JBL Thinks WWE Didn’t Use Ex-World Champion Well Enough

JBL has weighed in on WWE’s treatment of a former World Champion.

Nic Nemeth spent almost two decades of his career as Dolph Ziggler in WWE. While there were times when it looked like the company was getting behind the fan-favourite star, his pushes often lost steam suprisingly quickly, and he was often seen wrestling stars who weren’t on the same level.

Speaking on the Something To Wrestle podcast, WWE Hall of Famer JBL said that the reason he was relegated to that role was his ability to be able to work with anyone without “killing his heat.”

“I used to watch Dolph, and they put him out there with guys that just weren’t good workers because they knew Dolph could get them through. I called, really, all those matches, and I’d be in the production meetings, the creative-type meeting where [plans] was discussed. Creative was probably not decided there. Vince would decide some stuff, but most of it was somewhere else. But I’d be in there, in the production meetings, and I’d hear it, ‘Well, Dolph can do it.’

“They knew Dolph was so good, it wouldn’t kill his heat, because he was so freaking good, they should have took better care of him, because he was so good, he was so valuable in so many different ways that you could stick Dolph out there in any situation, and Dolph would be fine.”

JBL Reflects On Controversial Actions At WWE Live Event

JBL has addressed the controversy around performing a nazi salute at a WWE live event in Germany back in 2004. The gesture sparked an immediate backlash and resulted in his dismissal from CNBC, where he had recently begun appearing as a contributor.

H/T to Fightful for the above transcription.