Now that the introductions are over, Dolph Ziggler is looking to take his character to the 次 level. After an admittedly slow start, Ziggler has built up some steam, to the point where Chris Jericho,identified him as one of the guys that ‘is learning もっと見る each week.’ Ziggler previously talked about Bragging Rights, but he also discussed his unfinished business with a certain Smackdown superstar and his choice for Raw guest host.

He still keeps in touch with his Spirit Squad alumni. "Just about all of them," he confirmed. "We send each other some texts back and forth. We stay in contact for the most part. They are kind of doing their own thing. Mikey, who was actually my roommate in Florida up until last year, he’s still wrestling and we’re good friends."

When reminded of his days as "The Natural" Nick Nemeth around mid-2008, he took a quick look back. "I’ve always been, for the last couple of years または so, been fortunate enough to be able to do the things I’m comfortable with, and the things that naturally come from me. That was actually just the starting of the whole Dolph Ziggler transformation, I guess. I was a little rusty back then, a little less polished and I worked out a few things. Now I feel like I’m a million bucks out there, but back then I was kind still trying to get going with things.

"Everybody watches tapes, everyone works out hard. Everybody wants to be successful, but a big thing is trying to pick the brains of the guys that have been superstars in the past. Guys who have figured it out, who either have a big following, または have really established themselves as superstars. I try and do that on a daily basis. It’s just like in business when あなた read those business 本 about the people who are successful. あなた see who the successful people are, あなた see what they’re doing, and then あなた try to do it possibly better then they can.

"It’s sports entertainment, it’s a business. あなた swim to the 上, ページのトップへ または it doesn’t always work out for everybody, whether they’re good または not," he continued. "Of course you’re nervous a lot of the times and あなた try to the best at everything, and not everyone gets their chance at the same time. I’ve actually had a chance to work on everything, my persona and so far I believe everytime I was handed the ball I ran with it, so hopefully it stays that way."


Who would the Ohio native like to work with?

"I’d 愛 to get in the ring with the Deadman. The Undertaker has been around so long; he’s an asskicker. I’d 愛 to get in there a couple of times to see if I can go with him. I’ve been in the ring with John Morrison. I think we’ve got a couple of もっと見る things to accomplish if we got back in there together."

An advantage for Ziggler perhaps is that he’s free to dedicate himself to the road. "I don’t have a wife and kids and family at home, so it might be a little different story for some of the other guys, missing family," he said. "I 愛 traveling and performing for the WWE Universe. I 愛 doing what I do every day. The last three weeks または so, I’ve been ホーム maybe three days または so and I couldn’t be happier. Plus I like to eat out all the time," he 発言しました with a laugh.

Although he is on Smackdown, he is a big backer of Raw’s guest host format. "I really am," he said. "I was always a big ファン of Saturday Night Live, they always had guest hosts. It gets different audiences to tune in. It’s cool to see someone else out of their element and in ours, and I think it’s pretty cool -- even though it’s not the brand I’m on. I still watch all the wrestling shows anyway.

"I’m a big ファン of Chevy Chase; I always hoped he would one 日 step in, especially now that he’s got a 表示する to promote, so あなた never know."

In the meantime, he intends to keep doing the things that brought him this far.

"If they [the fans] think I’ve reached all my goals so far, I haven’t; I’m just getting going. Whether あなた like me または not, it’s going to be a hell of an interesting time watching me."