10 WWE Champions That Didn’t Fit Vince McMahon’s Mold
9. Dean Ambrose
JBL’s
disgust with Dean Ambrose winning the WWE Championship felt like words coming directly
out of McMahon’s mouth. “That lunatic is now the face of the company! It’s the darkest
day of WWE’s history!”
The
greasy, wife-beater-wearing, former death match wrestler was McMahon’s last
resort. In June 2016, Roman Reigns had violated WWE’s Wellness Policy,
resulting in a 30 day suspension. After being groomed as the face of the
company, including just having won the WWE Championship in the main event of
WrestleMania, Reigns had dropped the ball.
It
was the worst timing for all parties involved - except for Ambrose, who as the second
most popular hero in storyline (first in reality), was slotted to take Reigns’
place. At Money in the Bank 2016, Seth Rollins beat Reigns cleanly for the
title, and then Ambrose cashed in to claim the gold.