“True story. When I was 5 years old, I went to my first WWE live event with my dad. I loved it so much I wanted to start wrestling,” he said in a telephone interview. “Two months later, I was wrestling at 5 years old. It’s been a dream job since I was a child.”

Wrestling — the amateur kind — held most of his attention through school in Cleveland and won him a full-ride scholarship to Kent State University, where he majored in political science with a pre-law minor.

Through the years, Nemeth became Dolph Ziggler (Dolph is his grandfather’s name, Ziggler was suggested by a friend) and he’s been a permanent part of World Wrestling Entertainment, or WWE, since 2006. He’ll be among the wrestlers for a taping of “WWE Smackdown” taking place Tuesday at the i wireless Center in Moline.

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