Dolph Ziggler On Rumors He's Being 'Repackaged': "I Don't Think I'm Doing That"

Last night, Dolph ZigglerĀ made his return to SmackDown Live with the promo you can watch above. He had been absent since being eliminated early in the Independence Day Battle Royal back on July 4th. Fightful was told by sources inside WWE that he asked for somā™”e time off. There was a rumor going around that when he came back, he was going to be "repackaged."

During an interview with , ą¹„DolphĀ says he has no idea whatšŸ’Ž those rumors are talking about.

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ā€œThere is all this talk out there about me being repackaged. I donā€™t think Iā€™m doing that.ā€

He says that he took some time away from the business of professional wrestlšŸ…ŗing šŸ°to pursue other interests, and he points out that he was only gone for about six weeks. Now he's back and he's ready to get back to work.

Ā ā€œItā€™s nice to take a little break and come back fresh. Not matter when or no matter what Iā€™m doing, I think it will be nice. Iā€™ve only missed a handful of weāœ±eks of work. After a while, you just want to step out. People talking is fine. People are talking about you, so thatā€™s a great thing. Some peopleā€™s jobs are to speculate. So, I can understand that. Iā€™m āœ±still excited to be in the ring.ā€

You can read the rest of the interview .

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