American Perfection American Perfection was a heel professional wrestling stable competing in WWE on its Raw brand . The group consisted of Dolph Ziggler , Jack Swagger , and Vickie Guerrero . They had already previously been a part of Agents of Change . History . 2010 . Early on , Vickie Guerrero has had interactions with the two members individually . On February 4 , 2010 , Jack Swagger , who was champion at the time , flirted back and forth with Vickie , ultimately kissing her before going out to make his address as the world heavyweight champion . Lay - Cool concurred with Vickie that Swagger was " going to make a great champion " . Vickie later entered into a romantic relationship with Dolph Ziggler beginning June 18 . . Dolph accompanied Vicky on NXT season 3 , flirting with her Rookie Kaitlyn , and Vicky got back at him by flirting with his rookie Jacob Novak on season 4 . Vickie stayed with Dolph as he went on to win the Intercontinental Championship , and defended it for the remainder of the year . 2011 . In early 2011 , Ziggler won a contest to replace his loser rookie Novak with the more successful Byron Saxton ( who was smart enough not to hit on Vicky ) . Ziggler then lost his IC title to Kofi Kingston , but the same night won a # 1 contender ' s spot to face Vicky ' s ex - husband Edge for the World title . Initially unsuccessful , Vicky used her position as assistant GM to help Dolph win the title by banning Edge ' s " spear " . Edge won the title back with Teddy Long ' s return ( he had been assaulted in his office by Ziggler ) and Dolph was then out of the champion picture as ADR took forefront , and Dolph was fired from Smackdown . Both Swagger and Dolph were drafted from Smackdown to Raw ( Ziggler had no choice but to move to Raw as he was fired from Smackdown . ) in the 2011 Draft . After moving from Smackdown to Raw , Ziggler chose to revise his relationship with Vicky to " strictly professional " , ending their romance . Though both began to flirt with others more freely , some subtle chemistry remained . After Jack Swagger suggested to Guerrero that she should manage him in addition to Ziggler , 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 . . At the pay - per - view , Swagger and Ziggler were unsuccessful in winning the title . 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 . 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 . Breakup . 2012 . The following " Raw " , Ziggler defeated CM Punk by countout after John Laurinaitis interfered again ; as a result , Ziggler did not win the championship . At the 2012 Royal Rumble pay - per - view , Ziggler failed to capture the WWE Championship from CM Punk . At the Elimination Chamber , Ziggler , along with The Miz , R - Truth , Kofi Kingston , and Chris Jericho , failed to capture the WWE Championship from CM Punk . On the February 27 edition of " Raw " , Ziggler and Swagger 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 . On the January 16 , 2012 , episode of " Raw " , Swagger won the WWE United States Championship by defeating Zack Ryder . At Elimination Chamber , 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 . After two more title attempts against Kofi and R - Truth , Ziggler told Vickie he wanted to become a singles star after watching Randy Orton RKO The Miz . The following Smackdown , he introduced himself instead of having Vickie do it , showing that American Perfection is disbanded . The stable was named American Perfection via Twitter from Vickie Guerrero on March 3 , 2012 . It states " Do not miss Smackdown , and I see my team in action , this will be pure American Perfection " .