10 Things You Didn't Know About WWE Champion Dean Ambrose

3. ...But He's Not Stupid

Dean Ambrose WWE champion
CZW

In one such crazed CZW encounter, Ambrose as Moxley purportedly took a saw to the head.

We say purportedly, because of course he didn't. As full-on as Moxley was back in those days, even he didn't quite go to the frankly stupid lengths some of his peers or predecessors did. His stamp on the hardcore style was more visceral than spectacular. He knew he didn't need to jump from incredible heights to get himself over, or to effectively serve his character. He was always a lunatic, but he was never a daredevil.

In this clip, we see Brain Damage 'slice open' Moxley's head, which is actually fairly convincing on first watch - which may have something to do with his crazed, emphatic sell-job. He looks legitimately terrified for his wellbeing, crawling manically around the ring. As he would explain in a subsequent shoot interview, the effect was achieved by moving the blood that was already on Ambrose's head around his face. In reality, Brain Damage may as well have been rubbing a 'baby's a**' over his forehead, for how weak the saw was.

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