Dolph Ziggler Discusses Over The Limit, The 1000th RAW And His "Heel" Gimmick

- Marvel.com's "Fightin' Fanboys" section has a new interview up with WWE Superstar Dolph Ziggler. Here are some highlights:

Marvel.com: Your hash tag #HEEL is pretty popular here at the Marvel offices?a lot of us like to use it in our e-mails. Not only do you use it online, but so do your fans and WWE has produced "Heel" t-shirts. Where did the idea for this come from?

Dolph Ziggler: Honestly before I was in the business, I was huge Chevy Chase fan because I am a comedy fan no matter what. One of my favorite movies of all time is "Fletch" and in the movie, during one of those times you can tell he was ad-libbing, he's saying things under his breath like "I'm such a heel" to this lady. I always thought that was a great line and that I'm going to use that. It turns out in the lingo of professional wrestling and sports entertainment that "heel" also equates to being a bad guy, which I think do better than anyone else, so I thought it fit perfectly.

Marvel.com: Speaking of your job, the Over the Limit pay-per-view is this Sunday and you're challenging Kofi Kingston & R-Truth for the WWE Tag Team titles. What should fans expect from you and tag team partner Jack Swagger?

Dolph Ziggler: The match is going to be great and the reason why, without even going into Over Limit or us being in their heads for being so great at what we do, is the fact that Kofi and I have been in that ring one-on-one several hundred times. Every single time, whether I win or lose, we've torn it down in there. Then the fact that Truth and Swagger have done the same thing [as] counterparts with each other, it's going to be a hell of a match. We've had similar matches with different opponents before but in this case, we all know each other really well. When Swagger and I get going and we have time to show our abilities, we love talking about the old college wrestling times and getting in the ring to try and outdo each other just like we did in high school and in college. It's going to be explosive; it's going to be awesome. Kofi and Truth are high-flying guys and I love being out there in the ring with them. I love keeping them grounded and really ticking off the fans and not letting them see what they can do. That's going to be the key for us to win that championship.

Marvel.com: So for the 1000th episode of WWE Monday Night RAW, do you have a game plan?

Dolph Ziggler: In WWE and on Monday Night RAW you never know what happens next. That's what's really cool and keeps people tuning in every Monday; it's why I tuned in as a fan all the time not knowing what was going to happen. No matter what, and I'm not making this up, every single time I've had a five second window or a 20 minute window I find a way to steal the show and don't think I'm not thinking about it right now. I will be thinking about it, I will find a way. I may have 30 seconds on RAW, I may have 30 minutes. I will find a way to do it because that's what I do better than anyone else.