Ranking the WWE World Cup competitors from least to most likely to win

#7 Dolph Ziggler

Dolph Ziggler has an outside chance of winning, but it would mean WWE has very specific (and unlikely) plans for him.

Dolph Ziggler stands alongside Jeff Hardy as the next least established main event guy in this tournament. He’s been part of the foundation of WWE for a decade now and there’s an argument to be made that, out of the tournament field, only Seth Rollins is better in the ring than him at this moment in time.

Just the same, he has only enjoyed the briefest of world title reigns and has spent most of his career in mid-card title pictures and as a gatekeeper to talents on their way up the card.

Ziggler has a bit more of a chance than Hardy of winning the tournament, both because he has been adjacent to the main event spotlight lately for his feud with Rollins and partnership with Drew Mcintyre, and because WWE could conceivably give this workhorse the win as an unofficial lifetime achievement award.

Moreover, in terms of cardiovascular conditioning, he may be the best-equipped competitor to go three rounds. At the end of the day, though, don’t hold your breath on Ziggler winning a match in this stacked tournament.