(1980-07-27) July 27, 1980 (age 43) Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Alma mater
Kent State University
Relatives
Ryan Nemeth (brother)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Dolph Ziggler Nic Nemeth Nick Nemeth Nicky Colonel Sanders
Billed height
6 ft 0 in (183 cm)[1]
Billed weight
218 lb (99 kg)[1]
Billed from
Hollywood, Florida[1]
Trained by
Florida Championship Wrestling Lance Storm[2] Ohio Valley Wrestling Steve Keirn Tom Prichard
Debut
2004
Nicholas Theodore Nemeth (born July 27, 1980) is an American professional wrestler and stand-up comedian, currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) under his real name, stylized as Nic Nemeth. He also makes appearances on the independent circuit, New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), and for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), the latter of which he is the current AAA Mega Champion in his first reign. He is best known for his tenure with WWE from 2004 to 2023, where he primarily performed under the ring name Dolph Ziggler. Known for his athleticism and versatility, Nemeth is regarded as one of the most talented wrestlers in the world.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
After a career in amateur wrestling, where he established several school records for Kent State University, Nemeth signed a developmental contract with WWE in 2004 and was sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), where he wrestled under his real name. He was promoted to WWE's Raw brand shortly afterwards in 2005, playing the caddie sidekick to Kerwin White. He was sent back to OVW shortly afterwards, being given the name Nicky and joining the cheerleading-themed Spirit Squad, who debuted on RAW in January 2006 and won the World Tag Team Championship once before returning to OVW that November. In September 2007, Nemeth was assigned to Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), where he won the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship twice.
Upon his return to the main roster in September 2008, Nemeth was repackaged as Dolph Ziggler. Since then, he has held the World Heavyweight Championship twice, the NXT Championship once, the Intercontinental Championship six times, the United States Championship twice, the Raw Tag Team Championship twice, and the SmackDown Tag Team Championship once. His other accomplishments include becoming the sole survivor of two Survivor Series elimination matches and the 2012 Money in the Bank winner as well as headlining multiple WWE pay-per-view events. Nemeth was released from WWE in September 2023, ending his 19-year run with the company.
After being released in the WWE layoffs, Nemeth would return to the independent circuit using his real name. In January 2024, he would make his debut in New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) appearing in the crowd alongside his younger brother, Ryan at Wrestle Kingdom 18, and made his TNA debut at 2024's Hard To Kill. One month later, he won the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship, his first major non-WWE championship, in his NJPW debut match. On April 27, 2024 at Triplemanía XXXII, he won the vacant AAA Mega Championship.
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to DolphZiggler after a distraction by Ziggler's ally Drew McIntyre, ending his reign at 71 days. Rollins failed to regain the title from Ziggler in...
main roster in 2018, he won the Raw Tag Team Championship (alongside DolphZiggler), the 2020 Men's Royal Rumble match, two WWE Championships (the first...
from Drew McIntyre and DolphZiggler. Six days later, he assisted Rollins in winning the Intercontinental Championship from Ziggler at SummerSlam. The following...
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lastly eliminating DolphZiggler to win the Intercontinental Championship for the third time. At SummerSlam on August 17, Ziggler defeated Miz to recapture...
his WWE contract in May 2007. By 2009, Nicky would be repackaged as DolphZiggler and the rest of the group was released from WWE. From 2016 to 2019,...
Intercontinental Championship against Kofi Kingston and champion DolphZiggler, in which Ziggler retained. On the February 28 episode of Raw, Swagger was announced...
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night on Raw, he assaulted DolphZiggler after their match, beginning a feud between the two. Corbin was defeated by Ziggler at the Payback pre-show on...
com: DolphZiggler def. John Cena (Ladder Match for the World Heavyweight Championship Money in the Bank contract)". WWE. Retrieved 2012-12-16. Dolph Ziggler...
special guest referee. In other prominent matches, Kofi Kingston defeated DolphZiggler in a Steel Cage match to retain SmackDown's WWE Championship, Ricochet...
bring The Authority back into power, Ryback, along with Erick Rowan and DolphZiggler, were (kayfabe) fired by Triple H on the January 5 episode of Raw as...
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WWE Performance Center recruits, in late September. These included DolphZiggler, Shelton Benjamin, Elias, Mustafa Ali, Emma, Riddick Moss, Aliyah, Top...
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