5 Reasons why Dolph Ziggler might leave WWE for good

Former World Heavyweight Champion Dolph Ziggler is in every sense of the word, a WWE veteran. Throughout his career, he has made sure to be among the top few stars in WWE.

However, his push from WWE's creative division has been anything except consistent. While he has won many Championships over the course of his career, none of his reigns were particularly significant. Every time it looked like Dolph Ziggler might have broken out, the repetitive booking has seen him sink back into the same role.

There is now a recurring joke on the internet, that Dolph Ziggler is the first person to feud with every up and coming star who make their debut on the main roster. This is partially true. For the past decade, Ziggler has been the work-horse of WWE and has hardly ever had a week off.

The audience no longer takes Ziggler seriously although he is an incredibly gifted athlete. Now, recently, Ziggler has talked about taking a hiatus from WWE. In such a situation, he may not rejoin the company any time soon. In fact, there is an increasing surge of opinion, that Ziggler's time with WWE is done, and he might be leaving for pastures new.

With that in mind, let's take a look at 5 reasons why Dolph Ziggler might be leaving WWE.

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#5 His act has gone stale

Dolph Ziggler - The Show Off

Although this seems a bit harsh, Dolph Ziggler's act in WWE has gone a bit stale. The self-proclaimed 'Show off' has been in WWE too long, doing the same things over and over again.

The audience has seen the 'Show off' come along into the ring and perform and perform to entertain them. They can tell when he will pull which move.

In the Sports Entertainment business, which WWE is in, this is a big NO.

Characters have to remain fresh. Heel turns and face turns have to mean something. Otherwise, the entire point is null and void.

Ziggler needs a fresh character, and WWE seems to lack the creative ability at the moment, or at least the intent, to hand him one.

#4 He wants to explore being a comedian

Dolph Ziggler is quite the comedian in real-life

Something that not many people may know about Dolph Ziggler, is that his hobby lies in Comedy.

While it is far from being confirmed that Ziggler is leaving WWE for good, he has a whole array of options in front of him, one of which is in comedy. Given that he has been one of the more prominent WWE Superstars for the last few years, he has more than enough money for it to not be a factor anymore. On top of that, being famous already will only serve to help the turn-out of his shows were he to host them.

Dolph Ziggler has clearly not been pushed properly in WWE for a while. There could not be a better time for him to make the change in his career than now.

Watch out, because Dolph Ziggler's comedy tour might stop off at your hometown.

#3 He needs time away from WWE's rigorous schedule

Dolph Ziggler has worked a rigorous schedule

Dolph Ziggler has been a permanent fixture of the WWE Card for the better part of the last decade and a half. He has been working a rigorous WWE schedule, with him taking breaks only in the last year.

Until then, he was one of WWE's most consistent performers, and given his lack of injury turned up regularly for almost all of their shows.

WWE hosts WWE RAW and WWE SmackDown Live, as well as occasional WWE pay-per-views. However, on top of that, they also host WWE Live Events all across the continent of North America -- when they are not touring. While touring, they even visit Europe, Japan, Australia, and other locations, including most recently sometimes, China and India.

Such is WWE's global expansion, the WWE Superstars are forced to perform the year round, and be away from their families. With such a schedule keeping them busy, they hardly ever focus on their own lives, as a result of which they might suffer.

#2 There is nothing more left to do in WWE

Dolph Ziggler has won some of the top WWE Championships

As specified before, Dolph Ziggler has been in WWE forever.

During his time in the WWE, he has won most of the titles. He has won the World Heavyweight Championship, the United States Championship, the Intercontinental Championship, the Tag Team Championships, the Money in the Bank, ... and even a Slammy Award.

Truth be told, Ziggler has achieved his potential in WWE.

Stop and start booking techniques have now ruined the believability of the strength of his character, which might be one of the reasons that WWE audiences no longer care for him. They want someone new and doesn't care about his potential at the moment.

Dolph Ziggler has achieved as much as he can in the hallowed halls of WWE, and given his career, he may even be a future WWE Hall of Famer.

It is time for him to pursue other avenues.

#1 The possibility of a lucrative offer from AEW

AEW is looking for wrestlers

WWE has proper competition coming in the next few months.

The anticipation for the first-ever show of All Elite Wrestling is more than it has been for most new wrestling promotions in the past few decades.

Given the involvement of the Elite, including former WWE Superstar Cody Rhodes, and NJPW Superstar Kenny Omega, the hype might well be justified. In fact, it can easily be considered to be one of the wrestling promotions with the most potential with the backing of Tony Khan.

Given their investor does not lack financially, AEW can easily afford to hire most of the Superstar that they want. Ex-WWE Superstars bring with them notoriety, which will definitely help capture the casual fans. As a result, Dolph Ziggler, who is one of the most recognizable WWE faces, might be the perfect signing for them.

From Ziggler's side of things, if he was given a good offer, why would he refuse?