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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






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.

 
 
 

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