6 of the best Dean Ambrose real-life stories 

#3 Ambrose lied about his age so that he could train

Ambrose started training when he was 16-years-old

At just 16 years old, Ambrose knew that wrestling was something that he wanted to do for a living. He had studied so many videotapes of different wrestlers in his younger years and was prepared to train and begin his own career.

The only problem was that Ambrose was too young to start training. When he first attended a class run by Matt Stryker and Cody Hawk Ambrose, he was just 16 years old, but he lied and said that he was 18 so that he could be part of the session.

Ambrose later slipped up and revealed his real age, which was when he was turned away by owner Les Thatcher and told to come back when he was old enough. Ambrose was furious and returned the same night he was turned away, refusing to walk away from the career he knew he wanted.

Hawk was forced to offer Ambrose a position as a member of staff until he was old enough to train, which he accepted, because he knew that he could sit and watch the three-hour training sessions on a regular basis so that he was fully prepared when he was considered to be old enough to step in the ring.

Les Thatcher later left the school, so Ambrose was able to begin his training when he was 17, instead of being forced to wait another year.