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WWE NEWS: Dolph Ziggler teases Comedy Central partnership



May 9, 2015 - 1:06:13 PM

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By James Caldwell, PWTorch assistant editor







The connection between WWE stars and Comedy Central might extend to Dolph Ziggler, according to Ziggler during a Q&A at Wizard World Philadelphia on Friday.



Ziggler framed talks with Comedy Central as enhancing his brand to benefit WWE, as opposed to looking to separate himself from WWE with outside gigs.



"I've been talking to my agent the last couple of months, and aside from improv shows and some stand-up the next coming months, there are a couple of ideas being thrown around with some Comedy Central guys and a couple of different things," Ziggler said.



"Everything based on relationships made either through social media or constantly on the West Coast going to comedy shows and making some connections," Ziggler added before swinging it back to WWE. "Anything is all done to make myself a better Superstar for WWE."



Ziggler also fielded other WWE-related questions in the clip posted on Philly.com HERE.



Caldwell's Reax: It was really interesting to hear the questions asked by two younger kids who remembered things from Ziggler's past. One question was whether Ziggler preferred cashing in MITB or being the Sole Survivor at last year's Survivor Series and another question was about teaming with Ryback. There is so much WWE programming, storylines bounce around from week-to-week, and WWE often-times neglects the past that many adult viewers just try to process the current television and look-ahead to where WWE is going that we often forget to take inventory of past storylines.



But, to a kid, Ziggler teaming with Ryback, even for three weeks, was a big deal that might have been viewed as a dream pairing through younger eyes and they would remember Ziggler cashing in MITB two years ago or being the Sole Survivor at Survivor Series. Whereas, most adults would view a Ziggler & Ryback pairing as WWE having nothing for them to do as singles wrestlers for a few weeks while also trying to figure out why Ziggler is not in main events. Plus, WWE neglecting the past has led to many fans being hurt by investing in a storyline, only to see zero pay-off or follow-through. Overall, the video provided an interesting perspective on how fans process the programming as they shift from kids to adults.



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