Rating The Champ: Dolph Ziggler

Apr 29, 2020
5 min read

Welcome to a new series on the website, called Rating The Champ. This will follow my prior World Title Series, where I reviewed each and every WWE Heavyweight Champion in history from Hulk Hogan’s first title win in 1984 all the way to the current days. Money in the Bank cash-ins will not be included for obvious reasons, unless it was a proper match (ie: Rob Van Dam at One Night Stand 2006). Royal Rumble and battle royales won’t be included as well.

In this new series, I will rate all the PPV matches from each and every WWF/E Heavyweight Champion in history. To be fair, since this is the WWF/E title, I’ll only rate their PPV matches in the WWF/E. In this edition, we’ll be looking back at the PPV career of the one and only, former World Heavyweight Champion, Dolph Ziggler.

2006

Handicap: W/ Spirit Squad vs. DX (Vengeance) **1/2
W/ Team Spirit Squad vs. Team Flair (Survivor Series) ***

2009

No DQ: Vs. The Great Khali (The Bash) 1/4*
Vs. Rey Mysterio – WWE Intercontinental Championship (Night of Champions) ***1/4
Vs. Rey Mysterio – WWE Intercontinental Championship (SummerSlam) ****
Vs. John Morrison – WWE Intercontinental Championship (Hell in a Cell) ***1/4
W/ Team Miz vs. Team Morrison (Survivor Series) ***

2010

Money in the Bank Ladder Match (WrestleMania XXVI) ***1/2
SmackDown’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match (Money in the Bank) ****
Vs. Kofi Kingston – WWE Intercontinental Championship (SummerSlam) *
Vs. Kofi Kingston – WWE Intercontinental Championship (Night of Champions) **3/4
Vs. Daniel Bryan (Bragging Rights) ****
Vs. Kaval – WWE Intercontinental Championship (Survivor Series) ***1/4
Ladder: Vs. Kofi Kingston vs. Jack Swagger – WWE Intercontinental Championship (TLC) **1/2

2011

Vs. Edge – World Heavyweight Championship (Royal Rumble) ****
W/ LayCool vs. Morrison, Trish & Snooki (WrestleMania XXVII) *
Vs. Kofi Kingston – WWE United States Championship (Capitol Punishment) ***1/4
RAW’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match (Money in the Bank) ***3/4
Vs. Morrison vs. Swagger vs. Riley – WWE United States Championship (Night of Champions) ***1/4
W/ Jack Swagger vs. Air Boom – WWE Tag Team Championship (Hell in a Cell) ***1/4
W/ Jack Swagger vs. Air Boom – WWE Tag Team Championship (Vengeance) ***1/4
Vs. Zack Ryder – WWE United States Championship (Vengeance) **1/2
Vs. John Morrison – WWE United States Championship (Survivor Series) ***1/4
W/ Team Barrett vs. Team Orton (Survivor Series) **1/2
Vs. Zack Ryder – WWE United States Championship (TLC) ***1/2

2012

Vs. CM Punk – WWE Championship (Royal Rumble) ***1/4
RAW’s Elimination Chamber Match – WWE Championship (Elimination Chamber) ***
W/ Team Johnny vs. Team Teddy (WrestleMania XXVIII) **
Vs. Brodus Clay (Extreme Rules) *
W/ Dolph Ziggler vs. Kofi Kingston & R-Truth – WWE Tag Team Championship (Over the Limit) ***1/4
Vs. Sheamus – World Heavyweight Championship (No Way Out) ***
SmackDown’s MITB Ladder Match (Money in the Bank) ****
Vs. Chris Jericho (SummerSlam) ***3/4
Vs. Randy Orton (Night of Champions) ****
W/ Team Ziggler vs. Team Foley (Survivor Series) ***1/4
MITB Ladder: Vs. John Cena (TLC) ****

2013

Vs. Kofi Kingston (Elimination Chamber) **3/4
W/ Big E Langston vs. Team Hell No – WWE Tag Team Championship (WrestleMania 29) **3/4
Vs. Alberto Del Rio – World Heavyweight Championship (Payback) ***3/4
Vs. Alberto Del Rio – World Heavyweight Championship (Money in the Bank) ***1/2
W/ Kaitlyn vs. Big E Langston & AJ Lee (SummerSlam) **1/2
Vs. Dean Ambrose – WWE United States Championship (Night of Champions) ***

2014

Money in the Bank Ladder Match (Money in the Bank) ****
Vs. The Miz – WWE Intercontinental Championship (SummerSlam) **1/2
Vs. The Miz – WWE Intercontinental Championship (Night of Champions) **1/2
2/3 Falls: Vs. Cesaro – WWE Intercontinental Championship (Hell in a Cell) ***1/4
W/ Team Cena vs. Team Authority (Survivor Series) ****1/4
Ladder: Vs. Luke Harper – WWE Intercontinental Championship (TLC) ****

2015

W/ Ryback & Rowan vs. The Authority (Fastlane) *1/2
Ladder Match – WWE Intercontinental Championship (WrestleMania 31) ****
Kiss Me Arse: Vs. Sheamus (Extreme Rules) ***
Vs. Sheamus (Payback) ***
Elimination Chamber Match – WWE Intercontinental Championship (Elimination Chamber) **1/4
Money in the Bank Ladder Match (Money in the Bank) ***1/2
Vs. Rusev (SummerSlam) *1/2
Vs. Rusev (Night of Champions) **1/2
Vs. Tyler Breeze (Survivor Series) **1/2

2016

Vs. Kevin Owens – WWE Intercontinental Championship (Fastlane) ***1/4
Ladder Match – WWE Intercontinental Championship (WrestleMania 32) ****
Vs. Baron Corbin (Money in the Bank) *1/2
Vs. Dean Ambrose – WWE World Championship (SummerSlam) **
Vs. The Miz – WWE Intercontinental Championship (Backlash) ***1/4
Retirement: Vs. The Miz – WWE Intercontinental Championship (No Mercy) ****1/2
Ladder: Vs. The Miz – WWE Intercontinental Championship (TLC) ****

2017

Handicap: Vs. Apollo Crews & Kalisto (Elimination Chamber) *
Vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (Backlash) ***
Money in the Bank Ladder Match (Money in the Bank) ****1/4
Vs. Bobby Roode (Hell in a Cell) **3/4
Vs. Bobby Roode vs. Baron Corbin – WWE United States Championship (Clash of Champions) ***1/4

2018

Six Pack Challenge – WWE Championship (Fastlane) ****1/4
Iron Man: Vs. Seth Rollins – WWE Intercontinental Championship (Extreme Rules) ***1/4
Vs. Seth Rollins – WWE Intercontinental Championship (SummerSlam) ***1/2
W/ Drew McIntyre vs. Dean Ambrose & Seth Rollins – WWE RAW Tag Team Championship (Hell in a Cell) ****1/2
W/ The Dogs of War vs. The Shield (Super ShowDown) ***3/4
Vs. Kurt Angle (Crown Jewel) **1/2
Vs. Seth Rollins (Crown Jewel) ***
Vs. Shane McMahon (Crown Jewel) 1/2*
W/ Team RAW vs. Team SmackDown (Survivor Series) ***1/2

2019

Vs. Kofi Kingston – WWE Championship (Super ShowDown) **3/4
Steel Cage: Vs. Kofi Kingston – WWE Championship (Stomping Grounds) **1/4
Vs. Kevin Owens (Extreme Rules) N/R (not rated)
Vs. Goldberg (SummerSlam) **1/2
W/ Robert Roode vs. Seth Rollins & Braun Strowman – WWE RAW Tag Team Championship (Clash of Champions) **1/2
Tag Team Turmoil – “Best in the World” (Crown Jewel) **

2020

Vs. Mansoor (Super ShowDown) **3/4
Tag Team Elimination Chamber Match – WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship (Elimination Chamber) ***1/2
Vs. Otis (WrestleMania 36) **

TOP FIVE

5. The Miz (TLC 2016)

4. Edge (Royal Rumble 2011)

3. The Authority (Survivor Series 2014)

2. Dean Ambrose & Seth Rollins (Hell in a Cell 2018)

1. The Miz (No Mercy 2016)

Average rating per year

2006 – 2.75
2009 – 2.75
2010 – 3
2011 – 3.05
2012 – 3.14
2013 – 3.04
2014 – 3.42
2015 – 2.64
2016 – 3.21
2017 – 2.85
2018 – 3.19
2019 – 2.4
2020 – 2.75

Overall average rating

2.94/5

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Rating: 3 out of 5.

Don’t miss the next article here on Rating The Champ, where we’ll be looking back at former WWE & WCW Champion, The Rock.