Welcome to a new series on the website, called Rating The Champ. This will follow my prior World Title Series, where I reviewed each and every WWE Heavyweight Champion in history from Hulk Hogan’s first title win in 1984 all the way to the current days. Money in the Bank cash-ins will not be included for obvious reasons, unless it was a proper match (ie: Rob Van Dam at One Night Stand 2006). Royal Rumble and battle royales won’t be included as well.
In this new series, I will rate all the PPV matches from each and every WWF/E Heavyweight Champion in history. To be fair, since this is the WWF/E title, I’ll only rate their PPV matches in the WWF/E. In this edition, we’ll be looking back at the PPV career of the one and only, former WWE Champion, Dean Ambrose.
2012
- TLC: W/ The Shield vs. Ryback & Team Hell No (TLC) ****1/2
2013
- W/ The Shield vs. John Cena, Ryback & Sheamus (Elimination Chamber) ***3/4
- W/ The Shield vs. Randy Orton, Sheamus & Big Show (WrestleMania 29) ***
- Vs. Kofi Kingston – WWE United States Championship (Extreme Rules) **1/2
- Vs. Kane – WWE United States Championship (Payback) ***
- SmackDown’s MITB Ladder Match (Money in the Bank) ****
- Vs. Dolph Ziggler – WWE United States Championship (Night of Champions) ***
- Vs. Big E Langston – WWE United States Championship (Hell in a Cell) *1/2
- W/ The Shield & Real Americans vs. Cody Rhodes, Goldust, Rey Mysterio & The Usos (Survivor Series) ***1/2
- Handicap: W/ The Shield vs. CM Punk (TLC) ***
2014
- W/ The Shield vs. The Wyatt Family (Elimination Chamber) ****1/2
- W/ The Shield vs. Kane & The New Age Outlaws (WrestleMania XXX) **
- W/ The Shield vs. Evolution (Extreme Rules) ****1/2
- No Holds Barred Elimination: W/ The Shield vs. Evolution (Payback) ****
- Money in the Bank Ladder Match (Money in the Bank) ****
- Vs. Seth Rollins (Battleground) N/R (not rated)
- Lumberjack: Vs. Seth Rollins (SummerSlam) ***1/2
- HIAC: Vs. Seth Rollins (Hell in a Cell) ****
- Vs. Bray Wyatt (Survivor Series) ***
- TLC: Vs. Bray Wyatt (TLC) ***1/2
2015
- Vs. Bad News Barrett – WWE Intercontinental Championship (Fastlane) *
- Ladder Match – WWE Intercontinental Championship (WrestleMania 31) ****
- Chicago Street Fight: Vs. Luke Harper (Extreme Rules) **3/4
- Vs. Seth Rollins vs. Roman Reigns vs. Randy Orton – WWE World Heavyweight Championship (Payback) ***3/4
- Vs. Seth Rollins – WWE World Heavyweight Championship (Elimination Chamber) ***3/4
- Ladder: Vs. Seth Rollins – WWE World Heavyweight Championship (Money in the Bank) ****1/4
- W/ Roman Reigns vs. Bray Wyatt & Luke Harper (SummerSlam) ***1/4
- W/ Reigns & Jericho vs. The Wyatt Family (Night of Champions) ***3/4
- Vs. Kevin Owens (Survivor Series) ***3/4
- Vs. Roman Reigns – WWE World Heavyweight Championship (Survivor Series) **3/4
- Vs. Kevin Owens – WWE Intercontinental Championship (TLC) ***1/2
2016
- Last Man Standing: Vs. Kevin Owens – WWE Intercontinental Championship (Royal Rumble) ****1/4
- Vs. Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns (Fastlane) ****1/4
- Vs. Triple H – WWE World Heavyweight Championship (Roadblock) ****1/4
- Street Fight: Vs. Brock Lesnar (WrestleMania 32) ***
- Vs. Chris Jericho (Payback) ****
- Asylum: Vs. Chris Jericho (Extreme Rules) **
- MITB Ladder Match (Money in the Bank) ****1/4
- Vs. Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins – WWE Championship (Battleground) ***3/4
- Vs. Dolph Ziggler – WWE World Championship (SummerSlam) **
- Vs. AJ Styles – WWE World Championship (Backlash) ****1/4
- Vs. AJ Styles vs. John Cena – WWE World Championship (No Mercy) ****
- W/ Team SmackDown vs. Team RAW (Survivor Series) ****1/2
- TLC: Vs. AJ Styles – WWE World Championship (TLC) ****1/2
2017
- Elimination Chamber Match – WWE Championship (Elimination Chamber) ****1/2
- Vs. The Miz – WWE Intercontinental Championship (Extreme Rules) ***
- Vs. The Miz – WWE Intercontinental Championship (Great Balls of Fire) **1/2
- W/ Seth Rollins vs. The Bar – WWE RAW Tag Team Championship (SummerSlam) ****
- W/ Seth Rollins vs. The Bar – WWE RAW Tag Team Championship (No Mercy) ****1/4
- TLC: W/ Angle & Rollins vs. Miz, Braun, Kane & The Bar (TLC) ****1/4
- W/ The Shield vs. The New Day (Survivor Series) ***3/4
2018
- W/ Seth Rollins vs. Dolph Ziggler & Drew McIntyre – WWE RAW Tag Team Championship (Hell in a Cell) ****1/2
- W/ The Shield vs. The Dogs of War (Super ShowDown) ***3/4
- Vs. Seth Rollins – WWE Intercontinental Championship (TLC) **1/2
2019
- W/ The Shield vs. Corbin, McIntyre & Lashley (Fastlane) ****1/4
TOP FIVE
5. Dolph Ziggler & Drew McIntyre (Hell in a Cell 2018)
4. The Wyatt Family (Elimination Chamber 2014)
3. Evolution (Extreme Rules 2014)
2. Ryback & Team Hell No (TLC 2012)
1. AJ Styles (TLC 2016)
Average rating per year
- 2012 – 4.5
- 2013 – 3.03
- 2014 – 3.67
- 2015 – 3.32
- 2016 – 3.77
- 2017 – 3.75
- 2018 – 3.58
- 2019 – 4.25
Overall average rating
3.73/5
Don’t miss the next article here on Rating The Champ, where we’ll be looking back at former WWE Universal Champion, Finn Bálor.