The Road To Wrestlemania 29: Dolph Ziggler & Kane

Team Tiny Ring Attire & AJ are set to collide with Team Hell No & Kaitlyn this Sunday. 

Welcome to the latest addition to my Road To Wrestlemania series!  Dolph Ziggler, Big E Langston and AJ Lee have been on quite the roll lately and the hope to take down the trio of Kaitlyn, Daniel Bryan & AJ come Wrestlemania.  However, only Ziggs, Bryan and The Big Red Machine have had any real experience at the event.  Well, Bryan has much less experience, but we love the little guy so much that we're going to include him just for kicks. 

What?  Is it because I said kicks?  I meant that in the best way possible....what?....

 

 

 

Oh....I see. 

 

 

 

Um yeah, we won't be including D-Bry in this one, sorry guys.  But I think he'd appreciate it more if we left that whole Wrestlemania XXVIII debacle out.  However, if you'd like some insight into just which team has the best shot at winning here, then read on.

 

Note: All stats are recorded from the Wrestlemania events prior to 2013.

Kane

Wrestlemania Record: 7-7

Main Events: 3

World Title Matches: 1

Biggest Match: Wrestlemania XIV Vs. The Undertaker

Best Match: Wrestlemania XXVIII Vs. Randy Orton

So out of the 14 Wrestlemanias Kane has been a part of, he only has been in 3 main events and only one of them being for a world title.  That title being the ECW Championship.  Oh and he won the belt in 8 seconds from wait for it......Chavo Guerrero.  I don't know what it is with these seven footers at Wrestlemania, but they generally don't seem to ever have a good time.  Kane's mania experience is a stark contrast to that of The Undertaker and it's safe to say that he hasn't really had many memorable Wrestlemania moments outside of his matches with The Deadman.  That could all change come Sunday. 

You see he is now partnered up with a grumpy pint sized submission machine called Daniel Bryan.  Bryan is another standout WWE superstar who has yet to really have that shining moment in the sun on the grandest stage of them all.  His now infamous mania loss from last year is something that drove the guy damn near insane.  So insane that he dumped his girlfriend who then ran into the big red arms of Bryan's current tag partner, Kane. 

AJ Lee would go on to become the most prominent pint sized maneater the WWE has ever seen.  Both these guys have had their quarrels over her.  Eventually she landed both of them in Anger Management therapy and the rest is history. 

These two have become the most popular of unlikely duos in the entire wrestling world.  They can't stand each other, but somehow, they work.  They can often be seen at each other's throats, but for once, they now they have a common goal.  That goal being to get even with AJ Lee.  On the flipside, AJ has assembled herself a new pair of boytoys who are up to the task of taking down both of her exes for good.  One being Big E Langston and the other, this guy...

Dolph Ziggler

Wrestlemania Record: 1-2

Main Events: 0

World Title Matches: 0

Biggest Match: Wrestlemania XXVII W/Laycool Vs. John Morrison, Trish Stratus & Snooki

Best Match: Wrestlemania XXVI Money In The Bank Ladder match

Dolph Ziggler is one of the most interesting cases the WWE has seen in a long time.  On one hand, he's one of most gifted, consistent and in demand performers in the company.  On the other, he's still somehow a bit of an unproven talent.  That's no real fault of his however, because he hasn't really been given too many chances to shine.  That being said, he still has somehow landed a passionate following of nerdlings that love him in ways words can not express.  And yes, in case you are wondering, this sort of love births the most epic bits of Youtube trolling known to man...

You know, I wouldn't doubt that Ziggler could even carry Bam Bam Rubble to a fantastic match.

So what is it about Dolph Ziggler that makes these fanboys swoon?  Well the guy just so happens to be the single most amazing bump man I've seen since Shawn Michaels in his prime.  Mix that in with his ingenious mixture of Michaels, Curt Henning & Ric Flair and top it off with the most lovable of ego driven over-the-top personas known to man and you've got the sort of one-of-a-kind talent any company would love to have on their biggest show of the year.

You see what just happened there?!  I've somehow managed to troll my own Wrestlemania preview article with a wondrous session of overhype for Dolph Ziggler.  OK I'll just go ahead & admit it.  I'm a huge Dolph Ziggler fan.  Shocking, I know.  And I've been on the Ziggy support train long enough to go ahead and call it right now.  Dolph Ziggler is going to win the tag team titles AND cash in the MITB contract AND win the world title and then have a glorious celebration complete with a gift basket full of bleach, self tanner and undersized trunks.  It's going to happen dammit!  However, if it doesn't, you can blame HumanNature562 for getting me all riled up.

Team Ziggler's Odds of a victory: High