Over the last twenty years, no single archetype has been more beloved in wrestling than the anti-hero. Whether it be an individual (CM Punk or Stone Cold) or a group (the early nWo or DX), anti-heroes are the living embodiment of what the vast majority of wrestling fans would like to be, if it wasn’t for those pesky laws, rules and regulations keeping us in line. While we desperately want to give our boss the finger, crotch-chop the rude barista at Starbucks or knee the idiot yelling into his cell phone right in the head, we know we can’t, so we live vicariously through the anti-hero.Dean Ambrose is poised to be the next great anti-hero in wrestling; in fact, one could argue that he’s already there. Over the last few weeks, Ambrose has gone to whatever lengths necessary to exact his revenge on Seth Rollins for betraying The Shield and joining The Authority. He’s attacked him before a match, during a match and after a match. No amount of security is seemingly enough to stop Ambrose; kick him out of the building and he’ll find his way back in. If not, he’ll lie in wait for you in the trunk of your car, a moment that will likely been one of the more memorable of 2014.
When you listen to Dean Ambrose speak, you are drawn in by his charisma. You can feel the vitriolic hate emanating from his every pore. You can see, as my partner Doc Manson so eloquently calls it, the Portrait of Malice. But you don’t always understand or remember exactly what he said, which is a problem, one that can be solved with today's lesson.
Lesson: The biggest superstars always have a catch-phrase fans can latch onto.
