10 WWE Title PPV Matches Nobody Remembers
Nobody remembers these WWE Title matches
2. Dean Ambrose Vs. Dolph Ziggler - SummerSlam 2016
Dean Ambrose’s WWE Title run got off to a hot start, as he cashed in his Money in the Bank contract on former Shield teammate Seth Rollins at the end of the namesake pay-per-view in 2016.
He then defended the title against Rollins and Roman Reigns in the triple-threat headliner of Battleground, an encouraging sign for fans of the Lunatic Fringe.
But then Ambrose made his notoriously catastrophic appearance on Steve Austin’s Broken Skulls Sessions and, well, alarm bells started ringing.
Could the champ get the train back on the tracks when he defended his title against Dolph Ziggler at SummerSlam a couple of weeks later? In a word, no.
Totally lost in the shuffle on a card also featuring AJ Styles vs. John Cena, the first-ever Universal Title match and Brock Lesnar taking on Randy Orton, Ambrose and the Show-Off put forth a disappointing effort.
The so-so action wasn’t helped by the fact that nobody in the arena believed that Ziggler had a hope in hell of leaving with the title, resulting in a total lack of heat.
It really was no surprise to see Ambrose drop the title to AJ Styles at Backlash a few weeks later, given the apathy on display here.
