Dolph Ziggler On What His Current Relationship Is Like With Vince McMahon

Dolph Ziggler is a WWE veteran at this point, and throughout the course of his career he’s worked in all different spots on the card. Even though Ziggler has been with the company for a long time he recently revealed during an episode of Out of Character with Ryan Satin that he only earned Vince McMahon’s trust a few years ago.

“There is a trust that so few of your favorites have that I have. It’s wild. Because, without complaining, I’m not the main event guy at the moment. And a lot of times, when it comes down to something special, I’m the guy who’s just a match away or so. But I know from that relationship, and you have to earn it. It’s not just, I earned this a few years ago and now I’m fine.

The former WWE World Heavyweight Champion went on to say that for many years he felt that Vince McMahon hated his “effin’ guts” but that now he has a different perspective on the Chairman of the Board.

“You gotta re-earn it every day, and I do. If I mess up, which I do all the time, I say, ‘I screwed this up. It’s on me. I will fix this for next time.’ But even though, those years, I’d say of the 15, eight or nine of ‘em felt like, ‘Man, Vince hates my effin’ guts! What the hell is happening here?!’ Then there’s those five or six where you go, ‘I get it now. He’s pushing me. He’s challenging me.’ Because only I can do these things, and I’m very blessed to be doing them.”

Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode dropped the SmackDown Tag Team Titles to Rey and Dominik Mysterio last week. It’s not clear where Ziggler will go from here. Stay tuned for updates.