10 Former Stars Current WWE Wrestlers Are Channelling

2. Dean Ambrose / Brian Pillman

Dean Ambrose Brian Pillman If Brian Pillman were still alive, he'd be 52 and probably retired and working as a road agent in NXT or with the main roster. Foremost, the idea of Pillman and Paul Heyman wandering the same hallways at the same damn time is incredible. However, imagine if Pillman were around to be an on and off-screen mentor to Dean Ambrose. Ambrose needs a foil for his crazy, and there would've been no more perfect ally than Brian Pillman. The idea of Pillman and Ambrose as charmingly psychotic buddy cops would provide infinite hours of entertainment. Imagine the feud between Bray Wyatt and Dean Ambrose with Pillman involved? Oh wow, right? Pillman's off-the-wall antics set the precedent for Ambrose's entire raison d'etre as a character. Thus, the comparison is obvious.
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Besides having been an independent professional wrestling manager for a decade, Marcus Dowling is a Washington, DC-based writer who has contributed to a plethora of online and print magazines and newspapers writing about music and popular culture over the past 15 years.