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Nicholas Theodore Nemeth (born July 27, 1980) is an American professional wrestler and stand-up comedian. He is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he performs under his real name, stylized as Nic Nemeth. He also makes appearances on the independent circuit and for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), in the latter of which he is the current AAA Mega Champion in his first reign. He is best known for his tenure in WWE from 2004 to 2023, where he performed under the ring name Dolph Ziggler. Known for his athleticism and versatility, Nemeth is regarded by peers and journalists as one of the most talented wrestlers in the world.

After a career in amateur wrestling, where he established several school records for Kent State University, Nemeth signed a developmental contract with WWE in 2004 and was sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), where he wrestled under his real name. He was promoted to WWE's Raw brand shortly afterwards in 2005, playing the caddie sidekick to Kerwin White. He was sent back to OVW shortly afterwards, being given the name Nicky and joining the cheerleading-themed Spirit Squad, who debuted on RAW in January 2006 and won the World Tag Team Championship once before returning to development.

After working in OVW and Florida Championship Wrestling, he returned to the main roster in September 2008, Nemeth was repackaged as Dolph Ziggler. Since then, he has held the World Heavyweight Championship twice, the NXT Championship once, the Intercontinental Championship six times, the United States Championship twice, the Raw Tag Team Championship twice, and the SmackDown Tag Team Championship once. His other accomplishments include becoming the sole survivor of two Survivor Series elimination matches and the 2012 Money in the Bank winner as well as headlining multiple WWE pay-per-view events. Nemeth was released from WWE in September 2023, ending his 19-year run with the company.

After WWE, Nemeth would debut in the independent circuit using his real name. In January 2024, he would make his debut in New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) appearing in the crowd alongside his younger brother, Ryan at Wrestle Kingdom 18, and made his TNA debut at 2024's Hard To Kill. One month later, he won the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship, his first major non-WWE championship, in his NJPW debut match. On April 27, 2024, at Triplemanía XXXII, he won the vacant AAA Mega Championship.

Early life
Nicholas Theodore Nemeth was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on July 27, 1980. He has been a fan of professional wrestling since he was five years old, when he attended a wrestling event at the Richfield Coliseum, and he decided to become a professional wrestler at age 12. He later revealed on Colt Cabana's Art of Wrestling Podcast that he chose his WWE name "Dolph" because that was his great-grandfather's name, and his friend suggested the surname "Ziggler". Nemeth attended St. Edward High School in Lakewood, Ohio, where he was an amateur wrestler and holds the school record for most pins in a career with 82. At St. Edward, he was teammates with Gray Maynard and Andy Hrovat.

During his time at St. Edward, the wrestling team won the National Championships on two occasions. He was a collegiate wrestler at Kent State University, eventually setting what was then the record for most career wins in the team's history. His record was passed in 2006; as of 2010, he stands second all-time in career victories at Kent State. He had 121 career wins between 2000 and 2003. He majored in political science with a pre-law minor. Prior to his WWE tryout, he had been accepted to the law school at Arizona State University, where he was due to start his first semester. He was a three-time All-Mid-American Conference champion, winning the 165 lb tournament in 2000, 2002, and 2003; as of 2010, he is the last wrestler from Kent State University to have won three wrestling conference championships.

Ohio Valley Wrestling (2004–2006)
Nemeth signed a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in 2004. He was assigned to its developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), debuting on November 3, 2004, under the ring name "Nick Nemeth". After briefly teaming with Steve Lewington, Nemeth went on to feud with Paul Burchill. In August 2005, he unsuccessfully challenged Ken Doane for the OVW Television Championship. In September 2005, he unsuccessfully challenged Johnny Jeter for the OVW Heavyweight Championship. In October 2005, he began wrestling on main roster house shows. After joining WWE's main roster as a member of the Spirit Squad in January 2006, Nemeth continued to wrestle sporadically for OVW until April 2006.

Alliance with Kerwin White; Spirit Squad (2005–2006)
Nemeth made his main roster television debut on the September 25, 2005, episode of Sunday Night Heat. He was made the enforcer and sidekick for Chavo Guerrero, who was using a golfer in-ring persona and going by the ring name of "Kerwin White". As such, Nemeth became White's caddie. His wrestling debut came on an episode of Sunday Night Heat, teaming up with White in a tag team match against Shelton Benjamin and Matt Striker. After the death of Eddie Guerrero, Chavo Guerrero dropped the "Kerwin White" character, and Nemeth no longer played the role of his caddie and tag partner. After a few months of wrestling in dark matches and at house shows, he was sent back to OVW.

Nemeth became a part of the Spirit Squad faction, a group of five wrestlers who used the in-ring personas of male cheerleaders, and adopted the name Nicky in OVW during late 2005. The Spirit Squad members trained with real cheerleaders and gymnasts to ensure their characters were believable. On January 23, 2006, they had their WWE television debut as a group, appearing on Raw and helping Jonathan Coachman win a Royal Rumble qualifying match against Jerry "The King" Lawler by performing cheers for Coachman and distracting Lawler. They later became a part of the ongoing scripted feud between WWE chairman Vince McMahon and Shawn Michaels. The heel McMahon brought in the Spirit Squad to attack Michaels on numerous occasions, including placing them in multiple handicap matches.

They also wrestled in the tag team division, and on April 3, on Raw, won the World Tag Team Championship when Kenny and Mikey, with outside help from the other three Spirit Squad members, defeated Big Show and Kane. After winning the championship, all five members of the Spirit Squad were recognized as the champions, allowing any combination of them to defend the championship under the Freebird Rule.

In May, McMahon signed another Handicap match, with the Spirit Squad facing Michaels. The match never started, however; instead the Spirit Squad attacked Michaels, and, as part of the storyline, shattered his knee with a steel chair. McMahon brought Triple H to the ring to attack Michaels with a sledgehammer; however, after Triple H felt that the Spirit Squad had disrespected him, he attacked the group. This led to Triple H and Michaels reforming D-Generation X (DX) and they began a feud with the Spirit Squad. DX played various sophomoric jokes on the Spirit Squad and the McMahons, as well as defeating the Spirit Squad in handicap tag team matches at Vengeance and a clean sweep in an elimination handicap match at Saturday Night's Main Event XXXIII.

At the same time as their feud with DX and their alignment with McMahon, the Spirit Squad also wrestled other teams in Raw ' s tag division over their World Tag Team Championship, successfully defending the championship against the teams of Jim Duggan and Eugene, Charlie Haas and Viscera, and Snitsky and Val Venis. They then entered a lengthy feud with The Highlanders, whom they eventually defeated to retain the championship at the Unforgiven pay-per-view on September 17. The Spirit Squad as a whole later began a losing streak with separate members losing singles matches to Ric Flair on consecutive episodes of Raw, until Kenny managed to defeat him on the October 23 episode. It was then announced that Flair and a WWE legend, selected by interactive voting, would wrestle the team for the World Tag Team Championship at Cyber Sunday. The fans chose Roddy Piper, and he and Flair defeated Kenny and Mikey to win the championship at the event on November 5.

The group disbanded on the November 27 episode of Raw, when they were defeated in a five-on-three handicap match by DX and Flair. In a backstage segment later that night, DX placed all members into a crate stamped "OVW, Louisville, Kentucky", a reference to the developmental territory from which the Spirit Squad had come.

Return to developmental (2007–2008)
Nemeth returned to OVW on January 17, 2007, at the television tapings, again using his Nick Nemeth ring name, along with Mike Mondo, formerly Mikey in the Spirit Squad, as the "Frat Pack". The pair teamed with Mike Kruel in a match against Seth Skyfire, Shawn Spears, and Cody Runnels. The team disbanded in the early parts of 2007. Nemeth then competed in several dark matches before the OVW television tapings, competing against several wrestlers including Chris Cage, Bradley Jay and Jake Hager, before he began teaming with Mondo again in August.

At the end of August 2007, Nemeth and Mike Mondo were moved to the Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) developmental territory and in his debut there, Nemeth gained the nickname "The Natural" and defeated Hade Vansen. In November 2007, Nemeth gained Big Rob as his manager, but their alliance was short-lived. At the start of 2008, he tweaked his name to "Nic Nemeth" and began teaming with Brad Allen, with the pair gaining Taryn Terrell as their valet. Nemeth and Allen started a frat boy type ring character with Terrell as a sorority girl. On March 22, Nemeth and Allen won the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship by defeating defending champions Eddie Colón and Eric Pérez, but lost the championship to Colón and Pérez on April 15. Throughout April and May 2008, Nemeth wrestled in several dark matches prior to Raw, losing to Kofi Kingston and Ron Killings on several occasions. Soon after, he returned to the name "Nic Nemeth", and began teaming with Gavin Spears. The pair defeated Colón and Pérez to win the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship on August 16, but lost it to Heath Miller and Joe Hennig less than a month later.

Repackaging as Dolph Ziggler (2008–2010)

On September 15, 2008, Nemeth re-debuted on Raw (as a heel), introducing himself in a backstage segment under the name "Dolph Ziggler". On October 10, Nemeth was suspended for 30 days for a violation of WWE's Wellness Program policy. He returned to Raw on November 17 in a backstage segment with Rey Mysterio and Shawn Michaels. In his first match on Raw under the Ziggler name, he lost to Batista on the December 1, 2008, episode. The following week he got his first victory as Ziggler, by countout, against R-Truth. The next week on Raw, he picked up his first televised pinfall victory, when he defeated Charlie Haas. Ziggler would compete in the Royal Rumble match at the eponymous event on January 25, 2009, in which he was eliminated by Kane after 21 seconds.

On April 15, 2009, Ziggler was drafted to the SmackDown brand as part of the 2009 Supplemental Draft. He made his debut on the April 17 episode of SmackDown, defeating United States Champion, Montel Vontavious Porter (MVP) in a non-title match, and, as a result, the following week he demanded a match for the championship. On the May 1 episode of SmackDown, however, he failed to win the championship, after he was pinned by MVP. Ziggler then started a rivalry with The Great Khali, losing to him by disqualification after attacking Khali with a steel chair. As a result, Khali began coming out to the ring during and after Ziggler's matches, in attempt to gain revenge and to stop Ziggler from cheating. Over the next few weeks, Ziggler would defeat Khali by countout and disqualification after making it look like Khali had struck him with a steel chair. At The Bash pay-per-view on June 28, Ziggler defeated Khali in a No Disqualification match by pinfall, after Kane interfered and attacked Khali.

Ziggler then entered an on-screen relationship with WWE Diva Maria and she became his valet. He simultaneously started a scripted rivalry with Intercontinental Champion Rey Mysterio, who defeated Ziggler at Night of Champions on July 26 and SummerSlam on August 23 to retain the championship. In September, Mysterio lost the Intercontinental Championship to John Morrison, and Ziggler entered a feud with Morrison after defeating him by countout in a non-title match, but lost to him at the Hell in a Cell pay-per-view on October 4. On the episode of SmackDown following Hell in a Cell, Ziggler ended his on-screen relationship with Maria after she accidentally cost him a match against Morrison for the Intercontinental Championship. At Breaking Point on September 13, Ziggler made an appearance during a promo by Pat Patterson, in which Ziggler attacked Patterson until Morrison made the save. He again failed to win the Intercontinental title from Morrison twice, wrestling him to a double countout on the November 13 episode of SmackDown and losing a two-out-of-three falls match the following week to end the feud. On the February 26, 2010, episode of SmackDown, Ziggler defeated John Morrison and R-Truth in a triple threat qualifying match to compete in the Money in the Bank ladder match at WrestleMania XXVI on March 28, but was ultimately unsuccessful.

Alliance with Vickie Guerrero (2010–2012)

In June 2010, he began a romantic storyline with Vickie Guerrero, who began accompanying him to the ring. Ziggler won the WWE Intercontinental Championship from Kofi Kingston on July 28 (aired August 6) at SmackDown. In his first title defense at SummerSlam on August 15, he retained the championship against Kingston when the match ended in a no contest due to interference from The Nexus. Ziggler was able to make a successful title defense against Kingston at the Night of Champions pay-per-view on September 19, and against Kaval at Survivor Series on November 21. During this time, Ziggler was chosen as a "Pro" for the fourth season of NXT, with Jacob Novak as his Rookie, but later was changed to Byron Saxton when Ziggler won a battle royal. Ziggler successfully retained the Intercontinental Championship at TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs on December 19 in a three-way ladder match against Kingston and Jack Swagger, but lost the title to Kingston at SmackDown on January 4, 2011, ending his reign at 160 days. That same night, Ziggler won a four-way match against Cody Rhodes, Drew McIntyre and Big Show to become the number one contender to the World Heavyweight Championship. At the Royal Rumble on January 30, Ziggler was unsuccessful in his title match against Edge. On February 4, Ziggler's storyline girlfriend Vickie Guerrero, who was the acting General Manager of SmackDown, banned the spear – Edge's finishing move – and decided that if Edge used it, Ziggler would be awarded the championship. Ziggler was again defeated by Edge in a rematch on the February 11 episode of SmackDown, but because Edge used the spear, Guerrero declared Ziggler the new World Heavyweight Champion on the February 14 episode of Raw. That same night, Ziggler lost the title to Edge and, following the storyline, Theodore Long fired him.

The next month, Ziggler was introduced as the newest member of the Raw roster with Guerrero. Ziggler, Guerrero, and LayCool then feuded with Morrison, Trish Stratus, and Jersey Shore guest star Snooki, culminating in a mixed tag team match at WrestleMania XXVII on April 3, which Ziggler and his team lost.

At Capitol Punishment, Ziggler defeated Kingston via a sleeper hold submission to earn his first WWE United States Championship. The next night on Raw, Kingston invoked his rematch clause in a two out of three falls match and won via disqualification, allowing Ziggler to retain. After Jack Swagger suggested to Vickie Guerrero that she should manage him in addition to Ziggler, a jealous Ziggler teased tension with Swagger. This, coupled with Ziggler's concurrent feud with Alex Riley, led Ziggler to defend and retain his United States Championship in a fatal four-way match against Swagger, Riley, and John Morrison at Night of Champions on September 18. On the following episode of Raw SuperShow, Ziggler lost a non-title match to Zack Ryder when guest star Hugh Jackman helped Ryder by punching Ziggler in the face. Although Ziggler later claimed to have a broken jaw due to Jackman's punch, it was reported that the supposed injury was fake. Later that night, Guerrero officially began managing Swagger, and Swagger began interfering in Ziggler's matches to help him win. Ziggler and Swagger unsuccessfully challenged Air Boom for the WWE Tag Team Championship at Hell in a Cell on October 2 and at Vengeance on October 23, where Ziggler also successfully defended the United States Championship against Ryder. He went on to successfully defend the championship against Morrison at Survivor Series on November 20. At TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs on December 18, Ziggler lost the United States Championship to Ryder, ending his reign at 182 days.

On the December 26 episode of Raw SuperShow, Ziggler defeated WWE Champion CM Punk in a gauntlet match for a championship opportunity following interference from John Laurinaitis. The following Raw SuperShow, Ziggler defeated Punk by countout after Laurinaitis interfered again; as a result, Ziggler did not win the championship. At the Royal Rumble on January 29, 2012, Ziggler failed to capture the WWE Championship from CM Punk. At the Elimination Chamber on February 19, Ziggler failed again to capture the WWE Championship after being eliminated second by Chris Jericho. Nemeth noted to Arda Ocal in an interview for The Score Television Network that the Elimination Chamber left him with multiple minor injuries and it is a match he least looked forward to working.

On the February 27 Raw SuperShow, Ziggler and Swagger unsuccessfully challenged Primo & Epico for the WWE Tag Team Championship in a Triple Threat tag team match, also involving Kofi Kingston and R-Truth. On the March 19 Raw SuperShow, Ziggler and Swagger were announced as the newest members of Team Johnny for the 12-man tag team match at WrestleMania XXVIII and on the April 2 Raw SuperShow, Ziggler and Swagger unsuccessfully challenged Santino Marella for the United States Championship in a triple threat match. After the match, Ziggler began a feud with Brodus Clay, who attacked Ziggler with a headbutt after he and Swagger tried to attack Marella. On the following episode of Raw SuperShow, Ziggler and Swagger were defeated by Clay and Marella in a tag team match. In the following weeks, Ziggler and Swagger lost to Clay and Hornswoggle in singles and tag matches. At Extreme Rules on April 29, Ziggler was again defeated by Clay. Ziggler and Swagger unsuccessfully challenged Kofi Kingston and R-Truth for WWE Tag Team Championship, first at Over the Limit on May 20 and second on the May 28 episode of Raw SuperShow, resulting in Ziggler showing signs of wanting to break away from Guerrero and Swagger.

On the June 11 episode of Raw SuperShow, Ziggler defeated The Great Khali, Swagger and Christian in a fatal four-way elimination match to become the number one contender to the World Heavyweight Championship, but at No Way Out on June 17, Ziggler lost the title match to champion Sheamus. On the following Raw SuperShow, Guerrero, finally tired of the bickering between Ziggler and Swagger, arranged for a match between them; Ziggler won the match and Guerrero's affections, ending their partnership. Ziggler received another shot at the World Heavyweight Championship on the June 29 SmackDown, but was again defeated by Sheamus in a triple threat match, also involving Alberto Del Rio.

Money in the Bank; World Heavyweight Champion (2012–2013)

On the July 3 SmackDown, Ziggler defeated Alex Riley to qualify for a spot in the World Heavyweight Championship Money in the Bank ladder match. On July 13, Ziggler, Zack Ryder and Justin Roberts were involved in a car accident in San Diego while driving from Comic-Con; none of them suffered severe injuries. Two days later at the Money in the Bank pay-per-view, Ziggler won the Money in the Bank ladder match to guarantee him the opportunity to challenge for the World Heavyweight Championship at a time of his choosing within the next year. Later that night, Ziggler attempted to cash in the briefcase on Sheamus after Alberto Del Rio attacked him after their match, but Del Rio stopped Ziggler from cashing in. On the following episode of SmackDown, Ziggler again attempted to cash in the briefcase on Sheamus following a tag team match with Del Rio, but was laid out by Rey Mysterio and Sheamus before he could do so. During this time, Ziggler began a feud with Chris Jericho after claiming he had lost his touch, which resulted in Jericho attacking him on two occasions, and defeating him in a singles match at SummerSlam on August 19. The night after SummerSlam, Ziggler defeated Jericho in a rematch; as a result Ziggler retained his Money in the Bank contract and Jericho's WWE contract was terminated. Following this, Ziggler began feuding with Randy Orton on SmackDown four days later, after Orton hit him with an RKO when Ziggler tried to cash his Money in the Bank contract on a vulnerable Sheamus. The following week on SmackDown, Ziggler faced Orton in a match that was won by Orton, Ziggler defeated him in a rematch on Raw by pinning him while holding his tights. Ziggler faced Orton again at Night of Champions on September 16 where he lost again, ending the feud. On November 18 at Survivor Series, Ziggler captained the traditional 5-on-5 elimination tag team match opposite Mick Foley and won the match by last pinning Orton, making him the sole survivor of the match.

Ziggler then began feuding with John Cena after he sided with Vickie Guerrero to help defame Cena and AJ Lee by alleging they had a romantic relationship. On December 16 at TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs, Ziggler retained his Money in the Bank briefcase in a ladder match after AJ interfered and turned on Cena. The following night on Raw, while trying to diffuse an argument between Vickie and AJ, AJ unexpectedly kissed Ziggler, leaving him confused. Ziggler then attempted to cash in his Money in the Bank briefcase on Big Show after Show was assaulted by Sheamus, but he was attacked by Cena before the match could start. Later, Ziggler teamed with AJ to face Cena and Vickie Guerrero, however, the match ended in a disqualification after the debuting Big E Langston attacked Cena, also starting an on-screen relationship between Dolph and AJ. Ziggler ended 2012 having wrestled the second most TV/PPV matches that year with 90; however, he had the most TV/PPV losses with 57. Ziggler ended his feud with Cena after losing to him on the January 7, 2013, episode of Raw, in a singles match and in steel cage match the following week, despite outside interference from AJ and Langston in both matches. On the January 21 episode of Raw, Ziggler won a Beat the Clock Challenge to earn the right to choose what number he can enter in the Royal Rumble match, first or second. Six days later at the Royal Rumble, Ziggler entered at number one, eliminating Chris Jericho and The Godfather and lasted nearly fifty minutes before being eliminated by Sheamus. During the match, Ziggler resumed his feud with the returning Jericho. The following night on Raw, Ziggler and Jericho were placed in a "Strange Bedfellows" match against WWE Tag Team Champions Team Hell No (Daniel Bryan and Kane), but they lost when Kane hit a chokeslam on Ziggler and pinned him after Jericho framed him for pushing Kane. On the February 18 episode of Raw, Ziggler was defeated by World Heavyweight Champion Alberto Del Rio by submission in a non-title match, and afterwards Langston attacked Del Rio and then Ziggler made a failed attempt to cash in his Money in the Bank briefcase after Del Rio's ring announcer Ricardo Rodriguez ran off with it. After defeating WWE Tag Team Champions Daniel Bryan and Kane in singles matches due to interference from Langston, Ziggler and Langston were given a shot at their titles. The title match took place on April 7 at WrestleMania 29, where Ziggler and Langston unsuccessfully challenged Bryan and Kane for the WWE Tag Team Championship.

The following night on Raw, Ziggler cashed in his Money in the Bank contract on an injured Alberto Del Rio to win his second World Heavyweight Championship. After gaining the World Heavyweight Championship, Ziggler began feuding with Del Rio and Jack Swagger over the title. Ziggler was originally booked to face Del Rio and Swagger in a three-way ladder match at Extreme Rules on May 19; however, Ziggler suffered a legitimate concussion at a SmackDown taping, thus removing their match from the pay-per-view and resulting in Ziggler being absent from television for a month. On June 16 at Payback, Ziggler faced Del Rio in his first title defense of the World Heavyweight Championship and during the match, a double turn took place; Ziggler turned face by displaying a never-say-die attitude while Del Rio turned heel by repeatedly and ruthlessly targeting his head to take advantage of his concussion, win the match, and end Ziggler's reign at 69 days. On July 14 at Money in the Bank, AJ cost Ziggler his title rematch against Alberto Del Rio, after she prematurely snuck into the ring and hit Del Rio with her own title, prompting a disqualification.

On the following Raw, Ziggler ended his relationship with AJ due to her actions the previous night and AJ exacted revenge by costing Ziggler a non-title match against Del Rio, then she attacked Ziggler and unleashed Langston on him. On the July 29, 2013, episode of Raw, Ziggler defeated Big E Langston via disqualification after AJ Lee attacked Ziggler. In a rematch on the following week, Ziggler was defeated by Langston after a distraction by AJ and Kaitlyn. This led to the host of SummerSlam, The Miz creating a mixed tag team match at SummerSlam on August 18, where Ziggler and Kaitlyn defeated Big E and AJ.

Feud with The Authority (2013–2015)

Ziggler was later unsuccessful in capturing the United States Championship, when he lost to Dean Ambrose at Night of Champions on September 15 and on the October 16 episode of Main Event, ending their feud. After that rivalry was over, Ziggler lost several matches during the late-2013 calendar year when he also failed to win the Intercontinental Championship from Curtis Axel on the November 11 episode of Raw. In December, Ziggler lost two number one contender matches for the Intercontinental Championship, first to Damien Sandow and later to Fandango.

At the Royal Rumble on January 26, 2014, Ziggler entered the Royal Rumble match, but was eliminated by Roman Reigns. On April 6 at WrestleMania XXX, Ziggler competed in the 31-man Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal, but was eliminated by Alberto Del Rio. On June 29 at Money in the Bank, Ziggler competed in the Money in the Bank ladder match for a WWE World Heavyweight Championship contract, but the match was won by Seth Rollins. Ziggler later competed in a Battle Royal for the vacant Intercontinental Championship on July 20 at Battleground; however, he was abruptly eliminated from behind by The Miz. After Ziggler defeated Miz in a non-title match the following night on Raw, he received a rematch at SummerSlam on August 17, where he defeated Miz to win the championship for a second time. The next night on Raw, Ziggler successfully retained his title against Miz, after he was counted out. At Night of Champions on September 21, Ziggler dropped the title to Miz, only for Ziggler to win it back the following night on Raw. Ziggler then retained the championship against Cesaro on September 26 episode of SmackDown, in a triple threat match against Cesaro and Miz the next week on Raw and at Hell in a Cell on October 26 against Cesaro in a 2-out-of-3 falls match.

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On the October 28, 2014, episode of Raw, Ziggler and John Cena shook hands together backstage, which The Authority interpreted as a deal to plot against them. As a result, Ziggler was put in a match against Kane, which Ziggler won. Ziggler then joined Team Cena at Survivor Series. On the November 10 episode of Raw, Ziggler was brutally attacked by the returning Luke Harper. The following week, Harper was awarded a title match against Ziggler, which Harper won with assistance from The Authority, ending Ziggler's reign at 56 days. At Survivor Series on November 23, Ziggler emerged as the sole survivor for a second time. Ziggler contributed to Rusev being counted out, then after all his teammates were eliminated, he pinned Kane and Luke Harper. Triple H twice prevented Ziggler from pinning final opponent Seth Rollins, but the debuting Sting provided an assist to help Ziggler win the match, thus ousting the Authority from power. At TLC on December 14, Ziggler defeated Harper in a ladder match to win his fourth Intercontinental Championship. On the December 16 episode of SmackDown, Ziggler finally defeated Seth Rollins in a singles match after failing numerous times before. Three days later, Rolling Stone named Ziggler as the 2014 WWE Wrestler of the Year. On the first Raw of 2015 (dated January 5), the recently reinstated Authority forced Ziggler to defend his Intercontinental Championship against Bad News Barrett and he initially won. After Barrett then attacked and injured Ziggler's shoulder, Kane declared the match as two-out-of-three falls, Barrett proceeded to defeat Ziggler for the title after Kane distracted him. Later that night, Ziggler alongside Ryback and Erick Rowan were fired by the Authority.

On the January 19 episode of Raw, Sting provided another assist, as John Cena won Ziggler, Ryback and Rowan's jobs back. Ziggler returned to television on the next SmackDown and qualified for the Royal Rumble match by beating Barrett in a non-title match. In the Royal Rumble match on January 25, Ziggler entered as the last entrant, eliminating Bad News Barrett and Cesaro but was quickly eliminated by Big Show and Kane. At Fastlane on February 22, Ziggler competed together with Rowan and Ryback in a six-man tag team match against Rollins, Big Show and Kane, which they lost. On the March 5 episode of SmackDown, Ziggler was announced as a participant in the 7-man ladder match for the Intercontinental Championship at WrestleMania 31 on March 29, which was won by Daniel Bryan.

Storyline with Lana and Rusev (2015–2016)
Between March and June, Ziggler feuded with Sheamus, facing him in a Kiss Me Arse match at Extreme Rules and at Payback, while also participated in the Elimination Chamber match for the vacated Intercontinental Championship at Elimination Chamber and the Money in the Bank ladder match at Money in the Bank, which ws won by Sheamus.

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Ziggler became involved in an on-screen love affair with Lana, the former manager of Rusev, when she kissed him at Raw on May 25, with Lana serving as Ziggler's valet during his matches. In June, after Ziggler and Lana confirmed their storyline relationship, Summer Rae allied with Rusev to even the odds. After an attack by Rusev, Ziggler suffered a bruised trachea in storyline, which was to give him some time off to film a new WWE Studios movie, titled 6:42. While Ziggler and Rusev match at SummerSlam ended in a double countout due to interference from Lana and Rae, Ziggler won the rematch at Night of Champions,  but the storyline was cancelled after TMZ reported the real–life engagement of Rusev and Lana.

On the October 22 episode of SmackDown, Ziggler started a feud with the debuting Tyler Breeze, who aligned with Summer Rae and attacked Ziggler. Ziggler entered a tournament for the vacant WWE World Heavyweight Championship, defeating The Miz in the first round match before being eliminated by Dean Ambrose. Ziggler and Breeze continued their feud, which culminated in a match between the two at Survivor Series on November 22, which Ziggler lost. Ziggler would then enter a feud with Kevin Owens with the pair trading victories throughout the rest of December and beginning of 2016. Ziggler entered the Royal Rumble on January 24 as the 28th entrant, lasting 7 minutes, but was eliminated by the eventual winner, Triple H. The next night on Raw, Ziggler faced Kevin Owens in a losing effort, but defeated him the following two weeks in a row. On the February 15 Raw, Ziggler was involved in a fatal five-way match for the Intercontinental Championship, where Owens regained the title after pinning Tyler Breeze. At Fastlane on February 21, Ziggler challenged Owens to a match for the Intercontinental Championship, which he lost. In the following weeks, Ziggler began to re-ignite his feud with The Authority, and on the March 14 episode of Raw, he confronted Triple H and Stephanie McMahon. This resulted in Ziggler being granted a match against Triple H where if he won, he could pick his match at WrestleMania (excluding the WWE World Heavyweight Championship match); however, Ziggler lost. At WrestleMania 32 on April 3, Ziggler competed against Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, The Miz, Stardust, Sin Cara and Zack Ryder in a ladder match for the Intercontinental Championship, which Ryder won.

After WrestleMania 32, Ziggler went to a double countout with Baron Corbin on the April 4 episode of Raw, leading to Corbin hitting an End of Days outside of the ring to Ziggler, igniting a feud in the process. At the Payback pre-show on May 1, Ziggler faced Baron Corbin in a winning effort. The two then had a no disqualification match at Extreme Rules on May 22 where Corbin won after hitting a low blow on Ziggler. Following Extreme Rules, on the May 23 episode of Raw, Ziggler had a confrontation backstage with Corbin and challenged him to a technical wrestling match the next week. In that match, Ziggler intentionally got himself disqualified when he kicked Corbin in the groin immediately after the match began. This led to a rubber match at Money in the Bank on June 19, which Corbin won to end their feud.

Championship reigns (2016–2018)
On July 19 at the 2016 WWE draft, Ziggler was drafted to SmackDown. On the July 26 episode of SmackDown, Ziggler won a six-pack challenge against AJ Styles, Apollo Crews, Baron Corbin, Bray Wyatt, and John Cena to become the number one contender for the WWE World Championship. On the August 2 edition of SmackDown, Ziggler defended his contendership against Bray Wyatt. Ziggler won the match, but was attacked afterwards by Wyatt and Erick Rowan, who also laid out Dean Ambrose when he attempted to save Ziggler. On August 21 at SummerSlam, Ziggler was defeated by Ambrose. Next, Ziggler started a feud over The Miz's Intercontinental Championship, failing to capture the title at Backlash on September 11 after Maryse sprayed something at Ziggler whilst Miz distracted the referee. After failing to win the Intercontinental title in the following weeks, Ziggler would defeat The Miz at No Mercy on October 9 to win the title in a match where he would have to retire if he lost. However, he lost the title 37 days later against The Miz on the 900th episode of SmackDown. The feud culminated in a Ladder match at the TLC: Tables, Ladders, & Chairs event on December 4 for the championship in what was advertised as their final match, where Ziggler was defeated.

On the December 13 edition of SmackDown, Ziggler pinned Dean Ambrose in a fatal four-way elimination match also involving The Miz and Luke Harper, to become the number one contender to AJ Styles' WWE Championship. The following week, Baron Corbin confronted Ziggler, and the two had a match with Ziggler's number one contender's spot on the line. The match ended in a double count-out and Daniel Bryan made the December 27 episode's WWE Championship match a triple-threat between Styles, Ziggler, and Corbin. In that match, Styles retained the WWE Championship after pinning Ziggler.

On the January 3, 2017, episode of SmackDown, after he lost to Baron Corbin, Kalisto came to the save of Ziggler during a post match assault by Corbin, he superkicked Kalisto, turning heel for the first time since 2013. At Elimination Chamber on February 12, Ziggler lost to Apollo Crews and Kalisto in two-on-one handicap match. Following the match, Ziggler attacked the victors, stomping on Crews' ankle after placing it in a chair. This led to a chairs match on the February 28 SmackDown, where Ziggler was victorious. On April 2 on the WrestleMania 33 kickoff show, Ziggler was part of the André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal, managing to eliminate R-Truth, Rhyno and Tian Bing, from which he was eliminated by the eventual winner Mojo Rawley. He lost to Shinsuke Nakamura at Backlash on May 21.

After some time away from TV, Ziggler returned on the August 22 edition of SmackDown Live to declare that he would undergo a gimmick change on the following week's edition. He later started mocking, week after week, the entrances of current and former wrestlers such as John Cena, Naomi, Shawn Michaels and Randy Savage. Ziggler believed that fans only cared about elaborated entrances, and not about the in-ring performances, where he claimed he was the best. This led to a feud with Bobby Roode, being defeated by him at Hell in a Cell on October 8, but at Clash of Champions on December 17, he defeated Baron Corbin and Roode in a triple threat match to win his second United States Championship. On the following episode of SmackDown on December 19, Ziggler held a celebration that was a retrospective of his WWE career; he said that the fans did not deserve him and placed the title belt in the ring before leaving. A week later, general manager Daniel Bryan vacated the title.

Ziggler returned at the Royal Rumble on January 28, 2018, as the surprise #30 entrant in the men's Royal Rumble match. After eliminating Goldust, however, Ziggler was eliminated by Finn Bálor. He would be involved at Fastlane on March 11 in a six pack challenge for the WWE Championship, where the champion AJ Styles retained. Next month, Ziggler took part in the André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania 34 on April 8, but did not win the trophy.

Alliance with Drew McIntyre (2018–2019)
On April 16, Ziggler was moved to Raw as part of the Superstar Shake-up, and that night, he allied himself with the returning Drew McIntyre to attack Titus Worldwide (Titus O'Neil and Apollo Crews), whom they defeated the following week. On the June 18 episode of Raw, Ziggler answered Seth Rollins' open challenge for the Intercontinental Championship and defeated Rollins to capture the title for a sixth time. After weeks of McIntyre assisting Ziggler in all situations, including Extreme Rules on July 15 where Ziggler defeated Rollins 5–4 in sudden death overtime of a 30-Minute Iron Man match, Dean Ambrose returned on the August 13 episode of Raw to even the odds for Rollins. At SummerSlam on August 19, Ziggler lost the championship to Rollins, who had Ambrose in his corner.

On the September 3 episode of Raw, Ziggler and McIntyre temporarily formed a stable with Braun Strowman known as "The Dogs of War" to combat the newly reunited The Shield (Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose). Later that night, they won the Raw Tag Team Championship by defeating The B-Team (Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel). They then successfully defended their titles at Hell in a Cell on September 16 against Rollins and Ambrose. At the Super Show-Down event on October 6, Ziggler teamed with McIntyre and Strowman in a losing effort to The Shield in a six-man tag team match. Over the next two weeks, the respective groups faced each other again on Raw, with The Dogs of War winning the first match, but losing the latter after Ziggler got pinned by Ambrose. During both matches, tensions arose between Ziggler, McIntyre and Strowman, who felt he was carrying the group. After losing the last match, Strowman turned on Ziggler and attacked him, before being attacked by McIntyre.

Ziggler and McIntyre lost the Raw Tag Team Championship to Rollins and Ambrose on the October 22 episode of Raw after interference from Braun Strowman. On the December 3 episode of Raw, the alliance between Ziggler and McIntyre ended when McIntyre claimed that Ziggler was "a means to an end to get him into a prominent position" and ended their association. The two later faced each other in a match which Ziggler won after interference from Finn Bálor. After the three men had traded wins among each other and interfered in each other's matches over the next few weeks,  McIntyre defeated Ziggler in a cage match on the December 31 episode of Raw.

After this, Ziggler was off television until his appearance at the Royal Rumble match at the titular event on January 27, 2019, as participant number 28, eliminating McIntyre and lasting until the final three, before being eliminated by Braun Strowman. He would then disappear again from WWE television without notice due to a stand-up comedy tour that started following the Royal Rumble.

The Dirty Dawgs (2019–2022)
After a four-month hiatus, Ziggler returned on the May 21 episode of SmackDown Live, attacking WWE Champion Kofi Kingston. Ziggler failed to win the title from Kingston at Super ShowDown on June 7 and Stomping Grounds on June 23 in a steel cage match, ending their long-time feud. At Extreme Rules on July 14, he lost to Kevin Owens in only 17 seconds and failed to win the WWE Championship from Kingston in a triple threat match also including Samoa Joe at Smackville on July 27. On the July 23 episode of SmackDown Live, Ziggler interrupted Miz TV featuring Shawn Michaels and attacked Michaels and The Miz. This led to a match against Goldberg at SummerSlam on August 11, being defeated in a short match.

On the August 26 episode of Raw, Ziggler teamed with Robert Roode to win a tag-team turmoil match, earning a Raw Tag Team Championship match at Clash of Champions. At the event on September 15, Ziggler and Roode won the titles from Seth Rollins and Braun Strowman. On the October 14 episode of Raw, Ziggler and Roode lost the titles to The Viking Raiders (Erik and Ivar), ending their reign at 29 days, and they were drafted to the SmackDown brand as part of the 2019 WWE Draft. At Survivor Series on November 24, Ziggler and Roode won a 10-team Interbrand Tag Team Battle Royal. In the following weeks, they aligned themselves with King Corbin during his feud against Roman Reigns. On January 26, 2020, at the Royal Rumble, Ziggler entered the Royal Rumble match at number 19, but was eliminated by Reigns. At Super ShowDown on February 27, Ziggler lost to Mansoor. At Elimination Chamber on March 8, Ziggler and Roode competed in the namesake match for the SmackDown Tag Team Championship, where the champions The Miz and John Morrison retained. In March, due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Roode was forced to stay in his native Canada, putting the team on hiatus.

At the same time, Ziggler entered a feud with Otis over the affections of Mandy Rose, using underhanded tactics to secure a Valentine's Day date and short-term relationship, but was soon exposed. On the second night of WrestleMania 36 on April 5, Ziggler lost to Otis. After a few more assaults and promos, the feud ended when Otis defeated Ziggler in a Money in the Bank qualifying match. On the June 22 episode of Raw, it was announced that Ziggler and Roode were traded to the Raw brand for A.J. Styles. On that night, Ziggler issued a challenge to WWE Champion Drew McIntyre, which McIntyre accepted for The Horror Show at Extreme Rules. At the event on July 19, Ziggler failed to win the title.

As part of the 2020 Draft in October, both Ziggler and Roode were drafted back to the SmackDown brand. On the January 8, 2021, episode of SmackDown, Ziggler and Roode defeated The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) to win the SmackDown Tag Team Championship. They retained the titles until WrestleMania Backlash, where they lost the titles to Rey and Dominik Mysterio. They were drafted to the Raw brand in the 2021 Draft. On the October 25 episode of Raw, Ziggler and Roode defeated The Street Profits and Alpha Academy (Chad Gable and Otis) in a #1 contender's match for the Raw Tag Team Championship, facing the champions, RK-Bro (Randy Orton and Riddle) for the titles later that night in a losing effort. At Survivor Series on November 21, Ziggler participated in a 25-man dual-branded battle royal to commemorate the 25th anniversary of The Rock's debut at the 1996 Survivor Series, eliminating Mansoor before he was eliminated by AJ Styles. Ziggler competed in the Royal Rumble on January 29, 2022, entering at No. 16 but was eliminated by Bad Bunny and Rey Mysterio.

NXT Champion (2022–2023)
On the February 8 episode of NXT 2.0, Ziggler made a surprise appearance during a segment with Bron Breakker and Santos Escobar. At NXT Roadblock on March 8, Ziggler defeated Tommaso Ciampa and defending champion Breakker in a triple threat match to win the NXT Championship. The following week, he successfully defended his title against L. A. Knight. At Stand & Deliver on April 2, he retained the title against Breakker due to interference from Roode. However, on the April 4 episode of Raw, Ziggler lost his title to Breakker, ending his reign at 27 days.

At the 2023 WWE Draft, he was undrafted. On the May 15 episode of Raw, Ziggler competed in a battle royal to determine the #1 contender for the Intercontinental Championship at Night of Champions, eliminating JD McDonagh, but would later get eliminated by Von Wagner. After getting eliminated, McDonagh would attack Ziggler, beginning a feud between the two. On the May 29 episode of Raw, Ziggler wrestled McDonagh, which ended in a double countout. McDonagh would once again attack Ziggler after the match. This would end up being Ziggler's final appearance for the company.

He was released on September 21, 2023, ending his 19-year tenure with the company. Nemeth's non-compete clause with the WWE expired on December 20, 2023.

Independent circuit (2023–present)
On December 10, 2023, it was announced that Nemeth would be making his debut for World Wrestling Council (WWC) on January 20, 2024, against Ray González. On February 3, 2024, Nemeth made his debut for Game Changer Wrestling (GCW) at The Coldest Winter 2, defeating Matt Cardona.

On March 29, he defeated Cardona once again, but this time for the SCX Championship. The next day, he retained the championship against Último Dragón.

New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2024–present)
Nemeth made his debut for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) at Wrestle Kingdom 18 on January 4, 2024, appearing ringside as a spectator along with his brother Ryan. Nemeth confronted the new IWGP Global Champion David Finlay, defeating him for the title at The New Beginning in Sapporo. Nemeth retained the title against Hiroshi Tanahashi on night 1 of Wrestling Dontaku, but lost it the next night back to Finlay, ending his reign at 71 days.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2024–present)
Nemeth made his debut for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) at the Hard To Kill PPV on January 13, 2024, confronting the new TNA World Champion Moose. Nemeth hit Moose with the Danger Zone (formerly known as the Zig Zag) before fleeing the ring and celebrating with the crowd. The following week, Nemeth appeared for the first time on TNA Impact!. He was interrupted by Steve Maclin, with the two eventually throwing punches and establishing Nemeth's first rivalry in TNA. At Sacrifice, Nemeth went on to defeat Maclin. On April 20 at Rebellion, Nemeth unsuccessfully challenged Moose for the TNA World Championship.

Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (2024–present)
On March 18, 2024, it was announced that Nemeth would make his debut for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) at Triplemanía XXXII: Monterrey, to face Alberto El Patron for the vacant AAA Mega Championship. At the event, Nemeth defeated El Patron to win the AAA Mega Championship for the first time in his career, marking his first world championship outside WWE in Mexican soil.

Professional wrestling style and persona
Sports Illustrated described Nemeth as "phenomenal in the ring, with the ability to carry an entertaining match with practically anyone on the WWE roster" and added that his "mic work is top-notch... and there is a genuine believability in his work". He is also noted for his "elite" ability to sell for his opponents. Jim Cornette praised Nemeth and stated, "I knew he was a good athlete, [but] I never dreamed he was going to be the second coming of Curt Hennig."

Nemeth's most commonly utilized finishing maneuvers are a jumping reverse bulldog, known as the Zig Zag, as well as a superkick. In the early run of his Dolph Ziggler character, he also used a sleeper hold as a submission finisher. While still in developmental, he also utilized a jumping reverse STO named Blonde Ambition. Due to his athleticism and intense showmanship, Nemeth has been referred to as "The Showstealer" and "The Showoff", while in his earlier career he was referred to as "The Natural". Upon teaming with Vickie Guerrero, he was nicknamed either "Blonde Ambition" or "Blonde Perfection". Consequently, his theme music was named "I Am Perfection" during this period of his career, while later on it was changed to "Here to Show the World."

In the early stages of his career, Nemeth was introduced to the audiences as a sidekick with a caddie gimmick. This, however, lasted only a few weeks because Chavo Guerrero aborted his golfer gimmick after the death of his uncle Eddie Guerrero. While there were initial plannings within the company to give him a new gimmick based on his successful career in amateur wrestling and pair him with Kurt Angle, this idea never surfaced. Instead, his first longer lasting gimmick became that of male cheerleader Nicky, where he was partnered with four other wrestlers as The Spirit Squad. To ensure their characters were believable, they trained with real cheerleaders and gymnasts. With this gimmick, he saw moderate success, winning the World Tag Team Championship once. After the disbanding of the Spirit Squad he was again sent back to developmental, where he and fellow Spirit Squad member Mike Mondo tweaked the gimmick into a jock and fraternity based new gimmick, now going by the name of "Frat Pack". He would continue this gimmick alongside Brad Allen and Gavin Spears, with whom he won the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship once each. In a 2020 interview, Nemeth voiced amusement as well as creative frustration towards his early gimmicks, stating that he tried to make them work, knowing they could only fail, just to break through in professional wrestling.

By 2008, Nemeth was repackaged as Dolph Ziggler, a bleached-blonde and self-absorbed narcissist. Debuting as a heel, Ziggler repeatedly declared himself as "perfection" and would display an extremely arrogant attitude, while at the same time using dirty tactics. When he turned face in 2013, his character shifted towards a man out to prove himself and never giving up. In September 2017, Ziggler would begin a new short-lived gimmick where he would come out to the entrance themes and dress as other popular wrestlers and legends to irritate the crowd. After that, his gimmick tweaked towards a whiny heel who believed he was destined for greatness, constantly blaming his bad luck or others for his lack of opportunity and would always come up short, culminating in his feud with Kofi Kingston in 2019, where he would blame Kingston (and later Drew McIntyre) for stealing his chance to become WWE champion while stating "it should've been me".

Stand-up comedy
Nemeth grew up as a fan of comedians such as Johnny Carson, Dana Carvey, Phil Hartman, Jan Hooks, Jon Lovitz, Brian Regan, Adam Sandler, and George Wallace. He decided to start performing comedy around the year 2010. He performed stand-up comedy for the first time in a small Los Angeles venue in 2013, and began getting offers to perform at various comedy clubs nearby WWE events. At this point, he had been studying comedy almost a decade in preparation for a comedy career. He also began hosting a monthly improv comedy show called Flying Chuck alongside fellow professional wrestlers John Morrison and his brother Ryan Nemeth. A few years later, he started working as an opening act for his long-time friend Sarah Tiana. In July 2018, he appeared on Comedy Central's Roast Battle III to face off against Tiana.

In 2018, Nemeth started seriously moonlighting as a stand-up comedian while still wrestling for WWE. This led to him headlining shows close to the arenas for the 2018 SummerSlam and Survivor Series pay-per-views; he used the big WWE events to piggyback on for his first major shows, due to there being a lot of wrestling fans in the area. Following the 2019 Royal Rumble event, he embarked on his first headlining tour from the end of January to the end of March. He took a break from WWE television to focus on the tour. He later continued the tour, announcing two shows in Texas taking place in late May.

In other media
Ziggler appeared on the November 3, 2009, episode of Deal or No Deal with Maria Kanellis and Eve Torres. He appeared on Lopez Tonight on August 9, 2010. Nemeth appeared in a 2011 episode of Silent Library alongside Chris Masters, Trent Baretta, JTG, Caylen Croft, and Curt Hawkins. Nemeth made regular appearances on fellow WWE wrestler Zack Ryder's YouTube web series, Z! True Long Island Story, via his own segment named 'Ask Z Heel'.

On February 1, 2012, Nemeth debuted WWEFanNation's WWE Download and was the host of the YouTube series. The official WWE Download playlist on YouTube described the series as "Dolph Ziggler's sarcastic wit vs. your videos" and each episode consisted of Ziggler reviewing both viral and WWE videos. A new episode of WWE Download was uploaded every Monday until the show ended on January 28, 2013, after 53 episodes but returned for one time only on September 30, 2014. In August 2013, Nemeth was cast by Max Landis to appear in the 2015 film Me Him Her.

In 2016, Nemeth would appear in a series of ads advertising KFC. and 2017 In the ads, he dressed as KFC founder Colonel Sanders. The first ad notably had Nemeth cutting a promo on The Miz, who was dressed as a chicken. This led to a dark match where Nemeth, as Colonel Sanders, defeated Miz in a squash match.

Nemeth began appearing on the Fox Business Network program Kennedy hosted by Lisa Kennedy Montgomery in 2017. As of 2018, he has appeared on the show 6-8 times.

Personal life
Nemeth has two brothers. His younger brother Ryan is also a professional wrestler that he teams with in TNA. Ryan previously worked with both WWE in NXT under the ring name Briley Pierce and in AEW. His other brother, Donald, was sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter, kidnapping, and robbery for his role in a botched robbery attempt that led to the murder of a former Marine in January 2016.

Nemeth is good friends with his former Spirit Squad teammates, particularly Michael Brendli, with whom he lived in Florida until 2008. He previously dated comedian Amy Schumer, who split up with him because she considered him "too athletic" in bed.

Nicholas also maintains a close friendship with another professional wrestler, Ryback.

Nemeth is fluent in American Sign Language.

Nemeth is an avid fan of his hometown Cleveland Browns.

Championships and accomplishments

 * Florida Championship Wrestling
 * FCW Florida Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Brad Allen (1) and Gavin Spears (1)
 * Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide
 * AAA Mega Championship (1 time, current)
 * New Japan Pro-Wrestling
 * IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * Pro Wrestling Illustrated
 * Ranked No. 9 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2013
 * Rolling Stone
 * Wrestler of the Year (2014)
 * Worst Storyline (2015) – with Rusev, Summer Rae and Lana
 * Squared Circle Expo
 * SCX Championship (1 time, current)
 * WrestleCrap
 * Gooker Award (2015) – feud with Rusev, Summer Rae and Lana
 * Wrestling Observer Newsletter
 * Most Improved (2011)
 * Most Underrated (2011)
 * World Series Wrestling
 * WSW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time, current)
 * World Wrestling Entertainment/WWE
 * World Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
 * NXT Championship (1 time)
 * WWE Intercontinental Championship (6 times)
 * WWE United States Championship (2 times)
 * WWE Raw Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Drew McIntyre (1) and Robert Roode (1)
 * WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Robert Roode
 * World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Johnny, Kenny, Mikey, and Mitch
 * Money in the Bank (2012 – World Heavyweight Championship contract)
 * 22nd Triple Crown Champion
 * Slammy Award (2 times)
 * Best Twitter Handle or Social Champion (2014) – @HEELZiggler
 * Match of the Year (2014) – Team Cena vs. Team Authority at Survivor Series

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Darwin (programming game)

Darwin was a programming game invented in August 1961 by Victor A. Vyssotsky, Robert Morris Sr., and M. Douglas McIlroy. (Dennis Ritchie is sometimes incorrectly cited as a co-author, but was not involved.) The game was developed at Bell Labs, and played on an IBM 7090 mainframe there. The game was only played for a few weeks before Morris developed an "ultimate" program that eventually brought the game to an end, as no-one managed to produce anything that could defeat it.

Description
The game consisted of a program called the umpire and a designated section of the computer's memory known as the arena, into which two or more small programs, written by the players, were loaded. The programs were written in 7090 machine code, and could call a number of functions provided by the umpire in order to probe other locations within the arena, kill opposing programs, and claim vacant memory for copies of themselves.

The game ended after a set amount of time, or when copies of only one program remained alive. The player who wrote the last surviving program was declared winner.

Up to 20 memory locations within each program (fewer in later versions of the game) could be designated as protected. If one of these protected locations was probed by another program, the umpire would immediately transfer control to the program that was probed. This program would then continue to execute until it, in turn, probed a protected location of some other program, and so forth.

While the programs were responsible for copying and relocating themselves, they were forbidden from altering memory locations outside themselves without permission from the umpire. As the programs were executed directly by the computer, there was no physical mechanism in place to prevent cheating. Instead, the source code for the programs was made available for study after each game, allowing players to learn from each other and to verify that their opponents hadn't cheated.

The smallest program that could reproduce, locates enemies and kills them consisted of about 30 instructions. McIlroy developed a 15-instruction program that could locate and kill enemies but not reproduce; while not very lethal, it was effectively unkillable, as it was shorter than the limit of 20 protected instructions. In later games the limit on protected instructions was lowered because of this.

The "ultimately lethal" program developed by Morris had 44 instructions, and employed an adaptive strategy. Once it has successfully located the start of an enemy program, it would probe some small distance ahead of this location. If it succeeded in killing the enemy, it would remember the distance and use it on subsequent encounters. If it instead hits a protected location, it will choose a different distance at the very moment it gains control again. Any new copies were initialized with a successful value. In this way, Morris's program evolved into multiple subspecies, each specifically adapted to kill a particular enemy.

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Talk:Delphic Hymns

Modern performance recordings available?
With the undertanding that any modern performances of the ancient hymns would, obviously, be interpretations and not faithful to the original performances, does anyone have any links to modern performances and recordings? Or, even a MIDI or digital audio file of the notes played as shown in the article? --NightMonkey 01:49, August 26, 2005 (UTC)

 * I could make a MIDI file of it easily, if that would help. It's a little misleading since we have absolutely no idea how they performed this stuff, and it would sound rather "plain."  (I think the music was sung by the chorus while the kithara player improvised some kind of embellishments, but I can't put that in the article 'cuz it's just my guess.)  In the standard MIDI spec I think there's several plucked strings that would be appropriate sounds.  Antandrus  (talk) 02:19, 26 August 2005 (UTC)

 * FYI there is a recording available called "Ancient Greek Music" by the Atrium Musicae de Madrid, released in 1979 on Harmonia Mundi, that contains interpretations on reconstructed instruments of pretty much all the ancient Greek and Roman musical output that has survived to the present, including the first Delphic Hymn to Apollo. There's also information on a more recent CD here. --Gene_poole 02:39, 26 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Interesting! I wish I had it.  I'll list it and one or two more at the end of the article.  Antandrus  (talk) 04:30, 26 August 2005 (UTC)

 * I found a recording that incorporates the theme of the first Delphic Hymn in the game Civilisation III. Here's a link to it: If the link is included, can it be mentioned in the recording section? Watto the jazzman (talk) 02:21, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

Original notation?
I'd be interested in seeing a picture of the original epitaph, if that's possible. It would also be interesting to read a history of the transcription of the hymn into modern notation.

 * Here you go:  -- I'd love to use it in the article but we'd have to write for permission to put that picture under our license.  The music notation is the little symbols above the letters.  The Seikilos epitaph is done similarly, and there is a photo of that on the internet somewhere as well.  Antandrus  (talk) 05:09, 26 August 2005 (UTC)

"Permission for noncommercial educational use granted" it says. Doesn't Wiki come under that? This is the 2nd, and the image in the article is the 1st, no? Oh, and does anyone know of info about how they know what the symbols mean (i.e.,"a history of the transcription of the hymn into modern notation")? Do we have an article on ancient musical notation that we could link to?

 * We probably can use the image; however if we put it under GFDL, someone else could use it for non-educational commercial use (I think) violating the original permission. I'm no expert on this stuff.  And yes we definitely need an article on ancient Greek music notation (that's the only kind I know anything about) ... it's just not written yet.  Antandrus  (talk) 14:55, 26 August 2005 (UTC)

 * It seems to me, that given it is a photograph of just the face of the tablet, that it is a public-domain antiquity, ineligible for copyright or any noncommercial licensing. Ziggur 20:22, August 26, 2005 (UTC)

I shall await the article with bated breath. I was already curious about ancient notation (the only kind I know about is European christian). I can't remember; can we link a picture without putting it under GFDL? Or does that just not work?

 * OK, you've convinced me; I put the photo in the article. Feel free to tweak its position.  I don't know yet which license template tag belongs on the image page.  (Anyone know the licensing nuances better than I do?) Antandrus  (talk) 20:35, 26 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Hey, just wondering what prompted you to delete the image. A photograph of a document, painting, etc. in antiquity, at least in the U.S., should be public domain.  See Feist Publications v. Rural Telephone Service.  While that case does not relate directly to copyright over photos of public domain art, it does establish that creativity is needed for a copyright to be valid.  A documenting photo showing only the work in question at a dead-on angle for the best reproduction of the original therefore should not fall under copyright and the person has no right to license it noncommercially. Ziggur 20:17, August 28, 2005 (UTC)

 * Professor Paul Brians (now retired), who took the photograph for the Washington State University website, has indicated that he is happy for the photograph to be used. He writes: "We created the World Civilizations database specifically to provide royalty-free images for educational use." The photograph along with others, such as a picture of the omphalos, is available at this address: World Civilizations. Kanjuzi (talk) 04:57, 18 May 2018 (UTC)

the earliest Music?
quote: ...is the earliest unambiguous surviving example of notated music from anywhere in the western world... - and what about the Seikilos epitaph? Seikilos is not dated without doubt but it is between the 2nd and the 1st Century BC -- Hartmann Schedel (talk) 15:16, 12 July 2008 (UTC) The epitaph is the earliest complete fragment of notated music. Everything I've read (not just this article) dates the Delphic hymns further back.--Jlowther91 (talk) 05:38, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

"Pythian Festival"
"the Pythian Festival, held only once every ten years, "... The redlinked reference, then, is not to the Pythian Games, held every four years? --Wetman (talk) 18:30, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Pöhlmann and West (2001) say every ten years, but do not clarify how this decennial Festival relates to the Games. The ten-year interval is cited (originally by Reinach, I believe) as the reason for the possibility that the two Hymns may have been composed ten years apart, rather than in the same year.—Jerome Kohl (talk) 20:59, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

The Greek text
I don't know where I could find the original Greek text of the hymns, I mean, not a photo of the stone.--190.22.94.15 (talk) 20:43, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
 * A careful transcription of the surviving Greek text, as well as the original letter-notation of the music, can be found in Pöhlmann and West 2001, cited in the References. There is no translation there, however.—Jerome Kohl (talk) 20:55, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

I had some trouble finding translations of the Hymns. I ended up finding both, at least in part, but on internet pages whose reliability I cannot vouch for, not speaking the language myself.

1st hymn: (http://www.rakkav.com/biblemusic/images/delphi.jpg). This is a translation (without a signature) of the same section quoted in the article.

2nd hymn: (http://www.wsu.edu/~wldciv/world_civ_reader/world_civ_reader_1/delphic.html). This is credited as being from Washington State university but, again, I cannot comment on the quality of the translation. --Jlowther91 (talk) 03:25, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

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Breve marks
What was wrong with (– u –)? (– ⏑ –) doesn't look any better! If the breve mark was a properly sized one it would be OK, but as it is, it looks too small and too low on the page. Kanjuzi (talk) 04:30, 18 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Well, it took me a minute or two to figure out that "u" was meant to represent a breve mark at all, and a typewriter workaround should not be necessary in this day and age (just as we do not use double-hyphens instead of em-dashes on Wikipedia). I reckon that, if this confuses me, it is going to be worse for a reader who is not expecting macrons and breves at all. The sizing of the breve may be a product of your browser, since it looks OK to me (Safari 11.0.2, running under OS-X 11.1), though admittedly it rides a little low. There are actually two breve symbols that I am aware of (perhaps there are also Wiki templates for the purpose, which might be more satisfactory, but I have not succeeded in finding such templates for stand-alone marks). This one is the "metrical breve" from the Music Symbols category in Unicode, and the macron here is really an en-dash (I do not find a corresponding macron in the Music Symbols set). The "real" Unicode macron and breve marks are meant to be used as superscripts, and so display small and high (ˉ ˘ ˉ), which I judge to be unsatisfactory. There may be other options of which I am unaware, but the letter "u" is simply too confusing, in my opinion.—Jerome Kohl (talk) 16:45, 18 May 2018 (UTC)

Midi recording
The midi recording of the first section (placed under the illustration) used to work immediately when clicked, but now has to be downloaded first. Can anyone solve the problem? Kanjuzi (talk) 08:19, 7 July 2018 (UTC)

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WNOE-FM

WNOE-FM (101.1 MHz) is a country music station based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The iHeartMedia outlet broadcasts with an ERP of 100 kW. Its transmitter is located in New Orleans' East Area, and its studios are located downtown.

History
WNOE's alumni of jocks include Eddie Edwards, Christina Kelley, Kenneth "Jack The Cat" Elliott, Jim Stewart, Frank Jolley, Johnny "The White Eagle" Stevens, Bill Stewart, The Twins Tom and Paul Collins, Gary Guthrie (AKA "Trigger Black" and "Max Bozeaux" on WNOE-AM), Don Wade, Bobby Reno, Hugh "Captain Humble" Dillard, Mitch McCracken, Doug Christian, Russ Boney, Cherie "The Oldies" Sweetheart, Michael Copaz, with C.C. Courtney and Buzz Bennett.

WNOE-FM, whose AM sister station had been a legendary Heritage Top 40 station during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, was best known in its own right as an AOR outlet in the 1970s. (Phil Hendrie was an airstaffer during that time.) It flipped to country music on August 14, 1980.

In 2011 WNOE-FM saw a resurgence in ratings and activity under Program Director Don Gosselin working closely with Nashville labels and concert promoters to increase country concerts. In 2012, WNOE-FM sponsored its anniversary show with the Brothers of the Sun Tour starring Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw. In 2013, the anniversary show featured Jason Aldean who chose New Orleans as his annual "Concert for a Cure" and donated $575,000 to the Susan G. Komen New Orleans affiliate.

Since 2011, WNOE-FM has also raised over $4 million for the St. Jude Children's Hospital through Dream Home auctions, annual Radiothons, and various other fundraising events. WNOE-FM was the recipient of the St. Jude "Dream Home National Campaign of the Year" in 2012.

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User talk:Tinster

You should know that blanking valid votes for deletion is greatly frowned upon. Please don't do it again. - Lucky 6.9 01:54, 26 August 2005 (UTC)

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Upper Darling Range Railway

The Upper Darling Range Railway (also known as the Upper Darling Range Branch) was a branch railway from Midland Junction, Western Australia, that rose up the southern side of the Helena Valley and on to the Darling Scarp via the Kalamunda Zig Zag. At the time of construction it was the only section of railway in Western Australia to have had a zig zag formation.

History
Completed in July 1891, the Upper Darling Range Railway line was built by the Canning Jarrah Timber Company to supply railway sleepers to Perth's growing railway system. It ran from Midland Junction railway station through to the Darling Ranges and up into Kalamunda. It was later extended to Canning Mills and in 1912 to Karragullen. From Pickering Brook, a line branched off to Bartons Mill.

On 1 July 1903, the line was taken over by the Western Australian Government Railways and became known as the Upper Darling Range Branch. The last service ran on 22 July 1949. The line was formally closed by the Railways (Upper Darling Range) Discontinuance Act 1950; it was dismantled in 1952.

Stopping places
Named stopping places and locations on the line included:

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Be Here

Be Here is the fourth studio album by New Zealand-born Australian country singer Keith Urban. It was released on 21 September 2004, through Capitol Nashville. With four million copies sold, the album is not only Urban's best-selling album, but also one of the best-selling albums in America by an Australian artist.

The album produced three number 1 singles on the Hot Country Songs chart with "Days Go By", "Making Memories of Us" and "Better Life", as well as the number 2 hits "You're My Better Half" and "Tonight I Wanna Cry". The song "Live to Love Another Day" also peaked at number 48 on the country charts, even though it was not released as a single.

Content
"Making Memories of Us", written by Rodney Crowell, was originally recorded by Tracy Byrd on his 2003 album The Truth About Men. It was also recorded by Crowell himself, along with his backing band The Notorious Cherry Bombs, on their 2004 self-titled album. Nine of the album's songs were written by Urban. Urban produced the tracks "God's Been Good to Me" and "Live to Love Another Day" himself, and then he co-produced the rest of the tracks with Dann Huff.

"Country Comfort" is a cover of a track from Elton John's Tumbleweed Connection.

Critical reception
The album has received positive reviews from Allmusic, BBC, Entertainment Weekly, and Rolling Stone. Three tracks from the album, "Days Go By", "Making Memories of Us", and "Tonight I Want to Cry" were included in an About.com ranking of Urban's top ten songs.

Accolades
Be Here received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Country Album, and won Academy of Country Music Award for Album of the Year. The album was also nominated for Album of the Year at the 40th Annual Country Music Association Awards.

Commercial performance
The album was certified 4× Platinum by Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and remains as Urban's best-selling album to date, with sales of 3,639,000 copies in the United States, as of July 2009; it also reached number 8 on the Canadian album chart, number 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Albums chart and number 3 on the Billboard 200.

Personnel

 * Tim Akers – accordion (tracks 1, 7), keyboards (1–3, 6–7, 10), Hammond organ (9), piano (3)
 * Charlie Bisharat – violin (tracks 8–9)
 * Bruce Bouton – Dobro guitar (track 9), steel guitar (11)
 * Paul Buckmaster – string conductor, string arrangements (tracks 8–9)
 * Denyse Buffum – viola (tracks 8–9)
 * Tom Bukovac – acoustic guitar (track 12), electric guitar (2–7, 10), slide guitar (7), wah wah guitar (7), additional guitars (1, 3, 8–9, 11, 13)
 * Paul Bushnell – bass guitar (tracks 3, 5, 9, 11)
 * Matt Chamberlain – drums (tracks 3, 5, 9, 11), percussion (3, 5, 9)
 * Larry Corbett – cello (tracks 8–9)
 * Eric Darken – percussion (tracks 1–2, 6–8, 10–11, additional: 3)
 * Bruce Dukov – violin (tracks 8–9)
 * Matt Funes – viola (tracks 8–9)
 * Armen Garabedian – violin (tracks 8–9)
 * Berj Garabedian – violin (tracks 8–9)
 * Endre Granat – violin (tracks 8–9)
 * Paula Hochhalter – cello (tracks 8–9)
 * Dann Huff – acoustic 12-string guitar (track 3), electric guitar (6), mandolin (1, 11)
 * Suzie Katayama – cello (tracks 8–9)
 * Peter Kent – violin (tracks 8–9)
 * Steven King – accordion (track 13)
 * Natalie Leggett – violin (tracks 8–9)
 * Chris McHugh – drums (tracks 1–2, 4, 6–8, 10, 12–13), percussion (4, 12)
 * Robert Matsuda – violin (tracks 8–9)
 * Steve Nathan – piano (track 8)
 * Jimmy Nichols – keyboards (5), piano (11), synthesizer strings (9)
 * Sara Parkins – violin (tracks 8–9)
 * Bob Peterson – violin (tracks 8–9)
 * Kevin Pickle - assistant engineer
 * Steve Richards – cello (tracks 8–9)
 * Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar (tracks 1–2, 4, 6–8, 10, 12–13)
 * Dan Smith – cello (tracks 8–9)
 * Charles Stegeman – violin (tracks 8–9)
 * Rachel Stegeman – violin (tracks 8–9)
 * Rudy Stein – cello (tracks 8–9)
 * Russell Terrell – background vocals (tracks 1–3, 5–7, 9–10, 13)
 * Chris Thile – mandolin (track 9)
 * Keith Urban – banjo (tracks 2, 4, 6–7, 11–13), EBow (1, 5), acoustic 12-string guitar (3), acoustic guitar (1–7, 9–13), electric guitar (1–7, 9–12), hand clapping, mandolin (7, 13), slide guitar (4), lead vocals (All tracks), background vocals (tracks 1–10, 12–13, harmony: 11)
 * Josefina Vergara – violin (tracks 8–9)
 * Evan Wilson – viola (tracks 8–9)
 * Jonathan Yudkin – cello (track 3), fiddle (1, 13)

Singles
Footnotes
 * A: "Tonight I Wanna Cry" charted in Australia in 2011, after it was performed by a contestant on The X Factor Australia.

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Jayavarman I

Jayavarman I (ជ័យវរ្ម័នទី១), also called Protégé of Victory, is considered to be the last ruler of the united Chenla, the predecessor polity of the Khmer Empire.

Biography
He ruled from approximately 657 until around 681. Over the course of his reign, and that of his predecessors Bhavavarman II and Candravarman, the Khmer kings power was consolidated in the areas previously controlled by the Funan’s culture. However, Jayavarman left no male heirs, which led to the division of Cambodia.

Inscriptions associated with his reign are found at Tuol Kok Prah, Wat Prei Val, Prah Kuha Luon, Wat Kdei Ang, Wat Baray, and Tuol Nak Ta Bak Ka. His palace was located at Purandarapura. He was the great-grandson of Isanavarman I. Jayavarman I's daughter, Queen Jayadevi, succeeded him as queen regnant.

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Air Baron

Air Baron is an economic strategy game published by Avalon Hill in 1996. Despite its family-oriented marketing, Air Baron plays far more like a wargame than a typical family money-driven game like Monopoly. Air Baron is for two to six players, adjusting the playable area and victory conditions accordingly.

Gameplay
Air Baron challenges players to build an airline empire in the United States by amassing a plurality of market share and liquid assets.

Players seek to gain dominance or control of hubs in order to amass market share. Dominance of a hub is gained by controlling the majority of associated domestic spokes; it carries a moderate income potential and market share gain. Control of a hub is gained by controlling all of the associated domestic spokes; it doubles the income potential and market share gain of dominance.

Any uncontrolled domestic spoke may be purchased at face value. Takeovers of controlled spokes require a higher fee and an opposed dice roll versus the controlling player. Several factors contribute both positively and negatively to each player's dice total.

If, at the end of his turn, a player has a combined total of market share and cash equal to or greater than the victory margin, he wins.

Play order
At the start of each round, one color-coded chit per player is placed in a cup. The chits are drawn sequentially to determine the current order of play. While the order of play in an individual round is generally unimportant, the interval between turns for a single player is a significant consideration.

Starting cash on hand
Starting cash is determined by die roll. To offset the advantage of first play, each player receives cumulatively more money during the initial turn.

Income
Every purchased spoke, plus all hubs, have a unique chit placed in a cup. At the start of every turn, the player randomly draws two chits, paying the owner appropriately. Chits are replaced at the end of each round.

Additional purchases
Beyond the primary domestic spokes, players can also purchase foreign spokes and jumbo jets. Foreign spokes benefit opposed takeovers at the associated hubs. Jumbo jets provide similar bonuses on the domestic spoke where deployed, or they can be held in reserve for later use in an opposed takeover. Additionally, spokes with jumbos pay double the usual rate.

Offensive operations
Normally players are limited to one purchase or takeover attempt per turn. However, players can declare a state of Fare Wars that allow an indefinite number of domestic takeover attempts provided: While in Fare Wars, players receive an additional takeover dice roll bonus. Profits, however, are not earned while in Fare Wars. Since the state can only be entered or exited at the beginning of a player's turn, the randomized play order has a major impact on the potential for income loss.
 * The player has sufficient funds
 * The player does not fail an attempt

Optional rules
Several optional rules, including strikes, crashes, government loans, and bidding, are provided as part of an advanced version. These rules may be added to the basic game collectively or individually as desired.

Reviews

 * Pyramid #21 (Sept./Oct., 1996)

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 * Do we really need the blood type in the article? I understand that the Japanese version has it, but the question still holds.DevanJedi 01:58, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I agree. I'm going to take it out, but if anyone has a problem, they can revert if they want. Doughboy 21:09, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

Why is there no info on her falling off a building while in the line of duty? It seems not worthy that a reporter fell of a building while on live TV whilst doing her job JayKeaton 16:56, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject class rating
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as stub, and the rating on other projects was brought up to Stub class. BetacommandBot 21:47, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

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Sisenand

Sisenand (Spanish, Galician, and Portuguese: Sisenando; Sisenandus) (c. 605 – 12 March 636) was the Visigothic King of Hispania, Septimania and Galicia from 631 to 636.

Reign
Sisenand was the governor of Septimania, when the nobles revolted against the Visigothic king, Suintila, over the latter's confiscations of lands and distribution of privileges between the nobility and clergy. Sisenand joined the rebellion and overthrew Suintila with the aid of Dagobert I, King of the Franks, to whom Gothic nobles offered a plate of pure gold in return, weighing 500 pounds. The plate was allegedly a gift that Aetius, a Roman general, gave to Thorismund, then king of the Visigoths, in 451. After successfully overthrowing Suintila and capturing Zaragoza on 26 March 631, Sisenand proclaimed himself king. The victory of Sisenand also represented the triumph of the nobility over the common people, although the greatest beneficiary was the clergy, who took advantage of the weariness of the other contenders to enhance their own influence.

Upon assuming the throne, he had Suintila, the previous king, declared a tyrant for his many crimes, iniquity, and accumulation of wealth at the expense of the poor; he also removed all taxes on the clergy.

Between 632 and 633, there was apparently an attempted uprising within the kingdom, led by Iudila, only attested to by two coins from Mérida and Granada bearing the inscription IUDILA REX. The revolution failed, and Iudila was later killed.

In order to obtain ecclesiastical conformity, on 8 December 633, Sisenand convened the IV Council of Toledo, which drew up civil and ecclesiastical laws within the Visigothic kingdom, including the death penalty, excommunication, and condemnation to perpetual perdition for those rebelling against the king. Similar penalties were approved for those who wished to dispense with such law of choice. However, the council did not concede any hereditary right to the king; the next king would be elected by the bishops and magnates from one of their own.

Sisenand died a natural death in the city of Toledo on 12 March 636. Chintila was chosen by the bishops to succeed him.

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Arrow (radio format)

Arrow is an American brand name radio format that plays classic rock from the 1970s through the 1990s. The format was popular in a number of markets in the 1990s and 2000s. The word "Arrow" is an extended acronym for "All Rock and Roll Oldies".

History
Originally, the Arrow format focused on rock-oriented oldies music from the mid-1960s through the mid-1980s, excluding pop, bubblegum, disco, and doo-wop. It also kept disc jockey talk and jingles to a minimum.

Many Arrow stations were owned by Infinity Broadcasting and located throughout the United States. The flagship and founding station for Arrow was KCBS-FM in Los Angeles which created and launched the format in September 1993. In 1996, the station adjusted to a broad-based classic rock format that lasted until its flip to adult hits as "Jack FM" in 2005. Outside Los Angeles, the Arrow format has been used on KRRW in Dallas–Fort Worth, KKRW in Houston, WARW in Washington, D.C., and KRSP-FM in Salt Lake City.

Netherlands
In the Netherlands, Arrow Classic Rock airs a classic rock format similar (but independently) to that in the United States. Launched in 1996, Arrow originally broadcast on various AM and later FM frequencies, moving exclusively to cable radio in 2009. Since 2004, the company that operates Arrow has also run a jazz station known as "Arrow Jazz FM" (now SubLime FM). In The Netherlands the name 'Arrow' developed further into a brandname for quality music with a number of 'vertical' non-presented music formats like Arrow Rock Radio (mix of Classic Rock, Modern Rock and Alternative), Arrow CAZ (Todays Hits), Arrow Bluesbox (Blues, Bluesrock, Americana and Country), Arrow High Voltage (Metal and Hard Rock). During 2017 als Arrow TV started as a 'proof of concept' with three channels Rock, Bluesrock and Metal.

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Talk:S.A. (corporation)

Requested move 4 June 2015

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: procedural close as no consensus. Discussion has ranged over multiple pages with various suggestions. This one hasn't gained consensus. DrKiernan (talk) 13:36, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

S.A. (corporation) → corporations under civil law – This is not specifically about S.A.'s, this is about corporations as formulated under civil law in general. --Relisted. George Ho (talk) 03:11, 12 June 2015 (UTC) -- 70.51.46.11 (talk) 07:14, 4 June 2015 (UTC)

Survey

 * Feel free to state your position on the renaming proposal by beginning a new line in this section with  or  , then sign your comment with  . Since polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account Wikipedia's policy on article titles.

 * Oppose. See my comments in, and at Redirects for discussion/Log/2015_June_4 70.51 does us well to bring this up. Si Trew (talk) 09:22, 4 June 2015 (UTC)

Discussion
s.p.A. and S.P.A. are up for discussion at WP:Redirects for discussion. User:70.51.46.11, a regular there (as I am), kindly referred to this RM, and I am linking back to that with similar courtesy. I don't really want to split the discussion, but of course the redirects will follow the move, that is the correct master/slave relationship.

I feel that the proposed title is far too vague. S.A. currently redirects to the DAB at SA, which doesn't even mention it. (Of course, I could WP:BOLDly add it, but don't like to do so when things are under discussion: patently I think we would all agree it should be at that DAB, whatever its eventual title is.) But I think it would be better to move it over the redirect at S.A to Société Anonyme Struck and changed by Si Trew (talk). Obviously we need to do a lot of tidying up with this one, but I don't see why it needs to have the "(corporation)" when S.A. is going spare. In any event, it should at least, I think, be listed at the DAB. In the meantime, I will mark it as, without prejudice to this discussion or the one I shall start on RfD -- I don't like to split discussions but this is a bit of a rat's nest, we'll get there together, I'm sure. Si Trew (talk) 09:05, 4 June 2015 (UTC)

 * Hmm, looking at this, the best thing is to move this over Société Anonyme -> S.A. (corporation), obviously with the at redirect Societe Anonyme, and  at S.A.. A bot will tie up the double redirects, wherever we put it, but it is a WP:SURPRISE and WP:RFD "may cause confusion" for that redirect to go to a DAB that doesn't mention it. Si Trew (talk) 09:19, 4 June 2015 (UTC)

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Requested move 15 June 2015

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The result of the move request was: not moved. DrKiernan (talk) 13:36, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

S.A. (corporation) → S.A. The discussion immediately above this, from 70.51, a regular at WP:RFD refers to, is also listed there but now closed. Since that is now not in the way, I still propose that this be moved over. SA without the punctuation is maybe a step too far, but S.A. with the punc I think is fine to move over and we don't need to DAB it with the parenthetical (corporation). may think otherwise, though. Si Trew (talk) 07:56, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

 * Oppose I don't think the French corporation type is the primary topic of "S.A." and further, this article isn't even about the French corporation type, per the preceding move request, the content of this article does not attempt to describe the French corporation type, it attempts to describe all corporations under civil law, not just those under French law, so the proposed title (and current title) is misleading. If this is to only cover "S.A."s, then the article needs to be rewritten to be about French corporations that are S.A.s because corporations under civil law have a variety of names, not just "S.A." -- 70.51.203.69 (talk) 05:31, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Oppose, I see no evidence, or even any strong indicators that there is a primary topic for this two-letter combination. older ≠ wiser 18:29, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
 * NOTE see also intertwined nomination at Talk:S.A. -- 70.51.203.69 (talk) 05:17, 17 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Do you seriously think there is a single global primary topic for an initialism/acronym/word with such a long and varied disambig page? I live in South Australia and wouldn't try to claim that has global dominance over South Africa. The disambiguation page is longer than the article this move suggests is the primary topic, and even that is mostly only translations to different languages! --Scott Davis Talk 12:33, 17 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Not primary topic.--KTo288 (talk) 18:02, 18 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Oppose, as the initials are used for more that one subject matter/topic. Kierzek (talk) 18:04, 18 June 2015 (UTC)

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"paid to whomever held the certificate"
Grammatically speaking, this is a classic "whoever" vs. "whomever" dilemma. Personally, however, and for what it is worth, I incline to the former usage of those two. Toddcs (talk) 15:29, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

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