BESIDES bumping.. what does Dolph do well?

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No hate on the guy, It's time to dead this "Dolph is being held back" or not given a fair chance talking point. He takes ridiculous bumps and makes power moves look like death but there is much more to being an in-ring performer. His offense SUCKS and it's not just the moveset. It's also poor execution. He damn near misses on the zig-zag half the time.

His selling is okay but inconsistent. He will sell an injury but then back on offense he forgets about it. Then there's the mic work, I'll be nice and say he's average. His delivery is pretty terrible. The best thing he ever did was call AJ trash. :francis:

I think Dolph's right where he should be. Lower end of the midcard. He's a solid guy to have on the roster but this main event push a lot of people on the internet claim he should be receiving... no. There's many more guys who are flat out better than he is. :manny:
 

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So having poor ring skills means you shouldnt get a push?


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Really now? :comeon:
 

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Problem with Dolph is that they have watered him down so much and taken everything that made me entertaining before

He is a solid wrestler, charismatic as fukk and good on the mic, but he is MUCH better as a heel
 

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The concussion during his World Title run might have ruined any chance of him getting a World Title again.

One thing I hear about a lot of his matches is that the psychology is almost non-existent which has become even more obvious nowadays.
 

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..and her execution is better and a million dudes on the indies are doing superkicks that also look better than Dolph's :ld:
what do you think would be a good finisher for him? when he was putting people to sleep every week that was a good alternative for him to bring outta no where.
 
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what do you think would be a good finisher for him? when he was putting people to sleep every week that was a good alternative for him to bring outta no where.

I didn't mind the sleeper at all because it's like Heyman said. Any move can get over as a finisher as long as it is executed well and everyone agrees to PROTECT the finish. The only thing is Dolph certainly isn't the best with in-ring psychology so if he were to use the sleeper over the long-term it'd be nice if he actually built to the finish. Dolph just does a collection of moves that don't particularly look like they hurt nor are they part of a dissection of his opponent.
 

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Breh, Cena is a MUCH better professional wrestler than Dolph Ziggler. I don't even want to get into breaking it down right now because I know you've seen plenty of wrestling in your day. Cena is light years ahead of Ziggler in pretty much every aspect. :manny:


Lol...Cena is one of the absolute worst of any generation...his no sells are gonna rank all time as some of the worst.
 

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I've been thinking this for a minute. It's like all he cares about is high energy, i.e. yelling, fast (weak looking) offense and bumping for every move like he got lit up with a shotgun, whether it's a dropkick or the stunner. He's athletic as hell but energy and overselling mixed with an effeminate Billy Gunn gimmick make it hard to see this main event push that he's being robbed of.
 

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I think he's a very entertaining bump/sell guy. They've done a lot of damage to him over the years but he's a natural goofball so I think that also hurts his chances of them every taking him seriously. He has a lot of charisma but his mic work is average at best.

Definitely someone that benefitted from WWE having two top belts but I hate the idea of having two top belts so he's someone that deserves strong IC/US title reigns. He's better than the position they keep him in and he's someone you could throw into a world title feud with someone like Rollins every now and then but he's best suited for the secondary title level.
 
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