WWE World Champion Dean Ambrose recently spoke to Joshua Caudill about his match with Dolph Ziggler at SummerSlam and more. You can check out the full interview here along with a few highlights below.
CraveOnline: Let’s talk ring attire. What’s it like to wrestle in jeans?
Dean Ambrose: It can be a little tough. You got to find stretchy jeans. Sometimes it can impede your movement. It can be a little hard to leap frog and jump up and down, you know [laughs]? You have to find a nice comfortable pair. They get worn out real easy. They will be loose and hanging off of me because I beat them up wrestling in them so much. It has its challenges but at the same time I can walk right out of the ring and into a car. I feel like in 2016 putting on little underwear to fight really doesn’t make sense.
CraveOnline: This Sunday at SummerSlam, you defend your WWE World Heavyweight Champion against Dolph Ziggler. What are your thoughts on Ziggler as your opponent?
Dean Ambrose: 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.
