Dolph Ziggler recently talked with Chris Van Vliet at his home in Phoenix, AZ. Dolph admitted he is technically still under a WWE contract for awhile but some verbal agreements within the company permitted him to take some time off and work on his comedy career. He also confirmed he will not be present at the Royal Rumble event. Here are some highlights from the interview:
On if he plans on leaving WWE:
I can’t really answer that and I don’t want to make some fake thing or some sly thing. For now, I am on a hiatus from WWE. It took me like ten years to get a weekend off and this is it. So we’ll see how it goes. Like I said, it’s a handshake different thing than what’s on paper and I’ve given everything and we’ll see if there is more for me to give and I’d be happy to do it.
On taking a producer role:
If WWE is keeping me around it will be as a wrestler. I won’t be a producer for at least 10 years down the road, if ever. We will see where things go.
On Drew McIntyre:
To be fair I was the one who brought him into the show when he arrived. I enjoyed our partnership, we both wanted to get better and go above and beyond. He was always laser focused. Eventually we knew he would be doing something special in the ring. If I took advantage of him its because when he was not around I was putting the show on my back.
You can see the entire interview below.
