5 ways for the WWE to improve Monday Night Raw

#3 Dean Ambrose

Dean Ambrose stirring up a stink on Raw

Even before his recent stint out injured on the sidelines, many wrestling fans had been calling for Dean Ambrose to turn heel. The Lunatic Fringe act had become stale and almost served as a parody of what Ambrose once was.

Those same fans all likely sensed that a heel turn was on the way shortly after Ambrose’s return to action, but we were all left gobsmacked when he brutally attacked Seth Rollins on the very same night the pair’s Shield brother, Roman Reigns, announced that he was battling leukemia.

It was shocking, yet it was an absolute masterstroke from the WWE in terms of maximising the heat directed at Dean.

Nowadays, it’s so hard for a performer to actually be properly booed and hated, but the actions of Ambrose saw the fan-base go from disbelief to utter disgust – and with that, a great heel was instantly crafted for the Raw brand! Sadly, the weeks following that turn have seen the ball well and truly dropped on this front.

For those familiar with Ambrose from his Jon Moxley days, you’ll be well aware that this is somebody who is a brilliant and intense talker who can have you eating out of the palm of his hand, and wildly hating him. The point being, Ambrose has all of the tools needed to be the greatest heel in WWE today.

Instead, the momentum of the former WWE Champion’s heel turn has lost a whole load of steam as we’ve seen Ambrose base so much of his verbal outrage around WWE fans being smelly.

Let Ambrose off his leash, let him be a serious, calculating, intense heel, and then watch Raw’s main event scene get a fresh kick in the right direction.