American Perfection are a heel professional wrestling stable competing in WWE on its Raw brand. The group consists of Dolph Ziggler, Jack Swagger, and Vickie Guerrero. History Beginning; American Perfection (2011-present) After Jack Swagger suggested to Vickie Guerrero that she should manage him in addition to Dolph Ziggler, who had been her client for about a year at that time, a jealous Ziggler teased tension with Swagger. This, coupled with Ziggler's concurrent feud with Alex Riley, led to Ziggler to defend and retain his United States Championship in a fatal four-way match against Swagger, Riley, and John Morrison at Night of Champions. On the September 19 episode of Raw, Guerrero agreed to manage Swagger. As a result, Swagger and Ziggler formed an alliance, with Swagger helping Ziggler retain his championship. At both the Hell in a Cell and Vengeance pay-per-views, Swagger and Ziggler unsuccessfully challenged Air Boom (Evan Bourne and Kofi Kingston) for the WWE Tag Team Championship.Also at Vengeance, Ziggler successfully defended his title against Zack Ryder. Ziggler successfully defend his title against John Morrison at Survivor Series. Later that night, Ziggler and Swagger both competed in a Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Tag Team match teaming with Wade Barrett, Cody Rhodes, and Hunico, their team won but both of them got eliminated by Randy Orton. At Tables, Ladders & Chairs, both Ziggler and Swagger lost their matches with Ziggler losing the United States Championship to Ryder and Swagger losing to Sheamus On the December 26 episode of Raw, Ziggler defeated WWE Champion CM Punk in a gauntlet match for a championship opportunity following interference from John Laurinaitis. The following Raw, Ziggler defeated CM Punk by countout after John Laurinaitis interfered again; as a result, Ziggler did not win the championship. On the January 16, 2012, episode of Raw, Swagger won the WWE United States Championship by defeating Ryder. At the 2012 Royal Rumble pay-per-view, Ziggler failed to capture the WWE Championship from Punk. Both Swagger and Ziggler competed in the Royal Rumble match with Ziggler eliminating Kharma and with the help of Rhodes The Great Khali and Booker T and both of them being eliminated Swagger by Big Show and, the eventual winner, Sheamus, and Ziggler by Show. At the Elimination Chamber, Ziggler, along with The Miz, R-Truth, Kingston, and Chris Jericho, failed to capture the WWE Championship from Punk. That same night, Swagger successfully defended his title against Justin Gabriel. On the February 27 edition of Raw, Swagger and Ziggler unsuccessfully challenged Primo and Epico for the WWE Tag Team Championship in a Triple Threat tag team match, also involving Kofi Kingston and R-Truth. Coincidentally, the stable was named American Perfection via Twitter. Vickie Guerrero's tweet on March 3, 2012 stated "Do not miss Smackdown, and I see my team in action, this will be pure 'American Perfection'". On the March 5 episode of Raw, Swagger lost the United States Championship to Santino Marella In wrestling *Ziggler's finishing moves **Zig-Zag (Reverse bulldog) **Sleeper hold, sometimes with bodyscissors *Swagger's finishing moves **Ankle lock **Gutwrench falling powerbomb *Guerrero's finishing moves **Cougar Splash (Diving splash) *Nicknames **"The Showoff" Dolph Ziggler **""The All-American American" Jack Swagger *Entrance themes **"Here to Show the World" performed by Downstait and composed by Jim Johnston (November 2011-present) Championships and accomplishments *World Wrestling Entertainment / WWE **WWE United States Championship (2 times) — Dolph Ziggler (1) and Jack Swagger (1)
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