WWE Superstar Dean Ambrose recently took part in an interviewĀ with Trib Live Sports in which he was asked his thoughts on being compared to some of the industry greats, his current gimmick and his view on the Attitude Era.Ā
On being compared to Brian Pillman, Roddy Piper and Stone Cold Steve Austin: āYouāre always going to get comparisons. Everybody comes out and says heās the next so and so or he reminds me of so and so. The thing with me is Iāve studied so much wrestling, so many wrestlers, so many eras and styles for so long. My entire life has been dedicated to being obsessed with this. I have so many influences and stuff in my brain, who knows whatās going to pop in and come out. I donāt really try to pattern myself after any particular person. I pretty much make it up as I go along.
On not being predictable: āThereās a lot of guys in WWE, you would know who they are, you know youāre going to see the same thing every single match. You know youāre going to hear the same thing every time they pick up a microphone. You know John Cena is never going to get mad at you no matter what you do. You could steal his dog or set his house on fire and heās not going to get all that mad at you. Heās going to come out and do the same thing he always does. Me, Iām not like that. I get pretty upset pretty quickly. I donāt like having an entrance or anything like that too set in stone. A lot of guys come out and have the exact little dance or exact little thing that goes off at the right time with the pyro. What if Iām not in the mood to do my little dance this week?ā
On the Attitude era: āI donāt like my wrestling or entertainment in general to be too clean or predictable for me as a fan. When I say clean, Iām not talking about dirty jokes, middle fingers and stuff like that. Iām actually not even a big fan of that. A lot of people talk about the attitude era being so great but a lot of it was terrible crap, sex jokes and over-the-top terrible bad comedy. It was Jerry Springer-like. They made a joke about a womanās breasts. Hilarious, but whereās the wrestling? I look back on a lot of stuff now, and Iām like whereās the wrestling? Itās just a lot of crappy jokes.ā