— According to Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio, Dolph Ziggler has been off WWE TV because the company simply has no creative plans for him at the moment.
— Ziggler is in the same boat as other Smackdown Live talent such as Erick Rowan, Luke Harper and Tye Dillinger, all of whom are also missing from TV lately due to WWE having nothing significant lined up for them.
— It is also being speculated that when Ziggler does return to WWE TV, he may be repackaged in some form, but the exact details of what that really means is unknown. At the least, he will need to be involved in a completely new storyline as his program with Shinsuke Nakamura ran its course a month ago.