Dean Ambrose quotes from WWE Raw

Dean Ambrose

If I win the WWE Championship at Survivor Series, I'm gonna turn this whole place upside-down! We're throwing all the rules out the window! Ain't gonna be no more suits, ain't gonna be no more ties. More action, less talking! I want more pyro, I want breakfast for dinner, we're gonna replace Michael Cole with a fish tank. We're throwing all the rules out the window. This Sunday at Survivor Series, I make the entire WWE the Ambrose Asylum.

Dean Ambrose

You may all be seated, thank you. Now, I apologize for the drastic measures I have taken tonight, but you can't be too safe in a dangerous slum like Houston, Texas. Now, I need these measures, not just to protect me from you people, and whatever diseases you may all be carrying, I need these measures to protect me from that madman, Seth Rollins. [removes his gas mask] Because last time I was in this ring, I was viciously attacked by Seth Rollins, unprovoked. Well maybe just a little provoked. Over the last couple weeks, I have said some things just to try to trigger Seth, and I must admit, I was a bit surprised for a guy who fancies himself as "the architect". A man always in control of himself, his situation, his emotions, it was pretty easy to rile him up. Because Seth Rollins, the truth is, is just like all of you people, NEEDY, needy and emotional. Seth always needed something. He always wanted something from me, just like all you people. Stickin' your phones in my face everywhere I go trying to get a picture with me. Trying to get some excitement in your miserable lives. Let me, let me ask you guys a question. Do you have any idea what it's like to live with somebody who just always has to be in control? He's just always gotta be right, he's just always gotta get his way? Sure you do. Everybody knows somebody like that. That person might be sitting next to you right now in the chair right next to you. And if you had any guts, you would reach across your chair and you would slap that person in the mouth. Any takers out there? No. But you don't have any guts. You have weak character. Seth Rollins has weak character. He's the biggest scumbag, the biggest lowlife on the planet, and you people cheer for him, 'cause he gives you high-fives on the way to the ring, 'cause he makes you feel important. It's disgusting, it really is. Take The Shield for example. The Shield used to be something to be proud of. Something that I was proud of. But after a while, Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns, all they cared about was trying to be role models and sucking up to you people. [crowd chants "we want Rollins"] Oh really? Really? Well guess what, sometimes LIFE SUCKS, AND YOU DON'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT! Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns changed. They sold out. I've never changed, I am unchanged. I am a constant, I'm the freakin' rockajabolter. I am the last man in this industry with integrity! The only thing I am guilty of is trusting people, taking people at their word, taking people at face value, but no more. I am proud to stand alone in this ring as the moral compass of WWE! You people probably don't even know what that means, do ya? 'Cause schools ain't to good in Houston are they?

Michael Cole

Dean, Seth, Roman, been my pleasure to known you guys for a while now and worked with you down in the developmental territory in NXT. And it seems a bit odd though to be conducting this interview tonight under these circumstances. It was eight nights ago at Survivor Series, many people say that you came...

Dean Ambrose

Many people? Who are these people? Michael, if you got a question to ask us, just ask.

Michael Cole

Okay. Are you three working directly for WWE Champion CM Punk?

Dean Ambrose

Nope.

Michael Cole

Okay. So if you're not working for Punk, then why are you guys here?

Seth Rollins

Now that's the question, Michael. That's the question you should be asking. You see, we sat down in NXT and we saw things clearly. Crystal clear, actually. You see, everybody around here has to answer to the likes of the Vickie Guerreros and the Booker Ts. And Vickie and Booker, they have to answer to the Board of the Directors. And Board of Directors ultimately has to answer to the WWE Universe. The almighty WWE Universe. What is that, Michael? What is that? It's a popularity contest. And that's not right. That's wrong, Michael. We saw things heading in the wrong direction. We stepped in and righted those wrongs. Michael, we are a shield from injustice in WWE.

Michael Cole

I mean, come on, guys. There is no denying that everything you've done so far has benefited CM Punk.

Seth Rollins

Michael, it's coincidence. Happenstance. You ever heard of it?

Dean Ambrose

It's not about benefiting Punk. It's about right and wrong. CM Punk, the WWE Champion, was forced to defend his title in a Triple Threat Match against two guys he already had defeated. That's wrong. So we stepped in. If had been Ryback or Cena, we would have done the same thing. If Ryback was champion for 365 days and Punk tried to ruin his party, we would have intervened on Ryback's behalf. 365 days as champion in this era? That's a huge milestone. That should be celebrated, right?

Michael Cole

Roman, I would love to get your take on all this.

Roman Reigns

When I want to say something, I'll say it.

Dean Ambrose

Look, Cole, we see what you're getting at, okay? We hear everything you guys are saying. We read everything that's being written. Okay? We know what you guys are thinking. But we're not renegades, we're not mercenaries, we're not the Nexus, and if you're looking for the nWo, go buy the DVD. We are about principles. We're about honor. Where honor no longer exists, we're gonna step in. It's like he said: We're a shield from injustice.

Seth Rollins

Yeah.

Dean Ambrose

We're a shield from injustice. [The three look at each other and like the sound of it] We are The Shield.

Michael Cole

Okay, so...

Roman Reigns

Hey, I got something to say. We've said enough. This interview is over, man.

Dean Ambrose

The Shield was untouchable. We will go down in the history books as one of the greatest groups in sports entertainment ever. We dominated WWE, we beat everybody, including Evolution. But we weren't healthy. We had a cancer inside of us, little did we know. And that's cancer's name... that cancer's name was Seth Rollins.

Roman Reigns

Seth, you committed the most unforgivable sin. You're the scum of the earth! There's things you don't do in life: You don't tug on Superman's cape, you don't piss in the wind, and you don't ever stab your brothers in the back. But you're only part of the problem. The other parts are Randy Orton and Triple H. Randy Orton, he runs around here and he thinks everybody owes him something. He thinks he's the face of the company. When I get my hands on you Randy, you're gonna be the ass of this company!

Dean Ambrose

Ooooooh.

Roman Reigns

We're gonna have our own Game Of Thrones. BELIEVE THAT!

John Cena

What are you doing?

Dean

Doing some research for our match tonight. See No Evil 2 starring Kane; this guy is sick, twisted, sadistic.

John Cena

This is...this is what you do? This is your plan? This is your strategy, movie night?

Dean

See, me and you are kinda like a comic book movie. It's like Superman teaming up with Batman. You stand for truth, justice, and the American way, nice American square jaw on you. I like to beat up scumbags. I've been known to wear a cape. But really, we just don't mix.

John Cena

What are you even... we have a match tonight, and the three people in that match are gonna do whatever they can to take both of us out of commission before Hell in a Cell. How are we gonna handle it?

Dean

Relax. This might surprise you, but even though I am undefeated in contract-on-a-pole matches, handicapped street fights are my specialty, so here's how we're going to handle it. We're gonna throw punches at anything that moves, and if they insist on taking us down, we're gonna take as many of them down with us as we can. That's how we handle it.

John Cena

I like it. I like it. The whole Batman thing...does not fit you. You...are much more like the Joker.

Dean

[after John leaves] Why so serious?

Dean Ambrose

Oh, boy, last night was a long night in Las Vegas, and I'm not even talking about the stuff I don't remember. There was an incident with a security guard at the Hard Rock, there was this whole Cleveland Cavaliers celebration party thing. [A few boos and cheers from the crowd] I don't know, I don't like those guys anyway, don't look at me. They were freakishly tall and it weirded me out, I don't know. I think I had my foot ran over by a cab. Oh, yeah, and this other thing happened where I had to climb a 15-foot ladder and win the Money in the Bank ladder match! I think, at some point in the night, I almost got bitten by a dog. I mean, it was a long night. Oh, yeah, and then, this other thing happened, where I cashed in my Money in the Bank contract on Seth Rollins, and I became the new WWE World Heavyweight Champion!

[chanting] DUDE!

Dean

Oh, I kinda like it. I don't care, you can call me whatever you want, but you call me Champion! I've been chasing this for two years, and this is the reason I kept picking myself off... picking myself up, dusting myself off, patching myself back together; this is why I kept on trucking, this is why I kept on swinging. And as I sit here with this Championship in the middle of this ring live on Monday Night Raw, I can tell you, baby, it was all worth it 'cause we ain't having no hard times anymore!