5 Incredible things you didn't know about Jon Moxley (Dean Ambrose)

#4 Jon Moxley worked as a popcorn boy for Les Thatcher

Long before he was a mainstay of WWE, Jon Moxley was trying his best to get into Heartland Association Wrestling.

During this time, Les Thatcher of Heartland Wrestling Association told him that he would not be training him because he was younger than 18. Ever stubborn, he started working for the promotion by selling popcorn and helping to set up the ring. He even dropped out of school to do this.

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He was finally trained when he turned 18.

#3 Dean Ambrose is a huge fan of the hardcore wrestling style

Dean Ambrose made a name for himself working in Combat Zone Wrestling, where he made a name for himself in extreme hardcore matches and death matches.

Ambrose's matches were often bloody and made even the most hardened wrestling fan flinch as they saw him.

The closest he came to that in WWE was the Ambrose Asylum match against Chris Jericho.

About the author

Anirban Banerjee is a journalist from Kolkata, India and has been a part of building Sportskeeda's WWE section over the past 8 years. He's been an Assistant Content Manager for the team during the past 3 years as well. Banerjee has interviewed Jon Jones, Conor McGregor, 'Cowboy' Cerrone, Jorge Masvidal, Mandy Rose, Joe Hendry, Darren Till, and many others.

Anirban has worked in the field of wrestling and mixed martial arts journalism for several years. In addition to his work on Sportskeeda, Anirban is a fiction writer and has co-written over 20 biographies. He was also a columnist for 90 Minutes.

In his free time, Anirban is an avid reader and spends hours lost in books.

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Edited by Shiven Sachdeva