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Wednesday, March 20, 2013

The Road to WrestleMania 29 Part 3: Here to Show the World


The World Heavyweight Championship match has been set in stone for weeks.  The budding feud between the newly packaged Jack Swagger and now America-loving Alberto Del Rio has provided some entertainment albeit only thanks to the incredible mic work of the enigmatic Zeb Colter.  While Del Rio and Swagger have been put in the spotlight, many fans have forgotten one major factor in this World Title match—Dolph Ziggler.  Considering how often Ziggler loses on television, it would be hard to blame anybody for forgetting about WWE’s Resident Show-Off.  There has been much speculation over when Ziggler will finally cash in his Money in the Bank contract.  There would be no venue better to cash in Money in the Bank other than WWE’s Biggest Show of the Year, WrestleMania 29.

In the eight years that the Money in the Bank concept has existed in WWE, nobody has ever cashed in the contract at WrestleMania.  Yes, Daniel Bryan and Mr. Kennedy made claims to cash in their contracts at WrestleMania on two separate occasions, but their claims never came to fruition.  The Money in the Bank contract has always been cashed in before WrestleMania.  So Dolph Ziggler will be the first wrestler to walk into WrestleMania with Money in the Bank contract in hand.  The question is will he exchange that contract at WrestleMania for the World Heavyweight Championship?  This writer certainly believes so.  WrestleMania is WWE’s grandest stage and it would be the perfect place to properly launch Dolph Ziggler to the main event scene in the WWE.  Dolph Ziggler is incredibly talented in the ring and on the microphone, but WWE seems to derail his pushes by having him job to the likes of John Cena, Randy Orton and Sheamus.  While it would be nice if the WWE tried to build the possibility of Dolph cashing in the Money of the Bank briefcase at WrestleMania, this lack of build might provide an excellent surprise for WrestleMania 29.  If nobody expects Dolph to cash in at WrestleMania, the bigger the surprise will be when it actually happens.  Also cashing in the Money in the Bank contract at WrestleMania will work perfectly with Ziggler’s “The Show-Off” gimmick because a show-off would want to steal the spotlight when the lights are on the brightest.

With the latest advancements in the Swagger vs. Del Rio feud and the announcement of Team Hell No vs. Dolph Ziggler and Big E Langston for WrestleMania, it seems the possibility of Dolph cashing in the Money in the Bank contract is slimming by the day.  This writer’s hope will not be lost that easily because anything can happen in the WWE.  Due to how personal the Swagger vs. Del Rio feud seems to be getting, they do not need the World Heavyweight Title to keep their feud going after WrestleMania to the rumoured Submission match at Extreme Rules.  Doplh Ziggler has spent too much time in the upper mid-card of the WWE.  His time to hold World Heavyweight Champion is now.  The longer fans wait the more restless they are going to get.  Give us the payoff we deserve at WrestleMania and let Dolph Ziggler finally show the world he is a star.

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