Dean Ambrose's heel turn was bad

[@wrestlingspremier]

BONUS VIDEO. This heel turn was very inconsistent. I loved Ambrose's look but the germaphobe stuff was dumb. What did you think of Dean Ambrose's heel turn?

[@melchardcaranto4675]

Two words: Missed opportunity

[@YuvrajSingh-wx6rx]

It was the story of a man who had grown addicted to people's adulation. Oftentimes doing wacky stuff to get his fix. I think his allergy from fans or germaphobe stuff was actually him trying to break free of his addiction (which was holding him down, according to him), getting shots, to get some sort of immunity.

[@babarazamsucks]

A failed heel turn to keep him in this company.

[@theworstchannelyouhaveever9573]

I liked how WWE did the turn but when they did the whole germaphobe storyline I lost hope quickly.

[@justinjenkins3064]

When you have Vince McMahon booking, you come to expect things to be underwhelming, because the man didn't know what he was doing. That's exactly why I'm happy that he's not in control anymore.

[@mycahjofficial]

*Ambrose’s heel turn was beautifully executed only for the entire run as a heel just to be a total catastrophe. No wonder why he left the company.*

[@theoutsiderjess1869]

Yup so much wasted potential

[@zemox2534]

@@theoutsiderjess1869 The heel turn was inappropriate. You do not turn heel on the night your friend announced that he has cancer!

[@cliffordjackson3]

FACTS.

[@thescythe4507]

@@zemox2534 Atleast they could get more heel heat. He would’ve been more hated by people.

[@christianquiles8711]

Facts

[@reddragon0624]

What was bad about his heel turn is that they kept changing his motives week to week. He had like three different character motivations for why he turned on Rollins.

[@100KHAZEY]

He’s a lunatic he has no motives

[@justinjenkins3064]

Honestly, I thought his heel run was completely underwhelming. I was expecting a Jon Moxley-like character, a character that wanted to torture Seth for what he did to the shield, as Dean never forgot. Unfortunately, we had a 70-year-old fool booking the show that didn't understand how to book a heel ambrose. Had this been triple h, Ambrose would have been the best heel in the company at that point.

[@cerebralassassin117]

I think he'd been better than tribal chief and rollins gimmick currently

[@mlungzak5818]

@@cerebralassassin117 MAJOR CAP!!! don't embarrass yourself 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@cerebralassassin117]

@MLUNGZA K it's just my opinion man. I truly believe mox would've had a better heel gimmuck than both if they let him be in creative control. There's a reason people said he had the most potential of the shield and is still arguably the most popular of the shield.

[@justinjenkins3064]

@@cerebralassassin117 you're talking about Vince mcmahon. This is a guy who couldn't care less about his talent. This is a guy who made WWE TV the worst it has ever been.

[@k125catu5]

@@mlungzak5818 still denying Reigns effort in 2020 to 2023 as a needle mover.

[@wh0r3chatas]

2018 was such a weird, Twilight Zone-ish year for WWE.

[@timothysmith9277]

Weirdly enough its 2019 for me. I remember none of it. 2018 was infamous to me for the what shouldve been easy wrestlemania 34 decisions turning into a catastrophe

[@Vibester174]

I remember this heel turn and back then, I had no feelings about it at all. But now, I find this run odd. It had tons of potential with the whole ‘turning on the Shield cause I don’t need them anymore and they made me weak’ thing, but the execution left a lot of be desired.

[@dkj4593]

Personally, I initially thought that Dean Ambrose's heel run had potential. However, inconsistent booking and a lack of creative direction did not help the cause at all. If anything, it only served as fuel for Ambrose to leave the company when his contract came up.

[@killthepain2553]

Me too

[@keith_dark_savagethomas6385]

they literally had done Dean dirty as a heel, dude should've been booked like a sadistic, loony, and psychotic joker type of heel.. glad that he's killing it at AEW as Jon Moxley and hope he decides to return to WWE one day

[@notarktic5735]

You could say WWE did some dirty deeds with the heel turn. BA DUM BUM I'll see myself out.

[@keith_dark_savagethomas6385]

@@notarktic5735 deadass they did.. dude would've been the right oppenent to take the Universal Title away from Seth Rollins or the WWE Title away from Kofi Kingston

[@dark_knight_dj]

After having the balls to pull the trigger on the night where Roman was leaving for leukemia I had HIGH hopes for his heel turn but then Vince had to F it up with the corny promos and his character was destroyed at that point him leaving for AEW was for the best thing to ever happen to him

[@cliffordjackson3]

ALL FACTS NO CAP.

[@LeenSZN]

I felt so bad for dean you could tell he was so unhappy and he wanted to turn heel so bad and it went to shit. He’s so happy now in Aew literally the first year of AEW he already accomplished like half of what he did in his last years of wwe

[@alec2000]

2018 was such an odd time, indeed. This was the year I came back to WWE, thanks to my cousin, and while it was bad, I held on not just for her, but for myself as well. As much as everything shown was weird, I didn’t want to give up on this company that gave me my childhood. But yeah, I remember this turn fondly and it was so surreal to see, and this definitely paved the way to the future debut of the awesome Jon Moxley a few months later in May 2019. Such weird, yet nostalgic times indeed.

[@pleaseshutup7053]

17-20 gotta be the worst era for wwe creatively bankrupt

[@tharabhaiarohan6617]

Same i also started watching wwe in 2018

[@Annoitedpastorlewiswalkin]

Fr but for me in life 2018 was my favourite year ever but for wwe it was bad I completely stoped watching and barely kept up with what’s going on in tv cause the early part of the year was ok but the second half I completely tuned out barely keeping up with the company

[@PJ-jo2zl]

@@pleaseshutup7053 i agreed After WM33 everything was bad until SUMMERSLAM 2020 in my opinion

[@Slick5150]

You can tell that 2018 was 1 of those years where WWE just went "we don't really give a shit, just let the boat ride itself"

[@vjwebb6182]

2018 wasn't one of the best years for wwe there's been worse years of wwe in the past as well.

[@Acedegenerate07]

@@vjwebb6182 yea but 2018 was so ass

[@mrowley7300]

His jacket was cool though

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Reminded me of Michael Keaton as The Vulture in Spider-Man

[@DamanKingBear]

This heel turn literally killed his heat it was the first time he wasn't over in his WWE career

[@teemimika7105]

One thing that absolutely destroyed this heel run is the limitation set by vince, he doesn't really reach his potential during this run because vince held him back and doesn't book him strong even once. He struggling to beat everyone and his character out of its path. Dean should have run like when dean debut at all out attacking omega and jericho

[@theoutsiderjess1869]

When they wasted the heel turn I knew that Dean's time in Wwe was over and I was happy he went to Aew right after

[@TheVictorroque]

So proud that this heel turn led Mox into AEW 😂😂😂

[@martyscurllisinnocent4324]

So he can go bleed every chance he gets.

[@TheVictorroque]

@@martyscurllisinnocent4324 need to cover those 10 years in WWE without blood lol

[@ayevince8857]

Dean Ambrose >>>>>mox

[@gregbeuke9774]

This booking was WWE last chance to keep him. If this was super successful run that lead to him vs Reigns at Mania. He might still be in WWE right now. But this was so brutal he was gone for sure. Now he's help create strong 2nd promotion in AEW being their top guy for the last 3 years.

[@TwistedNightmar3Gaming]

Ambrose w/gas mask looked like knock off dollar store Bane

[@Cornyboa]

this is probably my favorite Moxley/Dean look he’s not completed bald yet and he’s got the most muscle he’s ever had

[@mrthakur1277]

He was young back then

[@Cornyboa]

@@mrthakur1277 and working for a company that would get the best out of him

[@thehoshangkoul]

The Heel turn was brilliant. The heel run was an absolute shit.

[@TheDrive830]

Honestly I think this was a blessing in disguise for Jon. Vince never saw him as a top guy so I don't think he ever was going to be a top guy even if his heel run was successful. But it not being successful led him to leaving WWE and becoming one of the biggest names in professional today as Jon Moxley.

[@anisbara4531]

its not jon moxley. its JOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON MOOOXLEY

[@acecashman1237]

That IC Championship match graphic is hilarious. Mox has the Elite logo underneath him, the unintentional foresight

[@muhammadasad729]

For the 1000 time. Heel turn was perfect. Heel run was bad.

[@pleaseshutup7053]

I remember most fans seeing it as bad taste

[@cerebralassassin117]

His heel run would've been great if they let him be himself. Just an unhinged lunatic who does what ever he wants. Sounds freakin awesome. I still believe if wwe let this man have creative control character wise, he'd been the biggest wrestler wwe has had in years. Bigger than any wrestler in that company atm, other than maybe orton. Tho his aew run for awhile there he was the biggest thing in wrestling especially for opening the forbidden door. His first aew title run was my favorite title run in years.

[@gregbeuke9774]

In 2015, 2017 and when he came back from injury. Vince kind of had him in the spot Matt Riddle is in now. Where he's a goof who beats all mid card guys. But loses the big feuds. 2016 he was the only time he was pushed well. With Triple H, Brock, Jericho feuds. Then winning MITB & title. Feuding with Rollins, Reigns, Ziggler, Cena and AJ most of the rest of the year. I think everyone thought this heel turn was going to be the push that brought him back to being a top guy. To bad this booking failed him terribly. One day it will be interesting to see him full blown heel in AEW and how much better is then this was.

[@PhenomenalOne1000]

It was a genius plot twist thou

[@pepito2847]

Dean Ambrose turning on The Shield wasn’t anywhere near as impactful or as interesting as when Seth did it The main reason Ambrose turning on Rollins was shocking was cause he did it right after they won the tag titles However whereas Seth went on to become a main eventer after turning on The Shield All Ambrose got was a victory over Seth for the IC Title and an ongoing losing streak

[@samac4323]

Sentence 2: addition with Roman's Leukaemia announcement

[@jokerface5016]

Bane Ambrose Remember That 😂

[@PraiseThaDon]

The heel turn was done at the right time. Just poorly executed. He said he hated his heel run, I still wanna know what was the promo that he refused to say. And, although this heel run was weird, I still prefer that over this goofy fake tough guy run he's doing in AEW.

[@cerebralassassin117]

His run in aew was really good for while. He needs to turn heel imo

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Moxley’s coat in this run reminded me of Michael Keaton as The Vulture in Spider-Man Homecoming

[@PUNKEYE1]

For me I just think he should have turned into the Jon Moxley sort of character he had in the first month of aew by attacking everyone just because he wanted to. Ñot being afraid of getting sick

[@collinsturchio4917]

Not gonna lie I totally forgot about this till I saw this video

[@thegoat2874]

2018 was when I officially stopped tuning into raw every Monday like I used to now I just watch the clips

[@darryllarsen8924]

I absolutely loved Dean Ambrose in WWE. The guy who should have been the breakout star to The Sheild if you ask the fans at that time and honestly beyond during the run. But given how he was truly treated, I honestly understand his decision to leave. I don't hold it against him one bit. We are in a new Era of WWE my friends, and under Hunter nothing is impossible but I'm honestly glad he got out when he did. The man is a now confirmed 3x AEW WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION. Say what you want about AEW In the troubled times but he is still always a fixture of their plans and they really do treat Mox pretty fair. He's a locker room leader with his counterparts Danielson and Jericho, but he has the freedom to be himself and Tony seems to at least know Mox is MONEY and a good hand.

[@pendafen7405]

Dean should have joined the Wyatt family during the 2014 feud. That was the best direction that WWE completely missed.

[@mrthakur1277]

Jon moxley is greatest

[@martyscurllisinnocent4324]

This video made the heel run seem much better than it actually was

[@LeonLeon24]

Dean was always my favorite member of the shield I was so upset when he left WWE he was literally my favorite wrestler but boy am I glad he left because he is killing it in AEW 🔥

[@PhenomenalOne1000]

Ambrose was gunna say something along the line that roman was being sentenced from god with his leukemia

[@chasemason9149]

idk what made vince look at moxley one day and go “germophobe who cuts promos wearing a gas mask”. such a far cry from what he used to be as the lunatic fringe which is a character i think most enjoyed. i feel like the turn could’ve worked, but i also think that mox is such a cool guy he’s hard to boo unless you try to do stupid crap like they attempted, they failed completely, and ran one of the best pro wrestlers in the world today out of their company seemingly for good.

[@fizzyfuzz5878]

Once again Bobby lashley is involved in stinking up an angle.

[@AussieOfSteel]

2018 was the year i stopped watching WWE full time. Aside from Seth I think you can include Braun as one of Raw's highlights during this time, at least until that heel turn which completely derailed him. SmackDown was alright too, though I think WWE completely missed the opportunity on a Heel Nakamura as WWE Champion

[@عبدالقادر-ع9ض]

2018 & 2019 were the worst two years I've witnessed as a wrestling fan

[@CamohFN]

Wtf is the trio of doom🤣

[@Tsunami_Symon]

2018 was a horrendous year of WWE. 😫

[@1vaneligbruker]

Dean dressing up as Bane. Strange I didn't remember that

[@Pack52022]

God that moment he turned heel was amazing, but as for the rest......

[@theworstchannelyouhaveever9573]

Could you do the Shawn Michaels vs Kurt Angle fued?

[@pleaseshutup7053]

Yes please

[@josephmarte1170]

This heel run was so bad that you started to feel so bad for him lmao ironically it reminds me of reigns's first push when he wasn't ready when the shield first broke up

[@AnyThingWorx]

You have to rewatch the TLC match between them, it was really good.

[@PhenomenalOne1000]

When it was official he was leaving vince was trying to bury him, then everyone hated on ec3 for it

[@jashanthakur771]

if this shit hadn't happened then we could never have possibly seen JON FUCKING MOXLEY

[@TheVictorroque]

Hopefully we can see one more match between Rollins and Ambrose or Black and Moxley 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@vjwebb6182]

If wwe had treated Ambrose better he probably would've stayed longer it's no secret after the shield broke up in 2014 Dean was over shadow by Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins.

[@aidanlarose6901]

The heel turn itself was one of the best of all time. However it was overshadowed by one of the single shittiest heel runs ever which overshadows that fact.

[@joseph.taylor305]

John moxley as a heel in the late 2018 early 2019 was fine but for moxley that was the straw that broke the camel's back and eventually led him to go to aew

[@Braylon1997]

I don’t blame him. They wanted him to do some weird promos and he wasn’t having it.

[@joseph.taylor305]

@@Braylon1997 exactly moxley pulled a hulk Hogan and said I'm not doing that brother I'm out of this goddamn company

[@cliffordjackson3]

@@joseph.taylor305 FACTS this was one of those moments when the “that does not work for me brother” was actually good in the long run.

[@samac4323]

I believe this run was also screwed up EC3 main roster as well

[@Jerry12_21]

It could’ve made him easy for him as a heel Make him cold but triggered by the word lunatic and just let him run with the integrity shtick. Just no gas mask for the love of god

[@jdbalop1715]

Make Randy Orton vs Triple H 2009 feud

[@mikeythompson2761]

Black air force 1 energy 😆 🤣 😂

[@JasonRotherMusic]

The heel turn was great, but the heel run was garbage.

[@zemox2534]

2018 was the last year I watched wwe. I was watching roh and njpw by this point.

[@MarrDarth]

I found this heel turn quite odd…looking back at it now it’s more odd..

[@christianquiles8711]

Nakamura and ambrose heel turn the same year damaged their career or push

[@jamalclark4846]

It was bad, BUT he was ahead of the game with the face mask 😷 tho. Lol

[@Kskillz2]

Blame Vince and his stupid booking I’m glad that he’s retired now

[@JokersVsZombies]

The turn was awesome. The rest was shit.

[@uttermanbo]

They turned him heel, but you could tell they had no idea how to follow up the shocking turn. I mean a vicious Ambrose had so much potential. His bitterness towards Rollins turn. The injury he suffered from being the workhorse. The company never backing him like his Shield brothers. The crowd being fickle in 2016. But they made him a germophobe, who was just bored. I mean there was no fire in the guy.

[@Jorgen.mp4]

I just straight up agree

[@Dxsmp]

I actually like this run imo grated he lost alot but imo he never was a main eventer and the heel turn has alot of potential cuz I remember his wwe run I'm like the lunatic fringe gimack was so cringe worthy and just didn't fit ,

[@joemax4]

It’s crazy to think that fans, and Mox himself, felt that a long-awaited heel turn would rejuvenate his career, but it had the complete opposite effect due to Vince’s terrible booking. Can’t blame Mox for wanting out as soon as his contract was over. Wasted potential is thrown around a lot when discussing the WWE, but Ambrose/Mox fits this perfectly.

[@ayevince8857]

Dean Ambrose >>Mox

[@JacksonLane02]

How the heel run was booked sucked. The way Ambrose turned on Rollins the night Roman left cause he had cancer was perfect Michael Cole's not Tonight not on this night line was amazing. But it when downhill after that why was Renee on commentary and when she was asked why her husband was acting like this she just responded like lol he seemed fine at Breakfast. Renee shouldn't have been on Commentary and if she was involved backstage she shouldn't be near Rollins or Ambrose on screen. Plus they never should've had the whole Ambrose germaphobe stuff in it it was dumb and responsible for why Dead Ambrose is dead and reborn as Jon Moxley

[@realtalunkarku]

partner , they weren't married at the time

[@SJ_RANKS]

Your hatred for wwe in 2018 was mine with wwe in 2007 at age 11 Everyone was injured The ppv’s were terrible with a few exceptions (New Years Revolution,royal rumble, wrestlemania, backlash, no mercy and survivor series) The Benoit incident Great khali as world champion Hornswoggle mcmahon And This one is more of a personal gripe but I was sick of seeing Batista in every single world heavyweight championship match after edge cashed in he lost 3 times to the undertaker and I was really looking forward to seeing edge and taker at judgment day except undertaker was injured and we got more and more Batista and I just found it boring as a kid. Don’t get me wrong I liked baristas reign in 2005 and late 2006 but after wrestlemania I wanted to go in a fresh new direction with the undertaker and instead we got Batista over and over again I kid you not outside of edge’s cash in Batista was in every single world heavyweight championship match in 2007 again I know everyone was injured but some variety would be nice The only things I liked in 2007 were like 6 ppv’s John cena’s 380 day wwe championship reign And Randy ortons reign of dominance/ transition into the viper Other than that there is so little excitement in 2007 you’re doing something wrong when I’m enjoying December to dismember more than vengeance,great American bash and unforgiven in 2007 when I’m a kid

[@Slick5150]

You kind of answer your own question in that paragraph because if you know everyone is injured than how exactly can get variety? you just have use what you have 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@SJ_RANKS]

@@Slick5150 I mean Kane was supposed to have a one on one match with edge at the great American bash before edge got injured but yeah you’re right I just made myself look incredibly stupid

[@Zxlxya]

Nah y’all just hated on it which is why it became bad

[@iRiley]

Deans heel turn is one of the biggest forgettable moments in WWE history.

[@jamiepuente7636]

how wwe treated sishuke is disgusting

[@chief.T.V]

This was the year I completely stopped watching wrestling

[@RiruKrypto_]

Just because of one wrestler?

[@chief.T.V]

@@RiruKrypto_ naw I was in College and working part time, I didn’t have enough time for stuff. 17-19 are a complete Blur for WWE, I came back when AEW was started tho

[@MINI-MYERS]

Your 4 years late

[@RWBprototype]

Mind you, the same dude who wrote this garbage story is the same one who wrote what could've been one of the greatest wrestling storylines in history, the Corporate Ministry, so clearly Vince can write great angles. Everything about it from the implementation to 99% of the run was beautiful story telling. The ending was completely fuckin fumbled. Because of Vince. Vinnie the Pooh had been the boss of the creative department of WWE since the early 90s. Vince gave us a lot of the best gimmicks in history, notably the Undertaker. But, Vince was so headstrong that he couldn't get his head out of his own ass. Now that Triple H is head of the creative department, I'm hearing a lot of good things.

[@MoesAk47]

I want Jon moxley to turn heel man he's character is stale cmon we need a side of him .

[@mrqloak1453]

AEW creating a good heel out of Jon Moxley unlike the Disney of Wrestling, man it should have been easy but WWE overcomplicate it and made it stale.

[@jaschowdhari3463]

Yes 2018 was worst year for Wwe . They ruined potential storylines with thirst for part-timers

[@robertcrawley9010]

But he didn't want it that storyline he didn't like doing

[@aleplays437]

W

[@Anon42063]

In 2018 the wrestling was good, there was a lot of great matches but everything else sucked

[@dylanbryant3547]

2018 was most less best year for wwe

[@ddjsoyenby]

the turn it'self was wonderful and a masterpiece of heel turns, but the majority of it was just too dumb and goofy it didn't fit him and made him look like a joke i can see why he went to aew.

[@Tyty-pb5re]

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