6 of the best Dean Ambrose real-life stories 

#5 Dean Ambrose saw wrestling as his escape

Ambrose always knew what he wanted to do with his life

Dean Ambrose didn't grow up in the best of conditions, he dropped out of school when he was young because he decided that all he wanted to do was wrestle. Ambrose grew up in a single parent family alongside his sister and quickly learnt to be self-sufficient since his father had already left and his mother worked long hours to keep a roof over their head.

Ambrose himself admitted that his life was pretty dull when he was growing up, but he found excitement in the videotapes that he 'borrowed' from his local store that featured wrestlers from both WCW and ECW.

“There was nothing else. There was the crappy real world, and the awesome world of wrestling which was so much better.”

It seems that this was the thing that really opened Ambrose's eyes to a world of entertainment that he wanted to be a part of and he has worked hard to remain a part of it for the past few decades.