5 things we learnt from Dean Ambrose's WWE Championship win

3: Gimmick guys are still title-worthy

Ambrose is a more gimmick based wrestler on the lines of Stone Cold Steve Austin.

Although a competent in-ring performer, Dean Ambrose’s brawling style isn’t the most electrifying. However, that’s only the beginning of Dean Ambrose. Ambrose is an old school gimmick wrestler whose character is as important in getting over as his wrestling, similar to Stone Cold Steve Austin to a degree. Dean is also dynamite on the mic which helps him to get his character over with fans, so they have an emotional investment in Ambrose.

In the era of the indie superworkers such as Zayn, Styles and Rollins, Ambrose’s title victory shows that there’s still a place at the top of WWE for gimmick guys if they really are that good.