Dolph Ziggler Talks About Being a "Bad Guy" on Television

- Dolph Ziggler did a Q&A with the Sydney Morning Herald while in Australia recently. Here are some highlights: You've said you have to sell yourself as a bad guy. How does it feel to have a goal of being loathed by the public? I love doing this, so it's a character but it's also me. I really enjoy entertaining and we have people who are getting cheered and doing the right thing, but I'm not a nice guy in person so I enjoy capitalising on that. I don't instantly hate everyone who's a good guy but when I back it up, it makes people that much angrier. You have said before you work hard to make your character as entertaining as possible. Why is that so important to you? In this day and age, the bad guy isn't a guy with a big beer belly who's out of shape. Half the superstars in this roster have college degrees or master's degrees and are really good at something, and my goal to be the best [involves entertaining]. I study entertainment and ap...