Rating The Champ: Dean Ambrose

Apr 25, 2020
4 min read

Welcome to a new series on the website, called Rating The Champ. This will follow my prior World Title Series, where I reviewed each and every WWE Heavyweight Champion in history from Hulk Hogan’s first title win in 1984 all the way to the current days. Money in the Bank cash-ins will not be included for obvious reasons, unless it was a proper match (ie: Rob Van Dam at One Night Stand 2006). Royal Rumble and battle royales won’t be included as well.

In this new series, I will rate all the PPV matches from each and every WWF/E Heavyweight Champion in history. To be fair, since this is the WWF/E title, I’ll only rate their PPV matches in the WWF/E. In this edition, we’ll be looking back at the PPV career of the one and only, former WWE Champion, Dean Ambrose.

2012

TLC: W/ The Shield vs. Ryback & Team Hell No (TLC) ****1/2

2013

W/ The Shield vs. John Cena, Ryback & Sheamus (Elimination Chamber) ***3/4
W/ The Shield vs. Randy Orton, Sheamus & Big Show (WrestleMania 29) ***
Vs. Kofi Kingston – WWE United States Championship (Extreme Rules) **1/2
Vs. Kane – WWE United States Championship (Payback) ***
SmackDown’s MITB Ladder Match (Money in the Bank) ****
Vs. Dolph Ziggler – WWE United States Championship (Night of Champions) ***
Vs. Big E Langston – WWE United States Championship (Hell in a Cell) *1/2
W/ The Shield & Real Americans vs. Cody Rhodes, Goldust, Rey Mysterio & The Usos (Survivor Series) ***1/2
Handicap: W/ The Shield vs. CM Punk (TLC) ***

2014

W/ The Shield vs. The Wyatt Family (Elimination Chamber) ****1/2
W/ The Shield vs. Kane & The New Age Outlaws (WrestleMania XXX) **
W/ The Shield vs. Evolution (Extreme Rules) ****1/2
No Holds Barred Elimination: W/ The Shield vs. Evolution (Payback) ****
Money in the Bank Ladder Match (Money in the Bank) ****
Vs. Seth Rollins (Battleground) N/R (not rated)
Lumberjack: Vs. Seth Rollins (SummerSlam) ***1/2
HIAC: Vs. Seth Rollins (Hell in a Cell) ****
Vs. Bray Wyatt (Survivor Series) ***
TLC: Vs. Bray Wyatt (TLC) ***1/2

2015

Vs. Bad News Barrett – WWE Intercontinental Championship (Fastlane) *
Ladder Match – WWE Intercontinental Championship (WrestleMania 31) ****
Chicago Street Fight: Vs. Luke Harper (Extreme Rules) **3/4
Vs. Seth Rollins vs. Roman Reigns vs. Randy Orton – WWE World Heavyweight Championship (Payback) ***3/4
Vs. Seth Rollins – WWE World Heavyweight Championship (Elimination Chamber) ***3/4
Ladder: Vs. Seth Rollins – WWE World Heavyweight Championship (Money in the Bank) ****1/4
W/ Roman Reigns vs. Bray Wyatt & Luke Harper (SummerSlam) ***1/4
W/ Reigns & Jericho vs. The Wyatt Family (Night of Champions) ***3/4
Vs. Kevin Owens (Survivor Series) ***3/4
Vs. Roman Reigns – WWE World Heavyweight Championship (Survivor Series) **3/4
Vs. Kevin Owens – WWE Intercontinental Championship (TLC) ***1/2

2016

Last Man Standing: Vs. Kevin Owens – WWE Intercontinental Championship (Royal Rumble) ****1/4
Vs. Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns (Fastlane) ****1/4
Vs. Triple H – WWE World Heavyweight Championship (Roadblock) ****1/4
Street Fight: Vs. Brock Lesnar (WrestleMania 32) ***
Vs. Chris Jericho (Payback) ****
Asylum: Vs. Chris Jericho (Extreme Rules) **
MITB Ladder Match (Money in the Bank) ****1/4
Vs. Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins – WWE Championship (Battleground) ***3/4
Vs. Dolph Ziggler – WWE World Championship (SummerSlam) **
Vs. AJ Styles – WWE World Championship (Backlash) ****1/4
Vs. AJ Styles vs. John Cena – WWE World Championship (No Mercy) ****
W/ Team SmackDown vs. Team RAW (Survivor Series) ****1/2
TLC: Vs. AJ Styles – WWE World Championship (TLC) ****1/2

2017

Elimination Chamber Match – WWE Championship (Elimination Chamber) ****1/2
Vs. The Miz – WWE Intercontinental Championship (Extreme Rules) ***
Vs. The Miz – WWE Intercontinental Championship (Great Balls of Fire) **1/2
W/ Seth Rollins vs. The Bar – WWE RAW Tag Team Championship (SummerSlam) ****
W/ Seth Rollins vs. The Bar – WWE RAW Tag Team Championship (No Mercy) ****1/4
TLC: W/ Angle & Rollins vs. Miz, Braun, Kane & The Bar (TLC) ****1/4
W/ The Shield vs. The New Day (Survivor Series) ***3/4

2018

W/ Seth Rollins vs. Dolph Ziggler & Drew McIntyre – WWE RAW Tag Team Championship (Hell in a Cell) ****1/2
W/ The Shield vs. The Dogs of War (Super ShowDown) ***3/4
Vs. Seth Rollins – WWE Intercontinental Championship (TLC) **1/2