2. Taking It To The Streets
What is it about Dean Ambrose that inspires WWE writers to cast him in these strange situations? Need someone to get distracted by a hologram? Deans your man. Have to have someone lose due to an exploding television? Give Ambrose a call. Want to revisit a nearly 20-year-old gimmick where wrestlers drive off mid-match, only to return later in the show to finish the bout? Thats right up Deans alley. In this situation, Extreme Rules opened with Dean Ambrose facing Luke Harper in a Chicago Street Fight. The two battled for an intense few minutes before deciding to take the stipulation literally, with Harper commandeering a vehicle and Ambrose jumping through an open window just before Harper sped away. Due to the no-countout, no-DQ stipulation of a Chicago Street Fight, the match technically continued. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul25U1zu_xk The two returned more than a half-hour later, with Ambrose driving now. They headed back to the ring, introducing a couple dozen chairs to the match. Ambrose won in short order, but it really didnt do him any favors. This sort of gimmick didnt really do a lot for Goldust and Rowdy Roddy Piper at WrestleMania XII, and all it did Sunday was reduce Ambrose and Harper to comedy status instead of serious competitors in a serious match.
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