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#4 Former WWE Superstar Dean Ambrose (Jon Moxley) came up with The Dirty Deeds finisher because Randy Orton was too tall for him
Former WWE Superstar Dean Ambrose is making waves in the wrestling industry by performing for WWE's rival promotion, All Elite Wrestling (AEW). Known as Jon Moxley outside WWE, Ambrose managed to perfect several things about his character and skills during his time in WWE. That includes his current finisher, which was known as Dirty Deeds while he was performing for WWE.
Before Dirty Deeds came into the picture, Ambrose used to perform The Headlock Driver to his opponents to end the match. However, Superstars who were taller than him, especially Randy Orton, made him rethink what his finisher should really be.
Speaking to Fightful recently, Ambrose opened up about his decision to change his finisher and what caused him to switch to the Dirty Deeds:
“The Headlock Driver’s awesome if you’ve got the right guy doing it to the right guy. It can be like the nastiest, coolest piledriver looking thing in the world or if the guy’s taller than you, which so many of the guys in the WWE were taller than me, it can be just really awkward and stupid looking. I think I gave it to Randy Orton one time, who is someone with a significant height advantage on me, it just was awkward. I was like, “That’s it, I’m switching this up.” It was [Joey Mercury’s idea, actually,] to switch to the double arm DDT and I’d never really done that before. I really kind of perfected the timing and the snap and now I can do it in my sleep. One of the better looking ones I think you’ll see.”
What makes his finisher more interesting is the fact that Ambrose named the move after the classic AC/DC song "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap."
Ambrose, who’s now performing as Jon Moxley, has decided to change the name of his finisher to avoid any legal issues. However, the mechanics of the finisher have remained similar.
