10 Reasons To Be Optimistic Following WWE Draft 2016
2. Dean Ambrose Is A Made Man
The Lunatic Fringe may have been drafted behind his former Shield brother Seth Rollins, but that doesn’t diminish the fact that WWE have just legitimised him as the company’s undisputed top babyface.
Dean Ambrose’s push was always going to be diminished with Roman Reigns around. Despite the WWE Universe’s complete rejection of Reigns as “The Guy”, Vince McMahon continues to promote him as the golden child, and no volume of negative crowd reactions is likely to change that any time soon.
The WWE Champion already stood streaks ahead of Reigns as the company’s most popular wrestler, and his days of playing second fiddle are over. It’s something that fans have been clamouring for for years, and while Ambrose could yet lose his belt at Battleground, he’ll forever benefit from being free of the ambiguity and divisiveness that Reigns’ miscast alignment brings to the main event scene.
SmackDown is full of devious, treacherous personalities for Ambrose to play off. Once his business with Reigns and Rollins is concluded, WWE would be printing money with an Ambrose/Styles feud. Ambrose vs. Wyatt has already been done, but there’d be a renewed interest should Bray finally receive that long-awaited main event push.
Ambrose will also benefit from a creative standpoint. Exploding televisions, hotdog carts, and holographic children have been the bane of Ambrose’s character, and reduced the Lunatic Fringe to rodeo clown status at times.
There should be no such issues on SmackDown: former NXT writer Ryan Ward has completely revitalised the show since his promotion back in March, and Ambrose will be a prime beneficiary of the blue brand’s logical storytelling approach.