JPW Wrestle Kingdom 18 as Nic Nemeth with his brother Ryan and later getting in a fight with the newly crowned IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion David Finlay. 9 days later, he would make his [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] debut at the end of their fifth ''Hard to Kill'' event, confronting [[Wrestling/QuinnOjinnaka Moose]], who had just won the TNA World Championship.

** Also, his initial run in the WWE was aborted - by Wrestling/EddieGuerrero's death, of all things. Chavo was wrestling as Kerwin White, with Nicky as his caddy. But because Eddie passed away, leaving Chavo as essentially the last Guerrero [[note]]Shaul Guerrero, Eddie's oldest daughter, used to wrestle in FCW as Raquel Diaz, but she was still a preteen at the time.[[/note]], Chavo wanted to wrestle as himself to carry on the family name. Thus, the Kerwin White character was scrapped, and Nicky was sent back to OVW almost straight away.

He would make his post-WWE debut at Wrestling/{{N|ewJapanProWrestling}}JPW Wrestle Kingdom 18 with his brother Ryan and later getting in a fight with the newly crowned IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion David Finlay. 9 days later, he would make his [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] debut at the end of their fifth ''Hard to Kill'' event, confronting [[Wrestling/QuinnOjinnaka Moose]], who had just won the TNA World Championship.

He would make his post-WWE debut at Wrestling/{{N|ewJapanProWrestling}}JPW Wrestle Kingdom 18 with his brother Ryan and later getting in a fight with the newly crowned IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion David Finlay. 9 days later, he would make his [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] debut at the end of their fifth ''Hard to Kill'' event, confronting Moose, who had just won the TNA World Championship.

He would make his post-WWE debut at Wrestling/{{N|ewJapanProWrestling}}JPW Wrestle Kingdom 18 with his brother Ryan and later getting in a fight with the newly crowned IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion David Finlay.

Nick was signed to developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling, lasting a year there before making his debut on Raw as the manager (specifically, the ''caddy'') to Wrestling/ChavoGuerreroJr, who was wrestling as Kerwin White at the time. After that gimmick abruptly ended due to the passing of Wrestling/EddieGuerrero, he became Nicky from the Spirit Squad, a five-man faction of male cheerleaders, which lasted the better part of 2006 until their feud with [[Wrestling/{{DGenerationX}} DeGeneration X]] came to an end in the fall.

In September of 2008, he re-introduced himself as Dolph Ziggler (literally -- he spent the first few weeks in this persona introducing himself backstage). He's [[LevelGrinding slowly but surely moved up the ranks]], including notable feuds with The Great Khali, Wrestling/JohnMorrison, Wrestling/ZackRyder, and most famously Wrestling/{{Edge|Wrestler}}, a feud in which he managed to become World Heavyweight Champion for less than fifteen minutes. Long known for his association (and on-again, off-again romance) with Wrestling/VickieGuerrero, he was then managed by Wrestling/AJLee up to July 2013, at which point he dumped her after she cost him his World Title match against Del Rio. Afterward, he held the blue Money in the Bank briefcase for nine months through 2012 into 2013 (and carried it wherever he went), and with it, an opportunity to cash it in for the World Heavyweight Title—which he successfully did the night after ''[=WrestleMania=]'' to become a two-time World Heavyweight Champion. He would ultimately drop the title back to Wrestling/AlbertoDelRio two months later, turning face for the first time in his career in the process. Ziggler was released by WWE in September 2023, shortly after its merger with [[UsefulNotes/UltimateFightingChampionship UFC]] took full effect.

He would make his post wwe debut at Wrestling/{{NJPW}} Wrestle Kingdom 18 with his brother and later getting in a fight with the newly crowned NJPW Global champion David Finlay.

[[{{Catchphrase}} #HEEL]]

Nick was signed to developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling, lasting a year there before making his debut on Raw as the manager (specifically, the ''caddy'') to Wrestling/ChavoGuerreroJr, who was wrestling as Kerwin White at the time. After that gimmick abruptly ended, he became Nicky from the Spirit Squad, a five-man faction of male cheerleaders, which lasted the better part of 2006 until their feud with [[Wrestling/{{DGenerationX}} DeGeneration X]] came to an end in the fall.

In September of 2008, he re-introduced himself as Dolph Ziggler (literally -- he spent the first few weeks in this persona introducing himself backstage). He's [[LevelGrinding slowly but surely moved up the ranks]], including notable feuds with The Great Khali, Wrestling/JohnMorrison, Wrestling/ZackRyder, and most famously Wrestling/{{Edge|Wrestler}}, a feud in which he managed to become World Heavyweight Champion for less than fifteen minutes. Long known for his association (and on-again, off-again romance) with Wrestling/VickieGuerrero, he was then managed by Wrestling/AJLee up to July 2013, at which point he dumped her after she cost him his World Title match against Del Rio. Afterward, he held the blue Money in the Bank briefcase for nine months through 2012 into 2013 (and carried it wherever he went), and with it, an opportunity to cash it in for the World Heavyweight Title—which he successfully did the night after ''[=WrestleMania=]'' to become a two-time World Heavyweight Champion. He would ultimately drop the title back to Wrestling/AlbertoDelRio two months later, turning face for the first time in his career in the process.

Nicholas Theodore Nemeth (born July 27, 1980, in [[UsefulNotes/{{Cleveland}} Cleveland, Ohio]]), known by his ring name '''Dolph Ziggler''', is a wrestler currently working for Wrestling/{{WWE}}. Known best for having a confident in-ring persona, and (to his chagrin) for being the guy that reminds a lot of longtime wrestling fans of a young Wrestling/CurtHennig, Wrestling/RicFlair, Wrestling/BillyGunn, Wrestling/ShawnMichaels, [[CompositeCharacter and]] Wrestling/{{Edge|Wrestler}}.

* BullyingADragon: Picked a fight with ''Wrestling/{{Goldberg}}'' in 2019, culminating in a [[SquashMatch "match"]] at Wrestling/SummerSlam. Even after being Speared, Jackhammered, and pinned within minutes, Dolph continued to mock and taunt Goldberg, only wising up after two more Spears which eventually left him unable to even gasp into the microphone anymore.