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* On ''[=SmackDown=]'' 11/22/16, Wrestling/ShaneMcMahon ordered him to leave the building for the night. And Dean promptly decides to gatecrash promos, and generally cause all kinds of mischief backstage. The highlight of which came when he talked with Daniel Bryan ''while dressed up as The Mountie'' (because [[CanadaEh they were in Canada that night]]). And it is very, ''very'' clear that both Dean and Bryan [[{{Corpsing}} are having trouble keeping it together]] when Dean fires off The Mountie's CatchPhrase.

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* On ''[=SmackDown=]'' 11/22/16, Wrestling/ShaneMcMahon ordered him to leave the building for the night. And Dean promptly decides to gatecrash promos, and generally cause all kinds of mischief backstage. The highlight of which came when he talked with Daniel Bryan ''while dressed up as The Mountie'' (because [[CanadaEh they were in Canada that night]]).night). And it is very, ''very'' clear that both Dean and Bryan [[{{Corpsing}} are having trouble keeping it together]] when Dean fires off The Mountie's CatchPhrase.
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* At the end of the Stadium Stampede match at ''All-In 2023'', Jon and Eddie are lying down on a corner of the ring, flipping of each other with their faces dripping with blood.
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* ''[=SmackDown=]'', 10/18/16. Styles vs. Ellsworth II, this time for the WWE World Championship ([[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer yes, this happened]]). Daniel Bryan had told Dean that he couldn't be guest referee again, but gave him a choice of another role -- he ended up going with ring announcer. Again, he used his presence to torment AJ during the match, from ringing the bell several times to start the match, to getting on the mic to announce everything from commercial breaks ("we gotta pay the bills, brother!") to a car parked with its lights on to ''advertising Ellsworth's brand-new T-shirt'', much like he did to Seth Rollins a few months prior. In the end, AJ reacted badly to one of Dean's taunts ("I knew you looked like a soccer mom, but I didn't know you kicked like one, too!"), resulting in AJ taking a loss via disqualification. Dean gets into the ring, attempts to announce the winner, only for AJ to rush him -- cue Dirty Deeds. Then he finishes his announcement:

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* ''[=SmackDown=]'', 10/18/16. Styles vs. Ellsworth II, this time for the WWE World Championship ([[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer yes, this happened]]). Daniel Bryan had told Dean that he couldn't be guest referee again, but gave him a choice of another role -- he ended up going with ring announcer. Again, he used his presence to torment AJ during the match, from ringing the bell several times ''several times'' to start the match, to getting on the mic to announce everything from commercial breaks ("we gotta pay the bills, brother!") to a car parked with its lights on to ''advertising Ellsworth's brand-new T-shirt'', much like he did to Seth Rollins a few months prior. In the end, AJ reacted badly to one of Dean's taunts ("I knew you looked like a soccer mom, but I didn't know you kicked like one, too!"), resulting in AJ taking a loss via disqualification. Dean gets into the ring, attempts to announce the winner, only for AJ to rush him -- cue Dirty Deeds. Then he finishes his announcement:
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* ''[=SmackDown=]'', 10/18/16. Styles vs. Ellsworth II, this time for the WWE World Championship ([[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer yes, this happened]]). Daniel Bryan had told Dean that he couldn't be guest referee again, but gave him a choice of another role -- he ended up going with ring announcer. Again, he used his presence to torment AJ during the match, from ringing the bell several times, to getting on the mic to announce everything from commercial breaks ("we gotta pay the bills, brother!") to a car parked with its lights on to ''advertising Ellsworth's brand-new T-shirt'', much like he did to Seth Rollins a few months prior. In the end, AJ reacted badly to one of Dean's taunts ("I knew you looked like a soccer mom, but I didn't know you kicked like one, too!"), resulting in AJ taking a loss via disqualification. Dean gets into the ring, attempts to announce the winner, only for AJ to rush him -- cue Dirty Deeds. Then he finishes his announcement:

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* ''[=SmackDown=]'', 10/18/16. Styles vs. Ellsworth II, this time for the WWE World Championship ([[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer yes, this happened]]). Daniel Bryan had told Dean that he couldn't be guest referee again, but gave him a choice of another role -- he ended up going with ring announcer. Again, he used his presence to torment AJ during the match, from ringing the bell several times, times to start the match, to getting on the mic to announce everything from commercial breaks ("we gotta pay the bills, brother!") to a car parked with its lights on to ''advertising Ellsworth's brand-new T-shirt'', much like he did to Seth Rollins a few months prior. In the end, AJ reacted badly to one of Dean's taunts ("I knew you looked like a soccer mom, but I didn't know you kicked like one, too!"), resulting in AJ taking a loss via disqualification. Dean gets into the ring, attempts to announce the winner, only for AJ to rush him -- cue Dirty Deeds. Then he finishes his announcement:
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* ''[=SmackDown=]'', 10/18/16. Styles vs. Ellsworth II, this time for the WWE World Championship ([[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer yes, this happened]]). Daniel Bryan had told Dean that he couldn't be guest referee again, but gave him a choice of another role -- he ended up going with ring announcer. Again, he used his presence to torment AJ during the match, from getting on the mic to announce everything from commercial breaks ("we gotta pay the bills, brother!") to a car parked with its lights on to ''advertising Ellsworth's brand-new T-shirt'', much like he did to Seth Rollins a few months prior. In the end, AJ reacted badly to one of Dean's taunts ("I knew you looked like a soccer mom, but I didn't know you kicked like one, too!"), resulting in AJ taking a loss via disqualification. Dean gets into the ring, attempts to announce the winner, only for AJ to rush him -- cue Dirty Deeds. Then he finishes his announcement:

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* ''[=SmackDown=]'', 10/18/16. Styles vs. Ellsworth II, this time for the WWE World Championship ([[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer yes, this happened]]). Daniel Bryan had told Dean that he couldn't be guest referee again, but gave him a choice of another role -- he ended up going with ring announcer. Again, he used his presence to torment AJ during the match, from ringing the bell several times, to getting on the mic to announce everything from commercial breaks ("we gotta pay the bills, brother!") to a car parked with its lights on to ''advertising Ellsworth's brand-new T-shirt'', much like he did to Seth Rollins a few months prior. In the end, AJ reacted badly to one of Dean's taunts ("I knew you looked like a soccer mom, but I didn't know you kicked like one, too!"), resulting in AJ taking a loss via disqualification. Dean gets into the ring, attempts to announce the winner, only for AJ to rush him -- cue Dirty Deeds. Then he finishes his announcement:
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* The 12/6/16 episode of ''[=SmackDown=]'' was the first after the TLC PPV, where Ellsworth betrayed Ambrose and cost him the World Championship. So what does Dean do? He channels his inner [[Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin Stone Cold]]. The show started off with Ellsworth confronting AJ Styles in the ring over his inability to give him his title opportunity (Styles had received an ankle injury at the PPV), when Dean's music hits. Dean comes out, and -- without the music stopping once -- gets into the ring, ''immediately'' hits Ellsworth with Dirty Deeds, and immediately walks out. AJ's face and JBL's reaction only make it more hilarious.

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* The 12/6/16 episode of ''[=SmackDown=]'' was the first after the TLC PPV, where Ellsworth betrayed Ambrose and cost him the World Championship. [[https://youtu.be/RhYfbff7Jwo?t=161 So what does Dean do? He channels his inner inner]] [[Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin Stone Cold]]. The show started off with Ellsworth confronting AJ Styles in the ring over his inability to give him his title opportunity (Styles had received an ankle injury at the PPV), when Dean's music hits. Dean comes out, and -- without the music stopping once -- gets into the ring, ''immediately'' hits Ellsworth with Dirty Deeds, and immediately walks out. AJ's face and JBL's reaction only make it more hilarious.
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** Moxley vs ToruYano. Moxley suffers his first post-WWE loss in a way only Toru Yano could pull off. Moxley's immediate reaction has become a meme. His post-match promo was equally hilarious.

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** Moxley vs ToruYano.[[Wrestling/ToruYano Toru Yano]]. Moxley suffers his first post-WWE loss in a way only Toru Yano could pull off. Moxley's immediate reaction has become a meme.meme, and the loss precipitated his downfall in the G1. His post-match promo was equally hilarious.
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** Following said match against Umino, Moxley picks up a mic and greets the fans, introducing himself from Cincinnati, Ohio. Fans reply back by shouting "Ohayō" (good morning).



* A contract signing between Moxley and MJF before their match for the AEW World Championship at ''All Out 2020'' ended with Mox revealing that he added an extra page to the already unfair match stipulation; he will be fighting Max's asshole of an lawyer the next week. Not only Mox makes fun of the lawyer's carelessness, he also proclaims that he should had been a lawyer for being able to outscam one.

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* A contract signing between Moxley and MJF before their match for the AEW World Championship at ''All Out 2020'' ended with Mox revealing that he added an extra page to the already unfair match stipulation; he will be fighting Max's asshole of an a lawyer the next week. Not only Mox makes fun of the lawyer's carelessness, he also proclaims that he should had been be a lawyer for being able to outscam one.
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** Then there's the end of the segment: Ambrose is seen sitting in the therapist's chair, saying that they've "made a lot of progress." The camera zooms out, and the doctor is seen ''lying on the couch crying.'' Ambrose then says that he understands; as for [[ADateWIthRosiePalms the adolescent thing]], he won't go blind. Ambrose has him sign the papers to "get him help." Ambrose then get up and tells the therapist that he's a spineless pile of cow dung, and yes, it ''is'' weird that he pees sitting down, and the doctor cries hysterically as Ambrose leaves.

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** Then there's the end of the segment: Ambrose is seen sitting in the therapist's chair, saying that they've "made a lot of progress." The camera zooms out, and the doctor is seen ''lying on the couch crying.'' Ambrose then says that he understands; as for [[ADateWIthRosiePalms the adolescent thing]], thing, he won't go blind. Ambrose has him sign the papers to "get him help." Ambrose then get up and tells the therapist that he's a spineless pile of cow dung, and yes, it ''is'' weird that he pees sitting down, and the doctor cries hysterically as Ambrose leaves.
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** And Wrestling/RandyOrton clearly trying not to be seen eating a hot dog that fell on the floor.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58b5vkvZ8sQ Dean Ambrose hates Canadians.]] Lucky he [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg isn't teaming with one]] that night - [[Wrestling/SamiZayn oh]]...

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58b5vkvZ8sQ com/watch?v=gnDd9MpMEMs Dean Ambrose hates Canadians.]] Lucky he [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg isn't teaming with one]] that night - [[Wrestling/SamiZayn oh]]...
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* Jon Moxley, back in IWA, comes out with a tall-boy of Busch Light and demands the music be switched to "Sweet Caroline." [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCnF50chQ3I Then things get stranger.]]
-->'''Jon''': I have no idea what's going on! I'm just as confused as you are!
** This got a huge CallBack later in 2020 on Wrestling/ChrisJericho's "Rock n' Wrestling Rager at Sea" (basically the most extravagant AEW house show ever hosted by Jericho on his private cruise liner) when [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts0zc9nP4sQ Moxley managed to get on the karaoke machine]]. He still can't sing.
* During the Shield run, Both Seth and Roman begin wondering why Ambrose doesn't defend his U.S Championship, and Ambrose not wanting to look weak, offers an open challenge to anyone in the locker room for the title. Out comes Wrestling/MarkHenry and Ambrose immediate regret, not helped with Rollins and Roman utterly mocking him and playfully tease him for this.
* Post the SHIELD's Wrestlemania 30 victory, Dean's real-life girlfriend (now wife) Renee Young is interviewing them, and manages to get a zinger in on her boyfriend. Even more hilarious because he's trying to get her to break character and she beats him to the punch.
-->'''Dean''': Let me ask you a question - does it look like we're sweating?
-->'''Renee''': Your hair is pretty wet.
-->'''Dean''': (as Rollins and Reigns snicker in the background) It's just - it's humid in here, okay?
* Distracting Wrestling/SethRollins in a match by heading to ringside & messing around with Seth's Money in the Bank briefcase. Ambrose opens the briefcase, tears up & eats the MITB contract, steals soda & popcorn from fans at ringside before dumping it in the briefcase, does the same thing with JBL's hat, before sealing the briefcase up again & waving it around.
* Interrupting Wrestling/SethRollins's post-''Wrestling/{{SummerSlam}}'' promo by pouring a bucket of ice water over him, before the camera pans over to Ambrose, who responds with "What? It's for charity." before attacking Rollins.[[note]]Ambrose was referring to the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, in which had gone viral in the summer of 2014 & was raising awareness for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis[[/note]]
** Even better is how you can see Renee (who was interviewing him) [[OhCrap scurrying out of the way]] moments before it happens.
* The first thing Ambrose says after returning to RAW after Rollins & Kane drove his head through cinder blocks? A triumphant "I'm not dead!" complete with goofy smile on his face.
* During the end of the post Wrestlemania 30 RAW, The Shield come down through the crowd to save Daniel Bryan....and [[https://youtu.be/96-ozhe6rzQ?t=2m27s there just so happens to be a fan]] with a sign that says "DEAN AMBROSE TITTY MASTER".
** For his part, Dean claims to have no idea where it came from. Apparently it stems from [[http://www.thesmackdownhotel.com/forum/topic/26593-dean-ambroses-intresting-wrist-tape/ this picture taken during a 2013 house show,]] where Dean has "TITTY" and "MASTER" written on each hand's tape. Roman Reigns, on the other hand, [[http://uproxx.com/prowrestling/roman-reigns-the-sheild-ambrose-titty-master/ confirmed]] that it came from a night on a European tour where Dean had to wrestle Big E. Regardless, now fans love chanting "Titty master" at him and referring to it in any forum. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiXUNaH-7ZI Here's Dean getting said chants,]] complete with Roman Reigns egging them on with a big grin on his face and making questionable hand gestures.
* The entirety of the 9/29/2014 episode of RAW.
** Firstly, he had stolen Wrestling/SethRollins's Money in the Bank briefcase. Even if the brief case meant nothing, it still had some of Rollins's "Personal Items."
** He then proceeds to tell Wrestling/TheAuthority to "Come and get it." This leads to former WWE superstars (and current producers) Jamie Noble and Joey Mercury, in a role similar to Pat Patterson and Gerald Brisco circa the Attitude Era, going around the arena, asking various people (Including Wrestling/BigELangston and various Rosebuds) if they had seen him. When reporting to Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon about their progress, one has mustard on his shirt, implying that he was a bit busy eating a hot dog. So Dean isn't just screwing with mooks, he was screwing with upper management. [[Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin Sound familiar?]]
** Dean comes out to the ring carrying the briefcase and a duffel bag full of merchandise, and proceeds to toss some of it out to the audience ("How dare they call me unstable!" he says, after seeing his own shirt.) This leads to the two modern stooges and Seth Rollins coming out. Dean then proceeds to throw every insult he can at them. Some notable ones include:
*** "Uh-oh! They sent the cruiserweight division out to get me."[[note]]Becomes HilariousInHindsight as WWE would actually restart its cruiserweight division less than two years later.[[/note]]
*** "I was over by the concession stand. I waved, but you didn't see me. [[CallBack I think you were eating a hot-dog or something.]]"
*** To security guards: "Are you guys real security? I coulda sworn you were Rosebuds last week." Bonus points for that statement actually being true.
** Dean then runs off to the top of the arena. Seth opens the case... only to be hit with a dye pack. Dean's face absolutely sells it, with a sort of "Did I do that?" look on his face.
** And to top it all off, during an internal squabble of the Authority, ''something'' starts vibrating. After checking their phones, the rest of the authority finds the source... which is the briefcase. Rollins grabs it and shouts defensively, "It's an electric razor!" Keep in mind, Rollins has a beard. [[spoiler: Either Seth Rollins is shaving something else, or that's actually a vibrator, which, considering his ring gear resembles bondage gear, makes sense.]] (Apparently, this was a rib on a Diva, who had a similar incident and explanation at the airport.)
* Anytime he's on camera during one of the WWE Countdown shows on the Network. Special mention has to go to his ''pitch-perfect'' impression of Wrestling/DustyRhodes during the Countdown for WWE's Biggest Blunders.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvKl1vQn2M0 He's done it before WWE as well,]] the funniest one being a reading of Film/PointBreak1991 with Wrestling/DustyRhodes playing Johnny Utah and Wrestling/TerryFunk playing Bodhi.
* Dean Ambrose + hot dog stand. It has to be [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DODmsJVMFXw&list=UUJ5v_MCY6GNUBTO8-D3XoAg seen]] to be believed.
* On the 10/20/14 Raw, Ambrose and Cena have a handicap match vs. Rollins, Kane and Orton. In a pre-match promo, Ambrose compares himself and Cena to Batman and Superman. Cena says Ambrose is more like ComicBook/TheJoker. As Cena leaves, Ambrose says "[[Memes/TheDarkKnightTrilogy Why So Serious"]]. Also: his idea of "scouting" Kane meant watching a DVD of ''Film/SeeNoEvil2'' (which Kane starred in). He even had popcorn with him.
** The segment not long after that, where he basically to the ring with a duffel bag ''inside of another duffel bag'', pulls out what looks like a crash test dummy, re-enacts everything he would like to do to Rollins on the dummy whilst talking to it as if it was Rollins himself. Becomes (depending on your POV) either extra funny or NightmareFuel if one considers he's probably been doing this entire routine (or variations of it) in private on a regular basis for the last several months.
* At the Hell in a Cell pay-per-view, during his match with Seth Rollins, at one point, Seth is taken down, and falls to the mat almost completely stacked up on his shoulders, his feet near his head...and with his ass sticking up. Dean then dives at him to make the cover. He lands with his face right in Seth's offered-up crotch, with ''[[NotHelpingYourCase his tongue hanging out like a lunatic]]''.
** He was REALLY getting in there, too. "Wow. Look at him go..." indeed.
* His "Trick or Street Fight" with [[Wrestling/ClaudioCastagnoli Cesaro]] on the Halloween 2014 edition of ''[[Wrestling/WWESmackDown SmackDown]]''. The match is a street fight with Jack O'Lanterns, skeletons, candy corn colored kendo sticks, and other assorted Halloween related items used as weapons. It's as awesome as you think it would be.
** The finish? He shoves a pumpkin on Cesaro's head, and then hits him with the [[FinishingMove Dirty Deeds]] DDT, busting Claudio's head and the pumpkin simultaneously.
* Finding a (powered, working) monitor under the ring at TLC 2014, and the intentional DrosteImage spot that follows. Oh, and then he goes to the stage to get one of the really tall ladders...but not ''the'' tallest one, which makes the crowd boo.
-->'''Dean''': ''(apologetic)'' It's too heavy! I can't carry it!
** At the same event, politely asking Cabrera and Rodriguez (the Spanish commentary team) to get out of the way [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments so they wouldn't get hurt]] when he elbow dropped Bray Wyatt through the SpanishAnnouncersTable.
* On the 1/12/15 edition of ''Raw,'' Stephanie [=McMahon=] put Ambrose through psychological evaluation. All of the interactions Dean had with the therapist were gold, but the SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}} comes with the picture/word association segment;
** It starts out with the therapist explaining that he's going to show Ambrose pictures, and Ambrose yells out "THURSDAY!"[[note]]This was in reference to a series of commercials that WWE was playing, to advertise that ''[=SmackDown=]'' was moving to... well, Thursday.[[/note]] Then, there was the associations themselves:
*** Triple H: "Irritable Bowel Syndrome."
*** Seth Rollins: "Scumbag."
*** Roman Reigns: "[[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments Brother.]]"
*** Kane: "Toothpaste."[[note]]This was a GeniusBonus reference to one of Kane's old gimmicks, [[DepravedDentist Isaac Yankem D.D.S.]][[/note]]
*** Hacksaw Jim Duggan: [[CatchPhrase "HOOOOO!"]]
*** Stephanie [=McMahon=]:"HOOOOO!"
** Then there's the end of the segment: Ambrose is seen sitting in the therapist's chair, saying that they've "made a lot of progress." The camera zooms out, and the doctor is seen ''lying on the couch crying.'' Ambrose then says that he understands; as for [[ADateWIthRosiePalms the adolescent thing]], he won't go blind. Ambrose has him sign the papers to "get him help." Ambrose then get up and tells the therapist that he's a spineless pile of cow dung, and yes, it ''is'' weird that he pees sitting down, and the doctor cries hysterically as Ambrose leaves.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HbCqk69bn4 This whole segment]] with Kane.
* On the 5/7/15 ''[=SmackDown=]'', Dean was involved with Reigns, Orton and Rollins in a contract signing for their Fatal 4 Way at Payback. [[https://youtu.be/-7Y00CZuw5Y?t=67 After Seth signs the contract]], he and Kane begin to bicker, and Dean just casually sets up the table on the turnbuckle. When they finally notice, Dean is just casually "We all know how this is gonna end anyway. I call dibs on the table!" And then things go just as Ambrose predicted.
** Also concerning the Fatal 4-way: Every time the event that made the Championship a 4-way is brought up, after Kane's line is delivered, it cuts to a dramatic close-up of Ambrose... or at least it's supposed to be real dramatic, but Ambrose has the goofiest and most out-there expression on his face, as if he's thinking "WWE World Heavyweight Championship? What's that? Does it help me beat up Rollins?" Unfortunately, it seems like there's no image of it.
* Dean Ambrose gets taken away by police (on very trumped up charges). He crashes the end of RAW ''in a police APC'', complete with a police uniform.
** Also, Wrestling/SethRollins is kicking and stomping Wrestling/RomanReigns in the corner, and Roman isn't even ''trying'' to hide the fact that he's laughing his ass off at the whole spectacle.
* His promo with Wrestling/RomanReigns and Wrestling/RandyOrton right before their 6-man tag on the 8/3/15 Episode of RAW against Wrestling/BrayWyatt, Wrestling/LukeHarper, and Wrestling/{{Sheamus}}. First, he quotes Wrestling/RoddyPiper (he had unfortunately passed away the weekend before this episode, so there were many small tributes to him) with the line "I'm here to kick ass and chew bubblegum... and I'm all out of bubblegum." Note that Ambrose was actually chewing bubblegum during this promo, and before he finished the line, he spit the wad of bubblegum out of frame. There's a point during Roman's portion of the promo where he calls Ambrose "Crazy" and keeps going without losing stride. Meanwhile, Ambrose, who's off in his little world - perhaps trying to find where the used bubblegum landed - picks up on it and gives Roman a [[DoubleTake hilariously subtle "WTF?[=/=]Really bro?" glance]]. Soon after that, Randy pops in, instructs the others that [[LeaveHimToMe that Sheamus belongs to him]] and pops out just as quickly. Ambrose comments that he (Orton) finally has a good attitude - this a ContinuityNod to the fact that Ambrose and Reigns had spent several months feuding with and fighting Orton while the latter was part of Wrestling/{{Evolution}}[=/=]Wrestling/TheAuthority.
* [[CompanionCube Mitch, the Potted Plant]].
** Particularly the time he asked Wrestling/ShaneMcMahon to hold Mitch while he and Wrestling/SamiZayn beat up Jeri-KO.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5IFuDjoKsc This interview]], where he seems determined to make his real-life girlfriend Renee Young break character and laugh.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58b5vkvZ8sQ Dean Ambrose hates Canadians.]] Lucky he [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg isn't teaming with one]] that night - [[Wrestling/SamiZayn oh]]...
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yuY6ffO_oI This epic trolling of Seth Rollins at a house show.]]
* During his first promo after becoming champion, Dean [[LampshadeHanging hung a serious lampshade]] on Seth and Roman's respective nicknames of "The Man" and "The Guy."
-->'''Dean''': "You know, [[Wrestling/SethRollins Seth]] calls himself "The Man," [[Wrestling/RomanReigns Roman]] calls himself "The Guy..." I dunno, what does that make me, "[[Film/TheBigLebowski The Dude]]?" (crowd chants "DUDE DUDE DUDE!") Oh, I kinda like it!"
* On the 10/11/16 episode of ''[=SmackDown=]'', AJ Styles was put in a match against James Ellsworth (a recurring jobber)... with Dean as Special Guest Ref. HilarityEnsues as Styles unsurprisingly thrashes Ellsworth, but can never pull off the win due to shenanigans such as Dean taking a phone call while Ellsworth was tapping out. This culminates in Styles eating Dirty Deeds twice before having Ellsworth draped over him and Dean fast counting.
** It took Ambrose ten minutes to even start the damn match! He empties all of his pockets, continually pulling out weird shit (including a flask, a Wrestling/RomanReigns necklace, and a pack of Tic-Tacs]].
* ''[=SmackDown=]'', 10/18/16. Styles vs. Ellsworth II, this time for the WWE World Championship ([[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer yes, this happened]]). Daniel Bryan had told Dean that he couldn't be guest referee again, but gave him a choice of another role -- he ended up going with ring announcer. Again, he used his presence to torment AJ during the match, from getting on the mic to announce everything from commercial breaks ("we gotta pay the bills, brother!") to a car parked with its lights on to ''advertising Ellsworth's brand-new T-shirt'', much like he did to Seth Rollins a few months prior. In the end, AJ reacted badly to one of Dean's taunts ("I knew you looked like a soccer mom, but I didn't know you kicked like one, too!"), resulting in AJ taking a loss via disqualification. Dean gets into the ring, attempts to announce the winner, only for AJ to rush him -- cue Dirty Deeds. Then he finishes his announcement:
-->'''Dean''': "Your winner by disqualification, the guy with more wins over AJ Styles than ''John Cena'' -- '''JAMES ELLSWORTH'''!"
* On ''[=SmackDown=]'' 11/22/16, Wrestling/ShaneMcMahon ordered him to leave the building for the night. And Dean promptly decides to gatecrash promos, and generally cause all kinds of mischief backstage. The highlight of which came when he talked with Daniel Bryan ''while dressed up as The Mountie'' (because [[CanadaEh they were in Canada that night]]). And it is very, ''very'' clear that both Dean and Bryan [[{{Corpsing}} are having trouble keeping it together]] when Dean fires off The Mountie's CatchPhrase.
** Dean also interfered in the Styles/Ellsworth ladder match in the main event. While AJ was scaling the ladder, Dean runs in wearing an Ottawa Senators jersey, helmet and gloves. He then precedes to throw the latter two off and start a hockey-fistfight with AJ.
* The 12/6/16 episode of ''[=SmackDown=]'' was the first after the TLC PPV, where Ellsworth betrayed Ambrose and cost him the World Championship. So what does Dean do? He channels his inner [[Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin Stone Cold]]. The show started off with Ellsworth confronting AJ Styles in the ring over his inability to give him his title opportunity (Styles had received an ankle injury at the PPV), when Dean's music hits. Dean comes out, and -- without the music stopping once -- gets into the ring, ''immediately'' hits Ellsworth with Dirty Deeds, and immediately walks out. AJ's face and JBL's reaction only make it more hilarious.
* ''[=SmackDown=]'' Dec. 27, 2016: The week prior, The Miz made a crude comment about Dean's relationship with Renee Young, prompting Renee to slap Miz, followed by Miz hitting the Skull-Crushing Finale on Dean in retaliation. For this episode, Miz excused Charly Caruso from an interview and said he'd only talk to Renee. After Renee came for the interview, [[TooDumbToLive Miz dismissed his security team]] [[DisproportionateRetribution after one of them breathed on him.]] As Miz boasted of his 2016 and beating of Dean, [[HoistByHisOwnPetard he panicked when he saw Renee smiling]] [[RightBehindMe and Dean standing right behind him dressed as a security guard complete with "looking around" and an exaggerated frown.]] Cue Dean assaulting Miz, then dispatching the real security team before getting on one of their radios and saying, "All clear!" and leaving.
* The first Ambrose Asylum segment of 2017:
** Dean replaced Mitch the Potted Plant with an alligator head he bought from a gas station and names it {{Wrestling/Maryse}}. He initially wanted to bring an actual alligator for the show but couldn't because he doesn't have the permit.
** After the Miz demands Dean to give him back the Intercontinental Championship belt to him, Dean agrees to give the Miz back what was rightfully his. But instead of the belt, Dean instead gives him the Miz Participation Award ([[BrickJoke the same one that the Miz had given him after Dean lost his WWE title match at TLC]]) that he placed underneath Maryse (the souvenir), complete with a "You Tried" chant from the crowd.
** After Dean fights off the Miz, he gives the award to Maryse (the real one) before leaving the ring.
* The ''Royal Rumble'' 2017 had a quick backstage scene featuring Dean, Wrestling/SamiZayn, and the authority figures of both ''Raw'' and ''''[=SmackDown=]'','' with Dean and Sami drawing their numbers for the Royal Rumble. When Sami draws his, he asks Dean to read it to him, rather than look at it himself.
-->'''Dean Ambrose:''' "Eight!"
-->'''Sami Zayn:''' "Eight? Really, eight?"
-->'''Dean Ambrose:''' (flipping the paper slip around) "No, wait, it was upside down." ([[{{Beat}} beat]]) "Eight."
** He then asks [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]] to wake him up when his music hits as he walks off camera.
* Also at the ''Royal Rumble'', Dean entered the match at number 12 and found that number 11, one James Ellsworth, had not yet gotten into the ring due to Wrestling/BraunStrowman currently wreaking havoc in there. Dean convinces Ellsworth to enter the ring with him on the count of three, then when he counts to three...he stops, leaving Ellsworth to slide into the ring himself and get his clock cleaned and eliminated by Strowman. A little payback for Ellsworth costing him his title match at TLC.
* In the "Superstar Shakeup" that was announced after ''Wrestlemania'', Dean found himself moved to ''Raw'', and made his entrance by interrupting The Miz in the middle of a John Cena impersonation (with Maryse dressed as Nikki Bella). He goes into the ring, and [[FailedASpotCheck thinking he's talking to the real Cena]] ([[ObfuscatingStupidity or pretending to think that]]) goes on to congratulate him on getting engaged, wishes him luck in Hollywood, and assures him that he'll be ''way'' better than the Miz and won't have to stoop to doing direct-to-video sequels like ''[[Film/TheMarine Marine 5: Battleground]]''. Then the Miz interrupts him to point out that no, he's not actually John Cena, he's the Miz. Then:
-->'''Dean:''' "Ooooooohhhhh." ''(pause)'' "Well, in that case--" ''(hits the Miz with Dirty Deeds)''
* Dean asks his tag-team partner Wrestling/ChrisJericho to take him off the [[LongList List of Jericho]].
-->'''Chris''': No! In the asylum match, you powerbombed me into a pile of thumbtacks! I had to pull 69 tacks out of my flesh!
-->'''Dean''': But it was really cool!
* '''May 1, 2017''': Dean Ambrose, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAmUC4AGbsk Backstage Correspondant]].
* June 5, 2017: Wrestling/TheMiz is in the ring celebrating his victory over Ambrose the previous night at ''Extreme Rules'' with a big party, complete with balloons, champagne, and a {{dancing bear}} holding a "CONGRATULATIONS" sign. But then Maryse tells the Miz she didn't get the bear. This sends the Miz into [[ParanoiaFuel MAXIMUM paranoia mode]], and he beats up the bear (who turns out to be some random guy) and smashes a large gift box wheeled out to the ring because [[WrongGenreSavvy he thinks Ambrose is in them]]. When it turns out the latter had a grandfather clock from Maryse, she stormed out in a huff. And, while the Miz was looking toward the ramp...Ambrose finally emerges dressed as a cameraman and drops him with Dirty Deeds.
** The next week, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOtK83wWMEA the bear shows up again]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0gvrFuT0uo giving a very familiar finisher to the Miz]].
** To add even more, if you remember Jon Moxley in CZW, you may have heard of [[NeverLiveItDown an incident with a female fan and a bear costume]], this is a ''shocking'' allusion from a company that is usually incredibly PG.
* Miz, Sheamus, and Cesaro are harassing Dean again, so he brings backup this time - [[Wrestling/MattHardy The Hardy]] [[Wrestling/JeffHardy Boyz]]. Watching Dean bouncing along to their entrance music like a scene kid is hilarious.
* Dean and Roman on the Highlight Reel with Wrestling/ChrisJericho, talking about their friendship:
-->'''Dean''': I mean, friends fight over all kinds of things, over money, over spotlight, over stupid stuff like [[NoodleIncident who wrecked whose car and who paid whose bar tab]], but we never fight about any of that kind of stuff. We don't have time for that.
-->'''Jericho''': But what happens to that friendship when the bell rings at [[Wrestling/WWEFastlane Fastlane]]?
-->'''Dean''': [[BrutalHonesty I'mma punch him right in the mouth]]. (Roman cracks up.)
* Even after returning from a triceps injury that shelved him for the better part of a year, Dean Ambrose proves he can still snark with the best when Jinder Mahal confronts him backstage. Jinder does his mantra, and tells Ambrose that he is unbalanced, and that Jinder can help him. Dean seems to play along, until...
-->'''Jinder''': Close your eyes. Breathe! Tell me what you see.
-->'''Dean''': I see...you.
-->'''Jinder''': Tell me more.
-->'''Dean''': I see...myself.
-->'''Jinder''': Tell me more.
-->'''Dean''': I see myself...kicking you...in the teeth. I see myself...breaking your face, breaking your ribs. You are crying...you are in great pain. Now...get...out...of my face.
* Heel!Dean doesn't make so much with the wisecracks, but a highlight was his interruption of "A Moment of Bliss" to troll Nia Jax about her clear "problem with dealing with [his] raw sexual magnetism" and then go to town on Wrestling/EC3:
-->'''Dean''': I'm gonna turn this into a rapid-fire interview. Who are you? What does [=EC3=] mean? Where are [=EC1=] and 2? Who does your hair? Are you a Creed fan? You look like a Creed fan to me. Why do you hang around backstage like some kind of mute Chippendale dancer instead of getting in that ring?
* After getting demolished in a match against Wrestling/DrewMcintyre where he took two Claymore Kicks to the head, Dean runs into Seth Rollins backstage and asks he wasn't out there helping him. (In kayfabe, these two are bitter enemies.) Rollins looks confused and asks Ambrose if he's completely lost his mind. Ambrose thinks about this for a while, then shrugs and walks away, leaving Rollins stymied.
* After throwing Kenny Omega off the big casino chips in ''Double or Nothing'' and standing tall and victorious at the end of the show just as it was about to sign off, how do you cap off an awesome entrance into AEW? Slipping on the sweat that was on the chip and prat-falling.
* His first ''Being the Elite'' appearance was NoSell-ing Wrestling/TheYoungBucks' attempt at the [[Wrestling/TheShield Shield]] fist-bump.
* After a quick squash match in his second post-WWE competitive appearance during NJPW’s Dominion, Jon Moxley grabs his opponent, Young Lion Shota Umino, and drags/helps him out of the ring and out of the arena, effectively kidnapping him and treating him like a half-comatose, half-stumbling pet.
-->'''Moxley''': Hold this for me. (Umino collapses.)
** Made even funnier later at the G1 when it's shown that he basically ''adopted'' Shota as his protege, calling him "Shooter", and to his credit he does put him over...in the only way he can.
-->'''Moxley, referring to Shota:''' He's a real Panty-Dropper, ain't he?
* Moxley doesn't really do tag-team partners, but you can't say he didn't try to bond with Pac on episode 3 of Dynamite. He spent ten minutes straight trying to get a variety of high-fives from Pac.... and later [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere bails on the match entirely]] when Pac stops him from stomping Kenny Omega's face in and getting them DQ'd.
* Jon Moxley and Orange Cassidy's staredown on the New Year's Day 2020 episode of Dynamite.
* Moxley declined to join The Inner Circle calling them a "stupid group" and claiming they had nothing he wanted. [[HypocriticalHumor This didn't stop him from leaving with the car they offered him.]]
** After smashing a bottle of "the bubbly" over Jericho's head and hitting him with a Paradigm Shift, Moxley catches Sammy Guevara with another Paradigm Shift as he tries to save Jericho, then when Jake Hager storms the ring Mox grabs another bottle, [[SpecialEffectsFailure only for the sugar glass to shatter in his hand before he can swing it]], forcing him to beat a hasty retreat through the crowd. Hager is left in the ring, [[PietaPlagiarism cradling the unconscious Jericho as if he'd been shot]] and [[SayMyName impotently screaming Moxley's name in fury]]. It was hilariously melodramatic.
** Moxley stealing The Inner Circle’s car also has some {{Irony}} to it. Jon has stated he’s not a very material person in real life and has everything he needs. Therefore, stealing a very fancy car is the opposite of what he’d do.
* After Moxley won the AEW Heavyweight title match at Revolution 2020, he tried to continue his unscripted victory speech when his theme music was prematurely played. The abrupt cut in the music after he told backstage off for interrupting was awkward as well as hilarious.
-->'''Moxley:''' Hey, [[PrecisionFStrike what the fuck?]]
* During his match with Brian Cage, Moxley have done severe damage to Cage's right arm from the get go by locking it with all sorts of submission holds. In the climax of the match, Moxley again holds Cage in an armbar while Tazz is mouthing him off, how does Moxley respons? By FlippingTheBird to Tazz.

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* Dean and Roman did a ''Ride Along'' for the WWE Network and told a hilarious story about Wrestling/RonKillings falling asleep in the aisle on the bus in Germany. The problem was, the way Killings was sleeping, the way to the bathroom was blocked. So there was a competition among the roster to do everything possible to get to the bathroom without waking him up, which Dean won with the "Creator/CatherineZetaJones in ''Entrapment''" method, using Truth's body as the "lasers".
** His [[OverlyLongGag random and constant singing]]. It seems to make Roman laugh, which may be the point.
* Dean, Wrestling/KevinOwens, and [[Wrestling/ClaudioCastagnoli Cesaro]] on ''Table for 3'', telling stories of their indy days. For Dean, coming to WWE hasn't really changed that much, except in WWE they have better doctors.
-->'''Cesaro''': You in the Money in the Bank match? I was like, 'oh, Mox falls off a ladder', that's nothing new.
-->'''Dean''': It ain't even the first time you've done that to me. It was just in front of a lot more people, and we have a better medical team . . . They were all over me later, they're all 'Dean, you have a giant gash on the back of your head'. I was like, "[[JustAFleshWound I do?]]"
* His first appearance on wife Renee Young's ''Regular Girls'' podcast is about an hour of near-constant hilarity. Jon holds forth on topics such as his extreme dislike of sad movies, the disgusting joys of dog ownership, bra craftsmanship, and owning so many odd weapons (nunchucks, a sjambok, throwing stars) that he's "a real-life Ninja Turtle".
** There's a story about Jon being naked, in his hot tub, freaking out over some bees and trying to whip them away with a towel that really has to be heard to be believed.
** His second appearance is an hour straight of him and Renee discussing ''Series/TheBachelor''. Yeah, that's right. Dean Ambrose digs trashy reality television.
* This Twitter Conversation with Cody Rhodes on a topic that's...near to Jon's heart...
-->'''Jon''': so [[Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling @AEWrestling]] Can I swear now?\\
'''Cody''': Well Yes I guess We are TV14\\
'''Jon''': I'M GONNA DUCKING DUCK UP [[Wrestling/KennyOmega OMEGA]]\\
'''Jon''': DUCKING AUTOCORRECT DUCKING IPHONE PIECE OF SHIT\\
'''Cody''': [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight Ok you have fun]]
* Calling his wife over dramatic in an interview regarding her reactions to his Lights Out match with Wrestling/KennyOmega in ''AEW: Full Gear''. Renee later retweeted the interview with eye rolling emojis.
** For reference, this was a match in which Jon was [[FeelNoPain suplexed onto a barbed wire trampoline, causing bear-attack-size wounds in his back and allegedly causing nerve damage.]]
* Making a surprise cameo in the March 2020 episode of ''WWE Backstage'' when he crashes Renee doing video call with Wrestling/BookerT and Wrestling/XavierWoods (they're working from home due to [[UsefulNotes/CoronavirusDisease2019Pandemic the COVID-19 crisis]]). Renee and the two men are clearly amused. This also marks his first appearance in WWE television since his departure in April the previous year (though rumor has it Renee got heat with WWE management over this).
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MB0Lq2U96Qw Jon Moxley Superkicks Renee Young For Her Toilet Paper.]] [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext Yes.]]
* A contract signing between Moxley and MJF before their match for the AEW World Championship at ''All Out 2020'' ended with Mox revealing that he added an extra page to the already unfair match stipulation; he will be fighting Max's asshole of an lawyer the next week. Not only Mox makes fun of the lawyer's carelessness, he also proclaims that he should had been a lawyer for being able to outscam one.
* During his episode of ''A Shot of Brandi'', Jon brings up one of his earliest memories. When he was six, his mother took him to a Christmas candle lighting ceremony (a lampshade is promptly hung on how, implausibly, someone took Jon freaking Moxley to a church). Due to the amount of hairspray, the right side of her hair caught fire in the middle of the ceremony. Jon describes how the whole thing went to hell, then mimes his mother slapping her hair out. The moral of the story? Aqua Net is dangerous.
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