Subhojeet Mukherjee on October 19, 2024
Nic Nemeth, formerly known as Dolph Ziggler, was released from WWE in September, which definitely shocked many fans. During his time in WWE, he gave fans a ton of memorable moments, and that includes his Money in the Bank Cash in and now he has revealed the scrapped plans for the same.
The Nemeth Brothers recently appeared on the Stories with Brisco and Bradshaw podcast. During the episode, they talked about various topics, including their motivation to pursue professional wrestling and their experience training under legendary figures like Dusty Rhodes.
JBL, who was on commentary during Nemeth’s major career moment, recalled how he had never witnessed anything quite like it. Nic Nemeth shared how, prior to his eventual Money in the Bank cash-in, fans had started to doubt whether he would succeed with the briefcase. Nemeth explained that the reaction from the fans was a key factor in making that moment special. He mentioned how at the time, he was constantly attempting to cash in but would often be stopped, like being hit with a Brogue Kick or something else.
“The reason that reaction and that moment happened was 100% the fans. Like at the time, I was the guy with the briefcase who always kept trying to cash in—would catch a brogue kick or something in the face.
It got to a point where they thought they were either going to take it off of me or when I came to cash in, that I wasn’t going to get it. I was going to lose the match or something. But the reason the crowds were so great, even leading up to that, was Vince at the time.
He said, ‘Listen, I know you lose a lot’—[I’m like] about 99% of the time—but he goes, ‘I know you lose a lot and now with this briefcase, you’re going to lose even more, and it’s going to be a bigger deal. But the next day after you finally cash this in, everything changes.’ So we did that, kept [losing] more and more.”
Nemeth revealed that the original plan was for him to cash in the briefcase and win immediately. However, he had to persuade Vince McMahon to extend the match and include several false finishes before ultimately defeating Del Rio.
“The boss wanted me to just hit him with a briefcase and pin him, and I begged—I begged all day. It ended up with Jamie Noble helping me through it. I was like, ‘Boss, I’m being as Canadian as I can. I lose all the time, they’re expecting me to lose. Can we take them on a roller coaster first?’ And he goes, ‘Okay, one.’ Then I fought, and I ended up getting like two false finishes for him and one for me. But I go, ‘It all made sense, the story was there.’ Del Rio played the part beautifully, and the place lost their minds.”
Nemeth cashed in his Money in the Bank opportunity on the April 8, 2013 episode of WWE Raw for the World Heavyweight Championship, beating Alberto Del Rio. It turned out to be one of the best cash-ins ever and fans were very happy for The Showoff and that’s all that matters in the end.
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October 19, 2024 9:26 am
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