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Dolph Ziggler (Nic Nemeth) addresses his surprise appearance at WWE RAW from Madison Square Garden

Aaron Rift

As seen during the November 17th 2025 edition of WWE RAW at Madison Square Garden in New York City, Solo Sikoa wrestled in a “Last Time is Now” tournament match against a mystery opponent who turned out to be Dolph Ziggler. Ziggler ended up losing the match.

While speaking on Busted Open Radio, Ziggler (Nic Nemeth) addressed his surprise appearance…

“In 20 years, I got to watch so many people hide or hide under the ring or sit on a bus somewhere. I never got to do the hiding. I had all black on, and I put a ski mask over my face and sunglasses, and they pulled me into the loading dock inside of the building, and then I got walked in, and I got to hide out for five or six hours.

They could have me back for any show in any city, and it would be cool and fun. I am very fortunate to have something like the Cena Tournament and ‘Hey, you have history with this guy,’ and you don’t even have to force it. We have genuine history. It’s really cool. Then also getting to be in Madison Square Garden, also getting to come back after two years, all these positions and be a surprise, all these different pieces all added up to… I was excited, but it’s wrestling. We have these egos. We’re crazy. I go, ‘I hope they remember, because otherwise, what am I doing here?’ Then music hits and you get that 1/1000th of like, ‘Okay, they do. All right, let’s go to work.’ That’s the difference.”

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