Nic Nemeth Recalls Pitching Ideas for Injury Angles to WWE & Vince McMahon

During a recent edition of Busted Open Radio, TNA World Champion Nic Nemeth (aka former WWE Superstar Dolph Ziggler) spoke about how he pitched ideas for injury angles for everyone to WWE and Vince McMahon. Nemeth explained how taking time away from TV can help wrestlers and get storylines over. Below are some highlights (via WrestlingInc.com):

Nic Nemeth on Pitching Injury Angles to WWE

“I realized that, weirdly, I went practically injury-free for 19 and a half years. I had to start begging Vince, saying, ‘I need to go away for a few months, or else it’s just you seeing me for 19 years, 52 weeks in a row.’ So, I pitched an idea, not for me, but for everyone, to have injury angles where we create the big moments when someone comes back. One, it gives other people a chance to step up into that middle or main event card. And then it gives you a refresher when you come back. You don’t get stale, and you don’t get bored of stars.”

On How Going Away for a Hiatus Can Help a Storyline

“Going away helps whatever story you’re trying to push, whether it’s Cody being a tweener, Cody about to break and maybe turn on somebody, or Cody going, ‘No, you know what? I fought off the voices in my head, I’m going back to the good side.’ There are so many ways to go with it, and it really helps when you have the machine that you can go, ‘Cody can miss two TVs, and we’re still going to be rocking and rolling, and when he comes back in, it’s going to be a bigger deal.”

On the September 10 edition of TNA Thursday Night iMPACT!, Nic Nemeth successfully defended his TNA World Title against Matt Hardy in a No DQ bout.