10 Most Rebellious Anti-Heroes In WWE History

10. Dean Ambrose

Dean Ambrose is far from perfect.

Unhinged, out of control and more than willing to use his fists to solve his problems, the current WWE World Champion is one of the company’s most popular competitors, but he’s far from a straightforward hero. Ambrose a scrappy, pragmatic fighter who’s more than happy to get his hands dirty when the time comes, and he’s remarkably self-aware too.

Dean’s called himself a “scumbag” on countless occasions, and shows no real desire to change his ways and adapt to a more conventional set of morals.

From his scruffy appearance to his wild, loose fighting style, it’s clear that Ambrose isn’t wired the same way as many of WWE’s babyfaces. While his ambiguous “craziness” is often used to explain his actions, Ambrose often comes across surprisingly intelligently on the microphone despite regularly moments of madness.

He’s as unpredictable as they come in WWE, and his recent feud with Dolph Ziggler proves that he’s not afraid of being the bad guy if it means getting ahead of the competition.

While not as loudly anti-authority as Steve Austin, Ambrose has spent much of his post-Shield career battling Seth Rollins, the McMahon family’s apparent “chosen one". Going further back, The Shield themselves were a highly subversive group that laid waste to anyone who stood in their way, regardless of alignment.

The Lunatic Fringe's character has a tendency to slip into goofy comedy territory from time to time, but when he’s completely focused, Ambrose’s anti-hero character is one of the industry’s strongest.