Dean Ambrose Discusses Facing Ziggler at Summerslam, Being the Face of Smackdown. More

– Dean Ambrose recently spoke with Crave Online, here are the highlights…

On Facing Dolph Ziggler at Summerslam: I was very excited to see Dolph Ziggler come out of that No. 1 contender deal to challenge me at SummerSlam. Ziggler is one of those guys who don’t get all of the credit he deserves for being so good consistently for so long. Every single night for years, he’s out there busting his ass and tearing it up and keeping his nose to the grindstone. I like having that attitude and work ethic because when you bring that to the ring with the same mindset you can create something special. I also like that we’re representing SmackDown Live. There’s an attitude and an excitement on that team because it’s a new thing, it’s a live show on Tuesdays and we’re going to try and built it into something. Plus, we’re trying to stake our claim to see who’s the leader on that team and both Ziggler and me want to stake our claim as the main guy on SmackDown Live.

What Does He Want Out of His Legacy?: I kind of roll with the punches and roll with the wind. In real life, I’m the most laid back person you will ever meet. When I’m on the job, I’m on the job but in reality I’m not a guy with a chip on my shoulder. In my younger years maybe I did but over the years you learn that carrying that negativity will just weigh you down. I like to sit back and look at the landscape and breathe it in instead of having all of these goals. I like to see what the world throws at me. As far as what I want out of a legacy, I don’t really have a clear vision for it. I’m going to do what I do and I how I want to do it. I make it up as I go along a lot in life and in the ring so that is how my story will ultimately be written.

On Being WWE Champion & The Face of Smackdown: It feels like a responsibility. It’s like I’ve been given the keys to a very nice car or something. The WWE Championship is the greatest championship in the history of this sport. It has the most history of anything. You go back to Bruno Sammartino and uniting the titles in the 2000s to the first undisputed title, it’s a ‘grade A’ championship. You can’t go out there and be a goofball. You have to represent like a true main eventer.