8. Ambrose Forgets Rollins Because Of A Hologram?
Breaking up the Shield was a huge mistake. The team had organically gotten over with the fans and were on an incredible roll having defeated Evolution at two PPVs in a row. In the heavily scripted and controlled environment of WWE this is as rare as hens teeth and should be leapt upon. But of course it didnt happen like that. The night after what was arguably the biggest win of their career, the Fed saw fit to disband them with a short sighted and poorly planned heel turn for Seth Rollins (who in fairness is really coming into his own, in spite of, rather than because of the Authority). This led to a passionate feud between Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins as Ambroses character was clearly very shaken up by being turned on by his brother. There is a very basic wrestling storyline that has been proven to work time and time again since wrestling became a thing. It goes like this: wrestler gets spurned by friend, wrestler wants revenge, wrestler eventually gets revenge, and the feud is over with a happy audience. This is what the audience expected from Ambrose and Rollins feuding and it looked like this is what they would get. After months of false starts, screwy finishes, and some real investment in the idea that Dean Ambrose was truly a loose cannon who might actually just go and murder Seth Rollins if he got the chance, the audience finally got to see the PG Stone Cold Steve Austin locked in a cage with Rollins at the Hell in a Cell PPV in October. And there we got to finally see Ambrose get his comeuppance in one of the better matches of the year. Until it was interrupted by what appeared to be a hologram of Princess Leia beckoning Obi Wan Kenobi. This of course cost Ambrose the match as the hologram led to him getting tricked into a Sister Abigail from Bray Wyatt (who did an Ultimate Warrior apparition into the ring apparently) and he lost the match. And once he lost the match he just plum forgot about Rollins. Months of storytelling, months of emphasis on a blood feud between two men who were so close they called each other brothers, was dropped without another mention so that Ambrose could feud with a swamp magician, and later have a TV blow up in his face. http://youtu.be/UmTWYklPMF8 That ending was why WWE broke up the hottest faction they had in years. Just let that sink in for a bit.
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