Okay. Okay. Hear me out.
With news that Dean Ambrose is most likely leaving WWE in April, it got me thinking about what Ambrose has been during his six plus year run in WWE.
The answer was quite surprising, but he is a mirror image of Scott Hall.
Now, obviously I am not referring to Hall’s well documented behind-the-scene issues or his looks, but instead how Hall was positioned during his first run in WWE as Ramon, as well as his second run in WCW as part of the nWo.
The similarities will surprise you.
Speaking of the nWo, while we all know Hall was the original founding member, he was never the Guy of the group in any of its many (many) versions. Hall always took a back seat to Kevin Nash, Randy Savage, and of course, Hulk Hogan.
The same can be said for Ambrose, while he was part of the only version of The Shield (sorry, Kurt Angle doesn’t count). Just like Hall, Ambrose was never the top guy of the group. That always went to Seth Rollins or Roman Reigns. Both men shined in their roles of support.
Another similarity is the types of title runs they had. Both are multi-time Intercontinental Champions, Tag Team Champions and United States Champions. However, Ambrose does have the one thing Hall never had (don’t get me started on what should have happened at Uncensored ‘98), and that’s a world title run. Both men could be given any title at any time and, in most cases, it would have worked and made sense.
In ring wise, both are vastly underrated. While they both portray more of a “brawling” style, when motivated, Hall and Ambrose could put on excellent matches, no matter who they were working with.
Both superstars can also work anywhere on the card. They could face the top guy in the company, or could work with the new talent and get them over, all the while not be hurt in terms of position by giving a rub. They could open a show, be in the middle of a show or main event a show and again most times it would work and make sense.
Both stars had a “comical” side to their personas. Even in WCW, Hall would be the comic relief for the nWo, while keeping his legitimacy. And Ambrose’s antics have been well documented and, according to some reports, might be part of the reason for his eventual WWE departure.
The final thing they have in common is the unexpected sudden departures from WWE. Sure the case can be made that they both did it all in WWE(F) at the time of their exits, but they both held their value as performers. Also and more importantly, both left huge voids of versatility that are extremely hard to find.
Am I wrong or do the comparisons stack up? Feel free to let me know where you stand with this comparison. Follow me on twitter @JCD0613.
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