Ziggler mentions that one of his favourite matches of all time was working with Edge for the World Title a few years ago. He says that Edge was ‘the guy’ in WWE at that time but he was in a completely different position, working with Vicki Guerrero and not really being taken seriously by the WWE Universe. At the beginning of the match the fans just assumed that Ziggler would lose rather decisively, but by the middle of the match they all knew that this was going to be a competitive match.
Edge mentions that WWE officials asked him prior to that who he wanted to work with and he chose Ziggler, which WWE officials weren’t sure about. After this one match Edge approached Vince McMahon and told him how good Ziggler is, and Ziggler’s WWE career took off shortly thereafter.
Ziggler says that over the last year or so he’s basically been working as WWE’s gatekeeper for the guys who come up from NXT. However, he points out that if he loses consistently for 8-12 months, putting these talents over when they come up from NXT means less and less every time. He points out that wins and losses don’t matter, except if you’re the guy who’s losing every single night.
