Was Dean Ambrose good before WWE?

It’s time to find out if Dean Ambrose/Moxley can do the JoB to The Hawk! This was FCw before he was famous! But the question is was it obvious that he would be a star from this developmental run? Let’s find out!
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[@willkayl8793]

Ambrose’s story with Regal was great. Dean was good and Regal showed why he’s one of the best ever. Great storyline.

[@justdirt]

It's wild the sheer amount of talent there was in FCW around this time. This is right before NXT became a thing. Seeing Cesaro, Roman, Seth, Mox, Bray, etc is kinda nuts. The mix of young wwe guys with upside and indie darlings with huge star power potential.

[@thefloridaman41]

Now I want to see Roman in FCW. He looked almost unrecognizable in this.

[@TheSupersmash97]

Nxt had a shorter run for him

[@Donkehy-puncharello]

Every episode of fcw is here on youtube now.

[@nicktaylor2657]

No tattoos Now look at him

[@GuntanksInSpace]

Yeah Leakee in FCW would be a very interesting look

[@thadanzwiggler]

@@GuntanksInSpace Holy shit - that's my new favorite Create-a-Wrestler.

[@gameshock2916]

I'm guessing the smaller screen size is supposed to be an attempt to avoid it getting taken down.

[@TheRustedShackleford]

Yes

[@anonluxor470]

Any channel that have WWE matches all have to have edited in some way. I remember one of them had entire match up side down

[@howardsimcox5596]

No, it's because the more moving pixels on the screen the more youtube charge

[@jaylenjeongpark]

You can zoom in on videos now on KZbin so it should be fine

[@jamaaldagreatest2748]

@@howardsimcox5596 no.

[@dm-pj7cp]

the springboard curbstomp is really cool he should do that once in a blue moon

[@miklomeadows9997]

Welcome back Marky glad you decided to come home Full intro always is a good sign very hyped for this one

[@deathsnitemaresinfullust2269]

Pretty neat seeing all these guys from this long ago. 😄👍

[@TheFailedmessiah]

Look how young and youthful he looks.

[@designsesh1]

Wanna see him even younger watch his match against danielson roh I believe and his czw stuff

[@artirony410]

I would always say he went from looking like Shane Dawson to Alex Jones lol

[@jamaaldagreatest2748]

@@artirony410 that’s hilarious 😂

[@jeffreymarksworld534]

​@@designsesh1 I'm good

[@Stopcommentingthesamecomments]

​@@jeffreymarksworld534 ok they weren't talking to you tho like at all

[@PedroBenolielBonito]

Fascinating to see the seeds of the future Shield forming in these matches. Also, 'Dean delivers a flurry of headbutts in the corner' while there is footage of Dean delivering STOMPS in the corner🤣

[@IAmNeomic]

Right after the feud with Regal, they actually were gonna call Ambrose up to the main roster. He had some dark matches and WWE was impressed. Enough so that WWE filmed Ambrose attacking Foley at the WM hotel and it was gonna kick off what would have been Foley's final run. While training, Foley got a bad concussion, and WWE decided not to clear Foley. So Ambrose ended up being stuck in sort of a limbo doing WWE live events and occasional FCW appearances until the Shield idea came up.

[@Grizzexploder]

Ayy man, thanks for doing the FCW Mox/Ambrose video man, knew it'd be a fun one to do

[@Markyd123]

You’re welcome my friend

[@declangaming24]

Would like to see Sabu or Tommy dreamer in WWE

[@slashandbones13]

throw in The Sandman too.

[@declangaming24]

​@@slashandbones13 oh yeah him aswell his Monday night Raw matches would be great although he did have some pay per view matches one night stand 2005, WWE one night stand 2007, great American bash 2007 ect

[@theitfactorjameswheezer2852]

Tommy Dreamer had way more than 30 matches in wwe

[@declangaming24]

@@theitfactorjameswheezer2852 not his entire WWE run towards the end of his run 2005-09 one night stand 2005 - 2009 run if it avoids the ECW shows he has just under 30 matches having the ECW shows in there's more then 30

[@theitfactorjameswheezer2852]

@@declangaming24 that was literally a third brand that’s not a c show those definitely count lol

[@Bl_Radio]

Rollins used to use the Curb Stomp as his finish regularly on the indies as Tyler Black. The Curb Stomp was originally called "The Black Out."

[@EmperorMAR]

When I heard FCW was shutting down I started watching it & I love those last 2 matches! Mox was never better. And the last match was how the last episode of FCW ended. I remember waiting forever for Dean to show up in NXT & he's one of the few that went straight to the main roster, even Seth & Roman appeared on NXT 1st.

[@JacobMobley]

Wouldn’t mind seeing you cover more of wrestlers’ FCW runs for ROH!

[@cjinaus02]

FCW was a great prelude to NXT - some more vids on there would be great! Walter’s (Gunther) run in PWG from 2017-2018 would make a great video !

[@kennyking9347]

30 matches of Keith Lee please🙏🏽

[@bobsucks9647]

If you’re gonna do pre wwe Moxley you should have done his czw stuff it’s leagues better, that’s where all his great promo stuff was plus FCW was wwe’s developmental so he’s technically signed to WWE by this point.

[@TheIncredible2IC]

I loved the set for FCW and how they had huge banners for every champion in the background.

[@abhyanshsharma8019]

Another Great video keep it up 👍

[@kokotheclown2588]

After watching Wrestling with Wregret video of Mox entire run with WWE man he was totally wasted and looking him now and his previous work in the indies wow I can’t believe we got Dean basically a dumbed-down version of Mox

[@RC99_Productions]

I'd like to see you cover more FCW..... hey, when you hit 200,000 subs, cover Wes Brisco's time in FCW. He only had 16 televised matches. The rest were on house shows.

[@Kacpi55]

Great vid as always big guy. Btw where is that Hernandez ROtH video?

[@aaronhurst4379]

I did not know Rollins and Ambrose feuded in FCW as well, looked like some awesome matches too

[@andreyryabus6965]

Ur content is bussin as always no cap fr fr

[@CaptainTard]

I paid a cam girl to cosplay as hulk hogan and call me brother in a hulk hogan accent.

[@ultrascorpionx5022]

Manly

[@HotPikachuSex69]

I choose to believe this really happened.

[@wjlince]

I've seen cam girls do a lot weirder things and I didn't even have to pay.

[@CaptainTard]

@@wjlince ever see one cosplay as Thanos and fist herself with the infinity gauntlet?

[@andreask3675]

I want to see Mox in CZW

[@danevertt3210]

Same

[@exe2517]

JEEZUS!

[@RapeeronikWWE]

that must be over 30 matches right ?

[@capngeeoff]

this was cool to see because they referenced a lot of this stuff in AEW when William Regal was there

[@ogre_enterprises9398]

You've never seen the "see saw" spot at the 8:19 mark before? MJF did that during one of his matches with Punk... that's a classic spot going back to the territory days. Anyway, Moxley was way better back then. You could say that it's because of age, but the dude seems to have phoned it in recently. Especially when he does elbow strikes nevermind the open blade jobs he does

[@e93sports80]

Maybe do The New Breed in WWE's ECW.

[@Jaburezu]

I didn't know about Ambrose and Regal's FCW stuff together. Now, the Black Pool Combat Club thing makes sense to me.

[@Harry-sc1xk]

You'd think AEW would explain that but they just assume everyone is a mega mark like Excalibur.

[@glenncross4987]

I honestly forgot the embarrassment of riches that fcw pre nxt had in it's final couple years. Ambrose, Rollins, Reigns, most of Nexus, Tyler Breeze, Sandow, Wyatt, Dallas, and the list goes on

[@howardsimcox5596]

Don't forget that guy with the plate of curry on his head

[@GuntanksInSpace]

Good ol' FCW (now NXT) Name Generator

[@dacobylaw4721]

I liked to see you do a roh video on the shortlived team of Rico and Charlie Haas It could be an entertaining video because I think Rico's gimmick is hilarious.

[@user-ym4dm1pv6g]

Fun fact: FCW would become NXT

[@DoNotPassGO]

If any developmental run could possibly get an A, it's probably Kevin Owens in NXT.

[@leepearce5]

Love the intro 😂

[@KikoManguiat]

Early Blackpool Combat Club history right there

[@Brando-Lee3725]

I miss this guy . He doesnt even seem like the same wrestler anymore . I like Mox better like this and even him in his Combat Zone days more than I do now . I just like the way he wrestled then . He still has great promos and decent matches . Its just my preference .

[@Brando-Lee3725]

@Og Shingo I loved his promos in CZW !! I also agree with his FCW stuff .

[@Harry-sc1xk]

Yeah he's committed character assassination on himself sadly. A pure trope fest and so far removed from the top star he was when he came into AEW and those first few months.

[@mikemoans9350]

could we get a video of regal matches in FCW/NXT? he did so much for young talent

[@THE1ANDONLYCUBIX]

Would love to see more FCW vids

[@chrisklark4879]

My Lord Hawk king of skies and hawkstaches .... Please do every great spot/promo/ECT of ECW

[@eljermo]

About time for a NWA/TNA review innit?

[@AndyGamezoldschool]

Ambrose looks like Napoleon Dynamite without the glasses here haha.

[@TheAwsomeuser]

BTW still waiting on tht Hernandez re-upload.

[@Markyd123]

Yea it will be tomorrow now. Internet too slow in Mexico to reupload quickly. Apologies

[@TheAwsomeuser]

@@Markyd123 it's all good but pls do give the editor a punch to the gut.

[@DavidRagan3134]

Ok, the Iron Man match frustrates me...ya got 2 guys who couldn't get 1 pinfall on each other in 2 different matches, but yet they pinned each other 5 times in that 1 match. It doesn't make sense.

[@TurntUpTurtles]

This video shows why both Rollins & Ambrose are at the top of their respective companies.

[@queencitysaint9600]

One of my favorites, from the 513

[@niroutley]

Moxley was great in CZW it'll be great to see at least a non ROTH video on Moxley in CZW, you'll enjoy watching him, CZW is viewed as a Deathmatch Wrestling when majority of the time they have the Gimmick Matches/Deathmatches during a storyline

[@dnickx]

This Ambrose guy looks exactly like Jon Moxley...but the main difference is that he doesn't bleed on every match 😅

[@johnathanspalding553]

Ladies and Gentlemen, your tribal chief... Leakee. (sometimes name changes are necessary)

[@clockworkorangecassidy1114]

So it's an incontinence gimmick

[@johnathanspalding553]

@@clockworkorangecassidy1114 Don't give Vince any ideas. Leakee will make a return

[@dakid8775]

Hey you should do a video of overall history of the draft

[@THESERIOUSLYSMILE]

Guess we now know where MJF took inspiration from, with that kick under the belt and the 2 quick counts, during the ironman match with Brian Danielson. L.E. Damn, even the sudden death finish after they end the time limit in a draw... I wonder if there is anything still original in pro wrestling at this point.

[@pedrodelvalle2396]

At 7:21 who is that picture of with the😮 heavyweight championship??? It looks like Brian Kendrick

[@PraiseThaDon]

Best version of Ambrose was slick hair US Champion.

[@ollieduracell]

Shuv it squaddddd! Loved mox's old promos to be fair.

[@jayfrog7472]

Dude, it’s like you have heard my private thoughts! I’ve been asking this question for years! Today the H A W K answers the question!

[@howardsimcox5596]

If he heard your private thoughts then he would make a video about sniffing your moms dirty pants

[@Brando-Lee3725]

Gods Last Gift was such a killer move ! I guess WWE dont want Rollins using it anymore .

[@ChristopherJames1993]

Yeah, calls it Avada Kadavra right?

[@Unregistered.HyperCam.2]

@@ChristopherJames1993 That's the kick to the head. They don't call God's Last Gift as anything specific on commentary, but it's a small package driver.

[@Kacpi55]

Cameron grimes adopted the move

[@Brando-Lee3725]

@@Kacpi55 Thats right ! I wonder if they will let him do it on the main roster ? Ive been out of touch with NXT and WWE for a minute except for stuff here and there for the most part . But I would love to see Grimes /Trevor get a push on the main roster .

[@Brando-Lee3725]

@@AbandonEverythingJumpShip Hmm ...I havnt been paying close attention to WWE in a bit . I thought I seen him do it against AJ maybe once . but thats all I remember . Thanks tho

[@Latino_Lariat]

Any chance we could get Team Angle (Haas & Benjamin) or Blitzkrieg from WCW on ROH?

[@ChristopherJames1993]

Ah, so Tito Santana invented the suplex multiplier.

[@nicktaylor2657]

Do a video with Damien Sandow when he was Mizdow with the Miz Was his greatest run in WWE

[@cerebralfanatic]

I never thought Ambrose/mox would turn into what he is now, I thought his interim title run was decent but I just can't get into his recent work.

[@DukeofItaly]

Another MarkyD banger. Who's surprised? Not me, that's for sure.

[@TJFreeq]

Ah, yes... The APPRENTICE Plumber Moxley days!!! 👊😠🪠

[@josefrees]

Feels like you were really tough with your ratings this round

[@tjmarmolejos5793]

What happened to the Hernandez video I was watching it stopped because I had to go come back later to watch it in full and it was completely gone wtf happened.

[@marcohavokkhaos]

Maxine the GM!? Lmao They went to a 15, 20 and 30 minute time limit draw. Jesus, might as well have done an 60 min Ironman.

[@TheLibermania]

Isn't FCW technically part of WWE?

[@jayharv285]

No it's more like developmental. It was what became nxt soon

[@TheLibermania]

@@jayharv285 Yeah right, but would you call "Finn Balors time at NXT" call his time before WWE?

[@jayharv285]

@@TheLibermania there's a bit of a difference. NXT is a part of WWE. FCW at this time wasn't like a brand of wwe. It's kind of like what ovw was. A part of it but not like a brand.

[@howardsimcox5596]

Aren't your trousers part of your body?

[@TheLibermania]

@@howardsimcox5596 They aren't. I don't wear them atm.

[@artirony410]

I liked his final match with Regal that they had

[@sickboy703]

I'm only going to be able to give this episode a grade C due to lack of Slapnuts.

[@howardsimcox5596]

Not one slapnuts in the whole video, it's a disgrace

[@Lightman0359]

If you're doing local territories, Look up either Severance from WCPW/Windy City Professional Wrestling [if you can find matches], he was a co-worker of mine back in Chicago. He had a kinda son of the Undertaker gimmick from what i've heard. An entertaining one is Santana Jackson. He is currently in Future Stars of Wrestling, he's a Michael Jackson impersonator from the Vegas/LA area. His finisher is the moonwalk DDT. He also had a run-in with Disco Inferno/the Goober Glen Gilberti [definitely not gifted] where Disco tries to give him shit, but Santana tells Disco he sucks and is an asshole. Disco tries a beatdown, byt the Villiage People's Elbow misses and Glen gets a Moonwalk DDT

[@carlosr6462]

I'm impressed Jon Moxley used to look like a wrestler, sold moves and didn't blade himself on every match.

[@ricardonb6375]

How many matches did he have in GCW or CZW or Dragon Gate USA?

[@velocityadventures949]

A wild Markus D appears

[@howardsimcox5596]

He got him in the horizontal chicken wing

[@theg415]

Probably my favorite version of him

[@pureo_nikku]

I liked his look and promos from around this time, including watching ones I hadn't seen from the indies. He had a cool style in the ring and the feud with Regal was the right way to use a legend. Gave Dean a devious edge, caps off his run looking dangerous and potential for a new Legend Killer. A titantron was made sometime before his debut that would have "Always Something" as a theme - I really was into how that one is kinda creepy but kicks up the intensity at points. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gp28ZWB7fayJrbM He was big enough in WWE but I don't think we ever saw that level of unhinged heel that he previously was, he could definitely have been the next Punk. Also very cool to see where the future was going to be on the main roster here in 2011, right before these guys came up in 2012. Almost everyone was on their way up (or back in Bray's case) including my boy Sandow.

[@joeyperrone3168]

What the hell is FCW? Man I really have missed a lot of wrestling since 02.....

[@ricardonb6375]

Florida Championship Wrestling is essentially a developmental wrestling promotion.

[@user-re7cj8xx9x]

I can't get over the fact that you use a dancehall song as background music in all of your videos lmao

[@vonVile]

Do Killer Kross, W Morrissey and Jonah (Bronson Reed) Impact runs.

[@gustavoschiller6852]

You know FCW was back then part of WWE's developmental so this isn't before wwe

[@howardsimcox5596]

Nice one Mr semantics

[@bradleybeal8163]

that FCW roster was ridiculous!

[@TombstoneChris]

So shocked you didn't realize Bateman is EC3!!!!

[@MrThisucks]

Was a recent video of yours taken down? I think it was a video of lucha underground and I didn’t get to see it

[@TheFailedmessiah]

Rollins looks mostly the same

[@BiggaNiqqa]

18:26 😂

[@HyperFlame64V1]

**Sees Match 12** HOLY SHIT. IT STARTED HERE, THE BLACKPOOL COMBAT CLUB, IT WAS HERE!! 11 YEARS OF LONG TERM PLANNING! MY GOD!

[@OniRokaku]

Ok, I'll get flak for this. I do agree with the entire run. But the final rating....No. If I had to grade it. It would have been an A. Not enough to beat The Hardys in TNA, not even close. But in terms of A Slot...I'd say...Second to bottom A. Sorta like a meeting in the middle thing. I know, I didn't agree with your final rating. I'm sorry. But in terms of the run, that's how I feel. We can agree he did good.

[@VinnieGer]

I’ve been really trying hard to find a reason to like Jon but all of his stuff isn’t connecting with me. Hoping this video sells me.

[@VinnieGer]

This rivalry with Rollins is really compelling stuff!!!

[@fishin4bass2002]

Yeah he’s just not someone you can take seriously when he tries to say he’s a badass and you catch him blading every week

[@GiltiatheDarkNight]

It won't. Moxley is way better than Ambrose, and it's not close😂

[@flyguy7825]

I think his WWE stuff looking back on it is very underrated. I'm looking at this stuff and it just doesn't do it for me. I think the WWE truthfully made him a better and a more well-rounded performer.

[@realtalunkarku]

Lol

[@ellisdalton4282]

Mox is a rare wrestler in that he actually gets worse as more time passes.

[@Unknown-mz3ww]

His lunatic fringe gimmick is so bizarre because he can't really sell that kind of unhinged character like Brian Pillman or Scott Steiner who especially actually came off as crazy

[@JesusSaves80]

Yo do u need help making your channel and wrestling vids going to the next level. If hmu I got ideas

[@borobinson7005]

I just now figured out Jon Moxley and Dean Ambrose is the same person 😱 idk I haven't watched wrestling since 2004 so I have no idea who they are!! I'm just watching to support MarkyD123 because I love this channel!! 🪶🦉🦅🦤

[@889654]

"Shades of Lord Voldemort." That guy would definitely do the JoB to The Hawk.

[@jthom0027]

Its great to see this old Ambrose footage because it reminds me of why I ever liked the guy. The Moxley stuff is mostly trash but there was a genuinely talented performer somewhere in that deathmatch loving weirdo.

[@jthom0027]

@@ogshingo6912 The majority of his matches have a ton of time spent outside the ring, he bleeds way too much (so much so that multiple wrestlers have called it out in promos), his offense looks like shit most of the time, and he looks terrible cosmetically. The Ambrose prime Shield years are, IMO, by far his best in ring years. His character work was also much better then than now. All he is now is some strange, gravel-voiced, over-promising, under-delivering wack job. I still believe that somewhere in Moxley there's a guy that can actually wrestle I just doubt we ever see that again.

[@anonluxor470]

More FCW for ring of the hawk

[@Mr.sost78]

i remember seeing him at a live show back in like 2011 and we all thought he was a nut that stole trunks and boots and got in the ring

[@aaron_my_lungs]

"Shades of Lord Voldemort" lol

[@ferriswheeler08]

Ring of the Mox!!! (screeeeech)

[@almightytowerdiveking4636]

I've been a fan of Dean/Jon since his shield days. The stories were cringe sometimes but I try to let bad stories reflect my opinion of a wrestler.

[@reddeath5791]

Year late I know but according to Mox his promo game was kinda mediocre in FCW because he didn’t want to cut a great promo just to have it be given to someone else on the main roster apparently. Not to mention WWE were likely pissing themselves after watching his past promos, especially the sick guy promo so he likely knew WWE wouldn’t let him cut those promos anyway. I just wish this Ambrose was the one we actually got on the main roster rather than wacky ass Dean Ambrose, he really should’ve been a star because of WWE, not despite it being

[@ramseydoon8277]

11:17 lmao wtf is that selling😂

[@TheMC1102]

Will you do Kenny Omega in Deep South Wrestling for Ring of the Hawk?

[@howardsimcox5596]

I don't understand why people think Kenny is a decent wrestler. The way he sells, especially when he lying on the floor waiting g for a top rope move, is just ridiculous. I can't takehim seriously after seeing that

[@pr12rhodesgraveyard26]

​@@howardsimcox5596 Mark

[@howardsimcox5596]

@@pr12rhodesgraveyard26 why you say that?

[@shutupdodo3686]

@@howardsimcox5596 i’m not a kenny omega fan but i think he’s pretty talented, and if you can somehow find Kenny Omega vs. Kota Ibushi at DDT Peter Pan 2012 I think that might change your opinion. It’s my favorite match of his, but if you don’t like that one, his wrestling style just might not be for you🤷‍♂️

[@howardsimcox5596]

@@shutupdodo3686 thanx dude, I'll check it out

[@mylescalunod3928]

Tommy Dreamer in WWE would be a good candidate for ROH