Dean Ambrose

I'm not some schmuck they just hired and threw down in the Performance Center and gave him an entrance or anything that like. I've been around enough and have enough experience; I know what I'm doing pretty much.

From day one, The Shield was a vehicle. It wasn't, 'This is what we're doing for the rest of our lives.' It was, 'This is the vehicle we'll use to bust into WWE, to ride to the top of it, and then we fight each other.' That was always the plan.

I always take pride in the fact that nobody can mess with me, and I never let anybody mess with me my entire life.

I like to live a spoiler-free life.

You're always going to get comparisons. Everybody comes out and says, 'He's the next so and so,' or, 'He reminds me of so and so.' I have so many influences and stuff in my brain, who knows what's going to pop in and come out.

To be in an Intercontinental title match at WrestleMania, that is the stuff dreams are made of.

I want my performance to be at the highest level of anybody in the company. I want to make everybody step up to me.

I like to think I'm a good mechanic for the company. 'Oh well, we sprung a leak? Call Ambrose; throw him in there.' I like that because I think it has really upped my value with the company, and I think that they realize nowadays, too, another Dean Ambrose isn't going to walk through the door anytime soon - or ever.

The history of the business is very fascinating to me.

I just go out there and be myself and turn up the voltage a little bit for entertainment value.

A crowd urging you on to do well can be very encouraging. It's very fun. It can be a really cool feeling.

I don't know if I would ever sleep well again if I actually saw a ghost. If they exist, that's fine. I just don't want to see one.