5 WWE backstage secrets that Seth Rollins revealed

#1 Dean Ambrose almost turned heel in 2014

One of the most controversial heel turns in WWE history took place in October 2018 when, on the same night that Roman Reigns revealed that his leukemia had returned, Dean Ambrose attacked Seth Rollins to become a heel for the first time in almost five years.

His subsequent heel run is widely regarded as one of the worst in recent WWE history – so much so that the man behind the character, Jonathan Good, has decided not to renew his WWE contract.

Speaking on the E&C Pod of Awesomeness, Rollins revealed that Ambrose was originally supposed to be the one to betray The Shield in late 2013/early 2014.

He explained:

"We had just come off this angle with CM Punk. I remember we did this 3-on-1 handicap match at TLC in December and we lost. They [WWE] were ready to split us up then, within the next month. I remember that was the plan.

"We were gonna break up and Ambrose was gonna turn. It was gonna be almost like thrown away. I remember we went to Hunter [Triple H] or Vince [McMahon] or somebody that makes decisions, and we were like, 'We can't do this, we're not ready for this right now, it's not the right time, we've got so much more to offer... we need to pull back on this a little bit.'"

In the end, Rollins turned heel in June 2014, while Ambrose remained a babyface until October 2018.