Nic Nemeth, aka Dolph Ziggler, who shared quite just a few battles with John Cena on-screen, spoke about why he accepted the chance to wrestle in Cena’s tournament.
Nemeth returned to WWE for The Last Time Is Now Tournament qualifier match against Solo Sikoa last November, at Madison Square Garden in Recent York. The TNA Wrestling star said to “Rewind Recap Relive” that he had loads of opportunities to return to the major roster, but rejected all of them to feature within the tournament.
“A pair of various times I used to be asked to do some things, and it didn’t feel right. But when it got here to John, I used to be like, ‘Man, he and I even have stories together. We have done some things.’ For those who watched Total Divas or Total Bellas, I attempted to steal his girl. So, I loved that there was an actual connection there. And I said, ‘Okay, it has been a yr and a half, two years. Okay, now I can do one thing for John, for something special.’ I discovered it ended up being Madison Square Garden. I’m going, ‘Man, that is big,'” he said.
Nemeth was excited to return to WWE as a part of the tournament, but he wondered whether fans would remember him. He was also aware of the rumors surrounding former WWE stars returning and didn’t want fans to be dissatisfied after they realized it was him.
“But additionally, ‘Are they expecting Jeff Hardy? Are they waiting for Jericho? Do they need Undertaker to return out? I do not know what’s happening. I hope they still remember,'” he said. “And it was like, I’m here to indicate up, and I hear nothing, and I’m like, ‘Oh no.’ Then 1 / 4 of a second goes by, and so they erupted to where I could not feel my body.”
The TNA star is joyful that the fans remembered him and is happy with giving them a match that they’d remember. Nemeth revealed that those in Gorilla Position were elated with how the match panned out and he was happy with representing TNA on WWE television.