Ambrose article on RollingStone.com

[Urfarkendarf]

Good for him

[Deleted]

Very good for him.

I also have to wonder why they mentioned Ambrose's girlfriend in the opening sentences. Ambrose mentioning people hating him is also pretty interesting. I get a feeling that he will turn either the night after Wrestlemania or within a month after it. He can stay heel for a while and then maybe they'll finally bring up Renee and him dating. I don't know. It might just be me but if Ambrose turns heel and they connect it to Renee, maybe she gets a bigger role quite possibly, I don't know, being stalked or attacked and then Ambrose, the mega-heel, saves her or at least threatens the big heel thus turning him face or at least opening the potential of a face turn, I wouldn't mind that.

But this is wwe so they'd likely f*** it up.

Ambrose is just such a great character he can either be an amazing face or amazing heel. While his face run is great, that future heel run? Man, we're not ready. That will blow the roof off the place.

[Urfarkendarf]

I highly doubt they bring Renee into any storyline.

[lesleymoon]

Awww, good for him. And a good article, if a bit thin. Nothing groundbreaking or anything, but still worth the read.

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Oct 24, 2014 14:07:00 GMT -5 Urfarkendarf said:

I highly doubt they bring Renee into any storyline.

I wouldn't be so sure given the past announcers. I mean even Josh Matthews was brought into storylines and well, you know the rest.

[Urfarkendarf]

Oct 24, 2014 14:10:55 GMT -5 @kn said:

Oct 24, 2014 14:07:00 GMT -5 Urfarkendarf said:

I highly doubt they bring Renee into any storyline.

I wouldn't be so sure given the past announcers. I mean even Josh Matthews was brought into storylines and well, you know the rest.

Sure, I get that, but even his involvement in storylines wasn't very comprehensive. Id be surprised at them acknowledging the relationship as well simply because Dean is over with women and they may want to keep that "aura" alive. IE they've not acknowledged that Nikki and Cena are together at all despite Total Divas. Matthews also had a wrestling background so it was a lot easier to use him as that sort of piece.

[Prince Petty]

Pretty cool article. It's great that Ambrose is getting even this small bit of mainstream attention. The guy deserves it for the work he's doing, and he has just the right aura of cool to appeal to those outside the loyal wrestling fanbase. I can see some people reading that article and deciding to at least youtube the guy, to see what his deal is.

As for Renee being brought into storylines? I kind of hope not, because I like that she's an impartial voice, who can ask questions of anyone from Cena to Triple H, without appearing to have an agenda. Even if she does make some amusing quizzical faces at some of the nonsense that's spouted. Although, I wouldn't mind if her mercenary tendency to quietly back away when she sees someone coming to attack the guy she's interviewing, and never warn him, was pointed out. She's got a solid sense of self preservation.

[lesleymoon]

Oct 24, 2014 14:05:42 GMT -5 @kn said:

Very good for him.

I also have to wonder why they mentioned Ambrose's girlfriend in the opening sentences. Ambrose mentioning people hating him is also pretty interesting. I get a feeling that he will turn either the night after Wrestlemania or within a month after it. He can stay heel for a while and then maybe they'll finally bring up Renee and him dating. I don't know. It might just be me but if Ambrose turns heel and they connect it to Renee, maybe she gets a bigger role by possibly, I don't know, being stalked or attacked and then Ambrose, the mega-heel, saves her or at least threatens the big heel thus turning him face, I wouldn't mind that.

Yeah I thought it was weird that they mentioned the girlfriend thing too, but they didn't mention Renee by name (if they're even still together)

I wouldn't want to see Renee involved in any angles, I think announcers and interviewers should be neutral figures. After all, the show isn't about them, its about the wrestlers.

I think turning Ambrose, only to then turn him again by being Renee's white knight is kinda pointless. Revolving door turns like that are no one's friend. If he were a weird tweener or something, it might be beneficial, but dude is solidly over as a face.  And quite honestly, I think if anyone were gonna get a white knight angle, it'd be Roman Reigns. Believe that.

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Oct 24, 2014 14:51:58 GMT -5 lesleymoon said:

Oct 24, 2014 14:05:42 GMT -5 @kn said:

Very good for him.

I also have to wonder why they mentioned Ambrose's girlfriend in the opening sentences. Ambrose mentioning people hating him is also pretty interesting. I get a feeling that he will turn either the night after Wrestlemania or within a month after it. He can stay heel for a while and then maybe they'll finally bring up Renee and him dating. I don't know. It might just be me but if Ambrose turns heel and they connect it to Renee, maybe she gets a bigger role by possibly, I don't know, being stalked or attacked and then Ambrose, the mega-heel, saves her or at least threatens the big heel thus turning him face, I wouldn't mind that.

Yeah I thought it was weird that they mentioned the girlfriend thing too, but they didn't mention Renee by name (if they're even still together)

I wouldn't want to see Renee involved in any angles, I think announcers and interviewers should be neutral figures. After all, the show isn't about them, its about the wrestlers.

I think turning Ambrose, only to then turn him again by being Renee's white knight is kinda pointless. Revolving door turns like that are no one's friend. If he were a weird tweener or something, it might be beneficial, but dude is solidly over as a face.  And quite honestly, I think if anyone were gonna get a white knight angle, it'd be Roman Reigns. Believe that.

I don't think announcers need to be brought into any major storylines either but we all know how the company is. Even something small, even a reference. It's kinda like with the Bryan/AJ thing even though AJ was just a wrestler and it isn't the same. We sort of saw the seeds early on and it escalated. The same thing with some other announcers back in the day like Coach. She's getting pretty popular.

Yeah it would make sense if Reigns got that storyline but I don't know, I just don't trust them and relationships. I'm sure they're still together given Mets4Fan (I think it was that Redditt guy) confirmed it a while back and Renee's always posting NYC stuff. Seems to be serious.

Basically it boils down to if the wwe wants to abuse announcers in storylines. It's up to them.

Oct 24, 2014 14:33:40 GMT -5 Urfarkendarf said:

Oct 24, 2014 14:10:55 GMT -5 @kn said:

I wouldn't be so sure given the past announcers. I mean even Josh Matthews was brought into storylines and well, you know the rest.

Sure, I get that, but even his involvement in storylines wasn't very comprehensive. Id be surprised at them acknowledging the relationship as well simply because Dean is over with women and they may want to keep that "aura" alive. IE they've not acknowledged that Nikki and Cena are together at all despite Total Divas. Matthews also had a wrestling background so it was a lot easier to use him as that sort of piece.

I wouldn't be surprised given it's only a matter of time and with the wwe and relationships, the only major guy who isn't being highlighted who's in one is Cena. Everyone else, who knows. With Ambrose it could be pretty interesting to play off of that in a Joker-like way. The hard mega-heel who has a soft heart. Maybe something small like Renee being attacked (by accident) and then Ambrose runs out, who knows really.

I'm saying with the way wwe is I don't think anyone who's not Cena isn't safe with their storylines and relationships being brought up.

[Digital Witness]

Am I the only one that finds saying "good for him" in regards to Ambrose somewhat funny just cause his real last name is Good?

[Welfare Willis]

Oct 24, 2014 14:07:00 GMT -5 Urfarkendarf said:

I highly doubt they bring Renee into any storyline.

What? But tits need to be mastered!

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I really wish Ambrose's attitude could rub off on the decision-makers and the other talent, so we could have more of that chaotic energy and out of the box thinking.

[Bo Rida]

Oct 24, 2014 16:15:55 GMT -5 @lovehater said:

I really wish Ambrose's attitude could rub off on the decision-makers and the other talent, so we could have more of that chaotic energy and out of the box thinking.

Yeah Ambrose talking about breaking away from formula and clichés stood out to me.

There'll always be a place for formulas and clichés but they should try to move away from them more often, if they stumble across something that works then that it turn can eventually turn into a formulaic cliché.

[Deleted]

Wait, Ambrose and Young are officially together? I mean awesome for them (and he was who she eye f***ed the most out of the Shield... and there was a lot of eye f***ing there), but I missed that memo.

And that is great publicity for Ambrose. Shame they won't give him the main event push this angle is written around or drive the product around the energy and creativity he clearly has.

[lesleymoon]

Oct 24, 2014 15:26:02 GMT -5 @kn said:

I don't think announcers need to be brought into any major storylines either but we all know how the company is. Even something small, even a reference. It's kinda like with the Bryan/AJ thing even though AJ was just a wrestler and it isn't the same. We sort of saw the seeds early on and it escalated. The same thing with some other announcers back in the day like Coach. She's getting pretty popular.

Yeah it would make sense if Reigns got that storyline but I don't know, I just don't trust them and relationships. I'm sure they're still together given Mets4Fan (I think it was that Redditt guy) confirmed it a while back and Renee's always posting NYC stuff. Seems to be serious.

Basically it boils down to if the wwe wants to abuse announcers in storylines. It's up to them.

Oct 24, 2014 14:33:40 GMT -5 Urfarkendarf said:

Sure, I get that, but even his involvement in storylines wasn't very comprehensive. Id be surprised at them acknowledging the relationship as well simply because Dean is over with women and they may want to keep that "aura" alive. IE they've not acknowledged that Nikki and Cena are together at all despite Total Divas. Matthews also had a wrestling background so it was a lot easier to use him as that sort of piece.

I wouldn't be surprised given it's only a matter of time and with the wwe and relationships, the only major guy who isn't being highlighted who's in one is Cena. Everyone else, who knows. With Ambrose it could be pretty interesting to play off of that in a Joker-like way. The hard mega-heel who has a soft heart. Maybe something small like Renee being attacked (by accident) and then Ambrose runs out, who knows really.

I'm saying with the way wwe is I don't think anyone who's not Cena isn't safe with their storylines and relationships being brought up.

Oh hey, please don't think I was trying to totally dismiss your idea! Thats not the case! Announcers/interviewers have been used in the past here and there for talent/character development, ie The Rock and Michael Cole, The Rock and Lillian Garcia. And those worked, in my opinion because it was about The Rock and his ego, not Lillian or Michael.

I'll agree with you that seeing the Ambrose character in a 'romantic' context could definitely be interesting and different, you could do it with Renee or with any diva, really, though Renee would make more sense. I could see it. Renee is doing an interview with Dean, his opponent comes outta nowhere and Renee gets stuck in the crossfire. Or like, in the hallway, same thing, a diva gets caught in the crossfire. Dean could feel bad, talk about how his opponent crossed a line blah blah blah. It could work.

I'll admit that I would kinda dig a Dean/Paige onscreen pairing....I think their personalities and styles suit one another.

You're right about no relationship being safe, at least seemingly so, but I would be hesitant of it just because you run the risk of breaking up and then things being awkward and weird and yeah....just not good.

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

"All the people who love me right now are probably gonna hate me next month."

Not all of them, I guess... Just the ones who don't like when instability leads to promos involving props.

[saintpat]

I gathered that they only mentioned the girlfriend thing to establish why he was in New York, where the interview was taking place.