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Dolph Ziggler returns to SmackDown as the new World Heavyweight Champion: photos

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Big E Langston introduces the new World Heavyweight Champion, Dolph Ziggler.

With AJ Lee beside him, The Showoff comes to SmackDown for the first time since cashing in Money in the Bank Monday on Raw.

Here to show the world: Ziggler has pointed words for the WWE Universe.

Ziggler: "This World Heavyweight Championship proves that the future is now."

Jack Swagger and Zeb Colter emerge ...

... and a war of words ensues.

Former World Heavyweight Champion Alberto Del Rio congratulates Ziggler on cashing in ...

... but Del Rio promises that, when his ankle heals, he will win back the World Title.