Dolph Ziggler Mentions HBK

On whether he was nervous or excited about becoming Nicky of The Spirit Squad: “It was a little of both. Once again, I was doing something that I wasn’t totally comfortable with. I wasn’t a cheerleader. I was an amateur wrestler and an entertainer, I can do all these other sorts of different things. But, that wasn’t my specialty, you know, cheerleading. Man, how am I going to make this work.

“But, we worked so hard, all five of us. We got to be in the ring with legends on a nightly basis. We had a blast, we did a lot of fun things. It was a little scary though. We got to be in there with DX, Ric Flair, Roddy Piper and all these guys.

On the comparison he gets to Mr. Perfect: “Honestly, there are several guys that I watched and studied. Because I knew they were ring generals and I’ve always been a student of this business. Ric Flair, Shawn Michaels, Mr. Perfect, Billy Gunn — any of those guys who were athletes who always wanted all eyes on them and wanted to steal the show every time they went out there.