Nic Nemeth joined TNA Wrestling thanks in part to the promotion’s exceptional roster, the reigning TNA World Heavyweight Champion has revealed.
Nemeth, formerly Dolph Ziggler in WWE, joined TNA at the promotion’s Hard to Kill pay-per-view event, which served as the relaunch of the promotion.
On a recent edition of the “Busted Open Radio” podcast, Nemeth shared why he decided to join the long-standing promotion. He said,
“The reason D’Amore and Myers and Bobby Roode got me to come to TNA was like [them saying], ‘Dude, you have to see the locker room, it’s such a hard-working group.’ Seeing it and believing it in person — mind-blowing. Everybody wants to do great, it’s almost like this uphill battle, which … that’s what I love, I want a chip on my shoulder, I want to be like, ‘Hey, do you know what, people were coming last year it was 35,000 people, and this year it’s 48,000, like holy crap, what a jump, that’s big, let’s go this is just the beginning.’ I really trust the people behind the scenes too and so hopefully they trust me.”
Nemeth captured the TNA World Title at Slammiversary 2024 in a six-man elimination match that included Moose, Josh Alexander, Steve Maclin, Frankie Kazarian, and Joe Hendry.