Dolph Ziggler is finally one of WWE’s top champions.
It is not the WWE or universal championship. Ziggler is the reigning NXT champion (and no, it isn’t the famed, Triple H–led black-and-gold era of NXT), the new face of the eclectic, splash-colored-logo, 2.0 era of the brand.
And you can include Ziggler among those who did not see that coming.
“I am comically surprised to be the NXT champion right now,” Ziggler says. “I went to NXT to do some scouting, to see who had that twinkle in their eye or if anyone would be ready in a year or two, and check out Bron Breakker.