Dolph Ziggler Should Join the Authority to Further His Career

Dolph Ziggler’s career has been on an upswing over the past few months, but in order to make his comeback permanent, the wrestler needs to turn heel again and join with The Authority.

WWE has already set the foundations for such a move.

On last Monday’s edition of Raw, The Authority—returned to power by John Cena on the Dec. 29 episode—spitefully announced that Ziggler, along with Ryback and Erick Rowan, were fired. Cue all those guys looking shocked and heartbroken in the middle of the ring as Raw went off the air.

It was actually a dramatic ending to another mediocre episode of Raw and potentially set up Ziggler’s turn to the dark side in the short-term future. As one fan suggested on Twitter:

In fact, the clearest way for Ziggler to get back in the good graces of Stephanie McMahon and Triple H—and get his job back—would be to attack Cena.

The Triple Threat match for the WWE title at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view later this month would be a good place to do a major run-in. Ziggler could cost Cena the belt and join The Authority in one fell swoop. He could claim Cena was constantly letting him down, and he grew deeply frustrated by it.

A spot in WWE’s top heel group would be advantageous for the former Spirit Squad member. It would assure him of a major spot on the roster and guarantee he gets a significant amount of screen time in the future.

A Cena-Ziggler feud—potentially culminating at WrestleMania 31—would also be a big boon for Ziggler’s career. It could even be the very thing that allows the star to finally break through the glass ceiling and become a main event player, especially if WWE decides to give him a clean win over its top star.

Another thing to consider: Aside from ensuring his spot on the roster, a heel turn would be the best thing for Ziggler's career. While Ziggler is OK as a face, it’s hard to fight the feeling that the wrestler is, in fact, better off as a heel.

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Ziggler has a natural arrogance and smugness about him—he exudes conceit. It is a quality that makes him more suited to being a bad guy. As a face, he’s bland and far from a compelling and three-dimensional character.

All the big moments of his WWE career thus far—winning the World Heavyweight Championship, winning Money in the Bank—happened when he was a heel.

Ideally, WWE can use this current “firing” storyline as a way to push Ziggler to the top of the company, with a surprise heel turn being the first major step. Certainly, after all his hard work over the past few months, he deserves it.