6 WWE Superstars who survived a terrible past

#3. Dean Ambrose was in low-income housing

Ambrose is a former WWE Champion.

Going from fighting in backyards deathmatches to appearing at WrestleMania, the career of Dean Ambrose is a true rag to riches tale.

But before he laced up his boots, the Lunatic Fringe was left feeling dejected by the establishment, growing up in the worst part of Cincinnati Ohio’s East End, in an area filled with people too poor to make rent, or as Ambrose puts it:

“My neighborhood was pretty much a big stretch of government housing and all these torn up apartment buildings all owned by different people. It was easy to get the feeling like all the garbage from the city ran down and washed up there.”

It’s easy to see how such an environment would cause anyone to make poor choices, with Dean being forced to deal drugs just to get by.

The only upside, if there is one, is that such a harsh environment toughened the young Ambrose up, helping to mold the Lunatic Fringe that has entertained millions of fans for years, and has plenty of championships to hang in the very nice home he has earned.