Nic Nemeth On Double Flip At WWE Payback 2013: It Was Gross, It Seemed Gritty, It Got here Out Superbly

John Anderson

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WrestleZone spoke with Nic Nemeth, who regarded again on his 2013 WWE Payback encounter with Alberto Del Rio. The match is remembered for the profitable “double flip” of every participant, and Nemeth is happy with the story they had been capable of inform that evening.

“The primary one which popped into my head whenever you first began speaking about that,” Nemeth defined, “[Alberto] Del Rio and myself did a Payback pay-per-view, in Chicago, the place he beat the residing hell out of me and I used to be getting back from a concussion, story-wise. We had a flip, a double flip, and I used to be so happy with it, due to the feelings that had been there.”

Nic Nemeth on WWE Payback 2013

The pair had current historical past, as Nemeth (then generally known as Dolph Ziggler) gained the WWE World Heavyweight Championship by cashing in his Cash In The Financial institution briefcase on the RAW after WrestleMania. The second continues to be considered the most effective title modifications in WWE historical past, and the pair had been concerned in one of many greatest double turns ever two months later.

“There have been folks within the crowd masking their mouths. It was gross, it regarded gritty, it stood out as completely totally different. And we swapped positions as me the dangerous man, who was by no means successful any matches was changing into this sympathetic character who was simply getting kicked time and again within the head,” Nemeth defined. “It’s a actually lovely factor that was painstakingly put collectively and it actually got here out fantastically.”

Nic Nemeth on working with Edge

Nemeth identified that he’s usually confronted working with opponents which might be bigger than him. Nonetheless, he’s additionally been pressured to combat “an uphill battle irrespective of who it’s.”

“I had a match with Edge at Royal Rumble a very long time in the past, ten years in the past, eleven years in the past. And all people in that enviornment knew I wasn’t successful the match,” Nemeth defined. “Ten minutes into that match, no one sat down for the subsequent fifteen. As a result of, 1726252838 they weren’t certain [who was winning]. And that meant I did every thing I might, particularly being led by Edge, which made it simple. Nevertheless it was somebody I rode with and realized from for years. After which received to have that very particular match.

Everybody ‘knew’ after which they weren’t certain…

“It was simply — I used to be completely painted as a dork,” he continued. “He was a cool man, he beat me up and speared me each step of the way in which via, till the match. [He] nonetheless beat me up within the match. However all people ‘knew’ after which midway via they only weren’t certain. And in that final five-ten minutes each false end, all people jumped up like this was it. And to have the ability to do this form of a feat when somebody isn’t booked as a viable competitor, goes above and past to indicate how superior Edge is. However, that’s a ravishing match. These two tales actually play out collectively within the ring primarily based on the storyline that they had been concerned in. It makes it so a lot better when you might have that connection.”

Nemeth mentioned it’s onerous to be within the second at the moment, however you understand you’re telling an incredible story when folks put their telephones down and chill out.

“That’s the place the cash is in wrestling,” Nemeth added. “Lovely tales that individuals can both get behind or hate greater than something. And both manner, you might have that emotion.”

Try some full-length matches from Nic Nemeth’s profession, together with his Royal Rumble match towards Edge, beneath:

Edge vs. Dolph Ziggler – WWE Royal Rumble 2011