In late 2011, the entire WWE Universe was rallying for Zack Ryder to get a shot at the United States Championship. It all eventually paid off when Ryder defeated Dolph Ziggler for the championship at the final pay-per-view of 2011. He went into the year 2012 as United States Champion; however, he began to have a downward spiral at the hands of Kane, who ended up injuring him. One week later, he has his first championship defense against Jack Swagger. Prior to the match, it was not clear whether or not Zack Ryder was medically cleared to compete that night. Regardless, Zack Ryder went out there and fought like a true champion. Unfortunately, his injury was too much for him to overcome and ends up losing the championship to Swagger. Later that night, then Interim Raw General Manager John Laurinaitis revealed to Ryder that he received an envelope containing information that he was not medically cleared to compete. Laurinaitis claimed that he got the information a little too late, but a lot of people are convinced that he intentionally kept the information from Ryder. Zack Ryder has not held a major singles championship ever since. After such a travesty like that one, I think he deserves to have another singles championship run.
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I agree. Ryder has been overlooked for too long. He deserves another shot at glory.