History Wrestling / DeanAmbrose

* TheAce: In AEW so far he's the one with the longest winning streak. And he's never been defeated[[note]]Apart from a single tag team match where he eventually lost patience with his own partner Wrestling/{{PAC}} pushing him around and flattened him before walking away and leaving him to be pinned, which doesn't really count[[/note]], having beaten wrestlers like Kenny Omega, Chris Jericho, Brodie Lee, PAC, Sammy Guevara and Jake Hager, [[spoiler: and MJF]]. He also holds the top championship in All Elite Wrestling, defeating all challengers [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold without cheating or interference.]]

** After leaving WWE, he started to use various submission holds to win matches, with the Bulldog Choke being the most commonly used among them.

* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Him beating [[Wrestling/JackSwagger Jake Hager]] in a 30 minute match on Dynamite is this since Hager was up until that point unbeaten in AEW and in MMA.

* TheAce: In AEW so far he's the one with the longest winning streak. And he's never been defeated[[note]]Apart from a single tag team match where he eventually lost patience with his own partner Wrestling/{{PAC}} pushing him around and flattened him before walking away and leaving him to be pinned, which doesn't really count[[/note]], having beaten wrestlers like Kenny Omega, Chris Jericho, Brodie Lee, PAC, Sammy Guevara and Jake Hager. He also holds the top championship in All Elite Wrestling, defeating all challengers [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold without cheating or interference.]]

* SnarktoSnarkCombat: He's starting to show shades of this against MJF. Best shown at their contract signing where he lets Freidman talk for the majority of their time speaking up after one insult too many responding with a zinger of his own.

* CutShort: The second Shield run and his tag team with Rollins, as of 12/18. Ambrose's elbow injury acquired at TLC finally caught up with him, and he was pulled from the show and sent for surgery. It remains to be seen how long he'll be out.

** The 2016 Wrestling/RoyalRumble. Ambrose wrestled [[Wrestling/KevinSteen Kevin Owens]] in a Last Man Standing match for the Intercontinental Championship to open up the PPV, where both men went through absolute hell. After Ambrose retained by pushing Owens off the turnbuckle and into two stables stacked on top of each other, both men proceeded to pull double duty and enter the Rumble later that night. Ambrose entered two-thirds of the way through and made it to the final two, outlasting several major stars such as Wrestling/BrockLesnar, Wrestling/ChrisJericho, Wrestling/TheWyattFamily, and even his best friend Wrestling/RomanReigns. He was also ''very'' close to throwing out Wrestling/TripleH and winning the whole thing altogether if he hadn't been fatigued by the Last Man Standing match. His stellar performance got him (and Owens) universally declared as MVP of the night.* DoNotTauntCthulhu: Regardless of how much of a bad idea it is, him calling out Brock Lesnar usually ends with him getting suplexed and/or F5ed.

* ShoutOut: Ever since he defeated Minoru Suzuki, Moxley has added the Gotch Piledriver as one of his signature move.

* AxCrazy[=/=]{{Cloudcuckoolander}}: As Jon Moxley, he was this in the indies. As Ambrose in FCW, he still demostrated just plain brutal examples- for instance, see [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1b-q0cAkboc his rematch]] with Wrestling/WilliamRegal, where he beats Regal so badly that Regal's bleeding and confused, and ''the entire locker room'' has to come out and restrain him, and even then he breaks away and tries to go back for more. Within the WWE scope of affairs, this one actually warranted him being "banned" from the new NXT both in and out of kayfabe—in-universe it was due to the brutality making him unsafe for the rest of the developmental roster to work with, in reality because creative [[ToughActToFollow struggled to find a proper way to follow up on it with the transition to NXT]]. Until, of course, enter the Shield. Early it seemed to have been reined in somewhat since hitting the main roster as part of the stable, but even now he still shows signs of being off his rocker. Ambrose's eccentric tendencies when The Shield was interviewed (ask Wrestling/MichaelCole) or in match situations made clear that he was by far the most violent, erratic member of the trio. His mannerisms only add to it- he constantly twitches, flinches and seems to talk to himself when he's not on the mic, like he's just waiting an excuse to fly off the handle and beat the hell out of someone. He's licked his hand before slapping Sheamus; actually stroked Wrestling/RandyOrton (who is no stranger to AxCrazy behavior himself) on the shoulder, basically ''petting him as if he was his pet'', in a backstage vignette, and at least one occasion, ''foamed at the mouth'' during a match. And check the promo where The Shield calls out the Wyatt Family. Rollins and Reigns actually do most of the talking, mainly because Ambrose is completely flipping out in the background to the point where he can't put sentences together. Then after Seth Rollins turned on the group, Ambrose went into excruciating detail about how he would rearrange Rollins' face (see below). After twitching the entire time he smacked the mic out of his own hand, only for Reigns to give him a smile (almost in a friendly, "How the hell am I supposed to follow that?" manner), and Ambrose to gingerly bend over and hand Reigns the mic.
-->'''Ambrose:''' When I get the opportunity to rearrange your face, which I will... your nose isn't gonna be over here anymore, it's gonna be over here... ''[slides finger from his own nose towards his ear]''... by your ear. I say "ear" because you're only gonna have one left. I'm gonna rip your dirty, stinkin' hair out by the roots, and I'm gonna stuff it in your mouth-- there'll be plenty of room ''where your teeth used to be.''\\
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Seth Rollins... ''[begins to hyperventilate and beats his own chest while smiling maniacally]''... [[SarcasmMode my brother]]... we want you to stand out here in front of the whole world, and we want them to hear Triple H's words comin' out of your mouth. We're gonna listen to every word of it, '''''[[PreAssKickingOneLiner and then we're gonna beat the hell out of you.]]''''' ''[slaps microphone out of own hands emphatically]''

* TheRival:
** Even though Pepper Parks was part of Mox's crew, they still fought over the HPW Heavyweight Title belt. Mox and tag team partner King Vu were also frequent opponents in Heartland.
** Has consistently opposed Jimmy Jacobs wherever the two should meet up.
** Slash Venom(otherwise known as Flash Flanagan) and La Zona Ilegal (Jumping Jeff Jeffrey [[TagTeam y]] Chicano) in IWA Puerto Rico
* ShoutOut: Ever since he defeated Minoru Suzuki, Moxley has added the Gotch Piledriver as one of his signature move.
* TheSocialDarwinist: Professional wrestling is about survival of the fittest and Moxley will light your very CZW arenas ablaze till they're all nothing but ash if that's what it takes to prove it!

* BloodKnight: Fits this either as Ambrose or Moxley, but is much more open about it as the latter. Especially after leaving WWE, where he's picking fights with people like Minoru Suzuki and Lance Archer.

* CutShort: He had to vacate the Full Impact Pro Heavyweight title, due to defenses conflicting with his new FCW schedule. He was the second longest title holder after Homicide at that point too.
* DefeatEqualsFriendship: Darby Allin was one of Moxley's first opponents during his open challenge after defeating Kenny Omega at Full Gear. He would also become one of Moxley's closest allies during his feud with Jericho and the Inner Circle and later again when both of them find a common enemy in Taz and Brian Cage. Moxley would also step in to help Darby should he be outnumbered in an attack, as would Darby if Mox was in a similar situation.

** This was also shown in his match againts NJPW veteran Minoru Suzuki. It is very clear from the beginning that 1) All of Moxley's attacks have little effect on Suzuki 2) All of Suzuki's attacks have a really painful effect on Moxley. Suzuki even very nearly broke Moxley's right arm. But again, this is ''Freaking Jon Moxley'' and staying down is not in his book. The wrestling observer that revuews the match sums it up very accurately, that Jon Moxley is just " Too Insane to die. "

** As much of a badass Jon Moxley is, Even he shows ''fear'' when faced with the maniacal and sadistic Wrestling/MinoruSuzuki..and for good [[AxCrazy reasons]].