Personal Life
Nemeth has been a fan of professional wrestling since he was five years old, when he attended a wrestling event at the Richfield Coliseum and decided to become a professional wrestler at age twelve. His younger brother, Ryan, has a developmental contract with WWE and wrestles in FCW under the ring name of Briley Pierce. Nemeth is a graduate of Kent State University, where he majored in political science with a pre-law minor. Prior to his WWE tryout, he was living in Phoenix, Arizona, and had been accepted to the law school at Arizona State University, where he was due to start his first semester. He is good friends with his former Spirit Squad teammates, particularly Michael Brendli, with whom he lived in Florida until 2008. Since then, he has returned to residing in Phoenix. Nemeth is also fluent in American Sign Language. Nemeth later revealed in Colt Cabana's Art of Wrestling Podcast that he chose the name "Dolph" because that was his grandfather's name and he said that his friend suggested the name "Ziggler".
Nemeth was previously in relationships former WWE Diva Nikki Bella, and comedian Amy Schumer, who revealed on The Howard Stern Show that he was too athletic sexually.
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