Granted, that situation did not go well for Dwight at all thanks to Rick’s well-placed bullet, but maybe things would go differently in live-action, and he’d be allowed to lethally stop Negan’s entire comic book story from playing out.
The biggest difference between Dwight’s TV and comic book storyline was his exit, since he went on to become the leader of Rick’s makeshift army in the source material.
It’d be even better if Maggie tag-teamed it with him.
(Which wouldn’t have been entirely possible anyway.)