Let's talk about Dean Ambrose for a second...

[TheGreatShowtime]

I remember when all three members of The Shield came up, everyone was ranting and raving about how Dean Ambrose will be the star. Yet, here we are in 2015 and we see Seth Rollins as the WWE Heavyweight Champion and Roman Reigns winning the Royal Rumble & headlining Wrestlemania. Where's Dean Ambrose? He's pretty much a Roman Reigns lackey at this point.

A lot of smarks are complaining about how Dean Ambrose is being held back, but the fact of the matter is - he's god awful in the ring. He was a glorified garbage wrestler before the WWE, and he's not much more since signing that contract.

I'll give you a GIF breakdown of every Dean Ambrose match:

1) Bell rings and Ambrose immediately bum rushes his opponent with some of the worst punches ever thrown in the history of professional wrestling

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2) He then proceeds to get beat up for awhile, something he's actually good at

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3) He rallies a comeback by doing that stupid fukking clothesline between the ropes

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4) He makes some stupid fukking faces during the match. Some times it's funny, other times it's not

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5) Then it's a few variations of terrible suicide dives, one after the other

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6) After all of these god awful spots, this is when he usually does his shytty finishing move or eats a pin

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We can criticize Seth Rollins or Roman Reigns, but both of those guys have DRASTICALLY improved since being called up. Both of those guys have had memorable matches on their own. Ambrose hasn't had a good match without either of those two guys present. Rollins carried him during their feud.

Now, there's no denying Deano's charisma. But I'm sick of people whining about how he should be at the top of the card when he can't even put together a winning match formula. All of his matches are the same, and they all SUCK.

 

[mrken12]

Can't disagree with any of that.

Reigns has gotten much better in the ring. Rollins has always been legit.

Ambrose hasn't really improved at all.

Plus he's always been kind of sloppy in the ring.

 

[Silkk]

He's the most beloved of the 3 tho

 

[Da_Eggman]

i must say i thought he be better on the mic but he hasn't evolved at all and every promo from him sounds the same

he is better as a heel cuz he comes off as smug but not in a likable way

 

[Mikael Blowpiff]

i remember ambrose being better before his main roster run. anyways he fights wild thottish and speaking of the jawbreaker lariat between him and nigel he's the one that look like he got the hep.

 

[jerniebert]

You put some real thought into this.

 

[September]

i remember ambrose being better before his main roster run. anyways he fights wild thottish and speaking of the jawbreaker lariat between him and nigel he's the one that look like he got the hep.

 

[Berniewood Hogan]

OP IS COMPLAINING THAT WRESTLING MATCHES START WITH A LITTLE BABYFACE OFFENSE, THEN THE HEEL GETS THE HEAT, BABY TEASES A BIG COMEBACK, COUPLE HIGHSPOTS, AND THEN A FINISHING SEQUENCE, BROTHER!

IF I ROLLED MY EYES ANY HARDER, MY BANDANA WOULD FALL OFF AND EXPOSE MY FULL HEAD OF HAIR, DUDE!

 

[jadillac]

he's actually gotten better the past 2 months or so to where he's tolerable for me.

but then he wasn't even on the PPV last night.

 

[Killer Instinct]

Yet, here we are in 2015 and we see Seth Rollins as the WWE Heavyweight Champion and Roman Reigns winning the Royal Rumble & headlining Wrestlemania. Where's Dean Ambrose? He's pretty much a Roman Reigns lackey at this point.

Funny, because two months ago, it was the exact opposite. In fact, Ambrose was in part used to help get Reigns over.
Let's not pretend that anytime the trio is involved in a match, that Dean hasn't been the crowd favorite.
The fatal four way a few months back? Ambrose was easily the babyface the crowd was behind.
He moved record amounts of merchandise last year and has consistently stayed more over with the crowd than either Rollins or Reigns.
His problem lies in the fact he's not the one they want to run with and his gimmick is too over the top.
He's the third wheel by proxy and to be completely honest, it's whatever.
He made comments in several interviews where he seemed more or less happy to be there.
I'm more in line with how Austin approached the businesses. If you don't want to be the man and aren't willing to step on toes - you're just happy to be on WWE television?
Then I have no idea why you're wasting your time. I can't stress about his booking if he himself doesn't care.
Reigns is his boy but If he doesn't care about being the third wheel and his lackey when he's capable of more, then why should Vince, the bookers, or any fan?
In a sense, I can't sweat the pecking order. I get that hunger for more vibe from Roman and Rollins.
Whether or not Reigns wants to be the best or "just the guy getting rich," he was legit pissed his initial push didn't pan out.
Whether or not Seth is the quintessential "future of the WWE" or a future midcarder, he believes with conviction that he's the most talented guy in the lockerroom.
I've never gotten that from Ambrose. Ever. He's comfortable being the Chris Bosh to Reigns and Rollins' LeBron and Wade.
If he's happy, I wouldn't push him or prioritize him over either of those guys either.

 

[Momentum]

Don't know how he got super over, but he has a really weird style and no discernible character. He really should have kept the Shield gear.

 

[Potential Spam]

Throw Dean in a match with Brock and he has as many memorable Shield-free matches as Roman.

 

[WOAHMYGOODNESS]

Hes inshape mick foley imo

He just hasnt been allowed to cut the type of classic promos mick did in the wwef

His stuff as jon moxley uaed to be very good

 

[jackswstd]

Dean has stayed over despite his lack of push, Reigns and Rollins have been booked much more favorably.

 

[XII]

i remember ambrose being better before his main roster run. anyways he fights wild thottish and speaking of the jawbreaker lariat between him and nigel he's the one that look like he got the hep.

Three or four different levels of either in one sentence