10 Questions Stone Cold Must Ask Dean Ambrose On His WWE Podcast
Time for "The Lunatic Fringe" to dish the dirt.
Last week, WWE.com announced that the next live edition of Stone Cold Steve Austin's podcast to air on the WWE Network will take place after Raw on August 8, and that his guest will be the current WWE World Champion, Dean Ambrose.
The upcoming episode will be the 12th edition of WWE Network's Stone Cold Podcast to air since the show debuted with a controversial Vince McMahon interview on December 1, 2014. Since then, Austin has interviewed an array of past and present WWE superstars and personalities, including Triple H, Shawn Michaels, Paul Heyman, Brock Lesnar, and AJ Styles.
The candid, one-on-one interview environment seems to fit Ambrose perfectly. The WWE World Champion is one of the best promos in the entire company, with the gimmick of a fearless fighter who never hesitates to speak his mind. An untethered Ambrose, holding to his character without being forced to maintain kayfabe, could drop some very interesting opinions on the WWE Universe.
Ambrose is also unique in the path that he took to WWE. Most of the current superstars are either products of WWE's developmental system or independent stars that were snatched up, and while Ambrose does fall into the second camp, he didn't have the same pre-WWE experience as men like Seth Rollins and Kevin Owens. Ambrose was a deathmatch worker, taking huge risks with his safety to earn his place in the sport. That's got to be worth a story or two.
All in all, this could end up being one of the WWE Network's most interesting specials yet. Here are 10 questions Stone Cold Steve Austin must ask Dean Ambrose to make it so:
10. Was WWE Your Goal When You Were On The Indies?
Dean Ambrose made his wrestling debut in 2004 under the name Jon Moxley, but he really started to break out on the scene in the late 2000s. Working for groups like Combat Zone Wrestling, Dragon Gate USA, and EVOLVE, Ambrose became one of the most talked-about workers on the independent scene by 2010, and the following year, WWE signed him to a contract.
As good as Ambrose was on the indies, though, it's almost surprising WWE chose to sign him, as he was decidedly non-PG prior to coming into the company. While WWE was trying to clean its act up, Jon Moxley was making a name for himself with very violent matches and colorful promos.
So what was his game plan at the time? Did he hope that his unique approach would help him stand out from the pack, or was he just wrestling in a style that felt true to himself regardless of the consequences? If it was the latter, was he surprised when WWE came calling? And does he feel like wrestling in a PG environment has watered him down?