Ranking Every WWE Grand Slam Champion From Worst To Best
14. Dean Ambrose
The storyline reuniting Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins was one of WWE's best-booked arcs of 2017.
Seth Rollins' quest for personal redemption gained organic purity following a pre-WrestleMania injury that almost ruled out a Triple H match for the second consecutive year. But the rebuilding of trust between the former Shield members was even better, with 'The Lunatic Fringe' uncharacteristically booked to behave exactly as a real human being would in the situation. The response to their SummerSlam tag title victory (and Shield-esque fist bump on the go-home Raw) was the hottest the flailing Ambrose had been in over a year.
As WWE Champion during the 2016 brand split, the SmackDown Live!-drafted Ambrose was a central figure, but looked exposed and abandoned in the role before dropping the title to AJ Styles. It flew in the face of his maiden stint with the United States Title during The Shield's original run.
The most convincing standout star at the time, Ambrose looked far and away the most ready to carry a singles strap amongst the three, as he did again scooping the Intercontinental Title in a rewarding 2015 feud with Kevin Owens a year after they'd split.