5 WWE feuds that ended way too early

#2 – Seth Rollins vs Dean Ambrose

Dean Ambrose left the entire WWE Universe silent on October 22nd

So, this was one of the most controversial stories that WWE has given us in the past few years. We're not talking about the classic run when Seth Rollins betrayed the Shield, and Ambrose became loonier as time went on, constantly antagonizing Rollins as he rose higher and higher through the card.

No, today we're talking about the Dirty Deeds heard round the world. On the October 22nd edition of Monday Night Raw, Roman Reigns revealed that he'd have to surrender the Universal Championship. Reigns announced that his leukemia had returned, and he'd have to leave for some time to take on the toughest battle of his life.

It was a touching moment that tugged at the heartstrings of even the most bitter WWE fans. Reigns' speech ended with an embrace of brothers at the top of the ramp where Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose were waiting on him.

Ambrose and Rollins would go on to capture the Raw Tag Team Titles on Raw. However, immediately after, Ambrose drove Rollins face first into the mat with a Dirty Deeds. A shocked and horrified crowd looked on as the two men who embraced their friend at the beginning of the show were now mortal enemies.

It was a disgusting act on the part of Ambrose, and it led to a huge outcry from the WWE Universe. Fans were heartbroken twice in one night, and were furious at Ambrose for ruining a heartwarming moment that we all needed following Reigns' announcement.

The feud immediately got the attention of fans. However, it didn't really play out the way we were all expecting. At the beginning, it seemed that Ambrose had done this to Rollins as a way to punish him for his "past sins." It was hinted at that, with Ambrose having a pretty serious scare earlier in 2018 and Roman Reigns having to walk away for a time, they'd answered for their past "sins" as the Shield. However, Rollins had yet to truly do that, so it was up to Ambrose to set that right.

In his own twisted and psychotic way, he felt he was doing the right thing. However, it quickly turned into something...worse. Ambrose began claiming to hate dirt and disease, as we saw a segment where he got various shots and vaccines while pulling his pants down, avoiding towns like Chicago for fear of getting some kind of sickness from the people there.

After the initial attack, actually, we didn't see any continuation of this story for about two weeks. Ambrose eventually turned up to burn his old Shield vest. That's about as personal as it got. After that, he picked up his own swat team and started calling himself the "Moral Compass" of the WWE. He won the Intercontinental Championship from Rollins at TLC, but would lose it very shortly thereafter to Bobby Lashley in a Triple Threat that also included Rollins.

In all reality, we only really got one PPV match between these two. As hot as this rivalry started, it just fell flat. It felt like everyone was trying to rush towards the end so they could move onto something else, taking away what could have been the best story of 2018/2019.