If you have been a frequent visitor of my website or follow
me on Twitter, then you know that I am a diehard fan of professional wrestling.
I have been a fan ever since I was kid when guys like Stone Cold Steve Austin
and the Rock were the top guys of the industry. I have watched tons of episodes
of Raw and Smackdown and have seen numerous pay-per-views. I have seen matches
that were duds and others that were thrillers, and I have witnessed moments and
segments that have blown the roof off arenas. However, Money in the Bank 2016
produced the moment that is easily my all time favorite in my nearly twenty
years of being a wrestling fan. That moment of course was Dean Ambrose
successfully cashing in his Money in the Bank contract to become the new WWE
World Heavyweight Champion.
Going into Money in the Bank, the two favorites to win the
contract were Ambrose and Kevin Owens. I had predicted that Ambrose would win
the contract after his feud with Jericho ended at Extreme Rules. However, Owens
is the best heel in WWE today, and I began to think WWE would make him the
winner. I like Owens and normally I would have been happy to see him win the
contract, but Ambrose is my all time favorite wrestler so I was rooting for him
to climb the ladder and grab the briefcase. Of course, the match came down to
Owens and Ambrose battling atop the ladder and when Ambrose knocked off Owens
and grabbed the briefcase, I was elated. I thought the night could not get any
better...but WWE had a few more surprises.
The main event was a WWE World Heavyweight Championship
match between Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns. The match was a very entertaining
bout, and I thought that Reigns was going to retain his title. After Rollins
countered a spear by Reigns into a pedigree, he hit another pedigree to pin
Reigns cleanly and capture his second WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
Rollins was celebrating with the belt, and I thought that was how the show was
going to end. Then Ambrose’s music hit.
The arena exploded. I stood up out of my chair. The cameras
showed the entrance, but there was no sign of Ambrose. The camera showed
Rollins again when from out of nowhere, Ambrose appeared and smashed his Money
in the Bank briefcase into the face of Rollins. He exited the ring, handed the
referee the briefcase, and it was official. Ambrose was cashing in his Money in
the Bank contract. I was ecstatic. The bell rang, Ambrose picked up Rollins,
hit him with a Dirty Deeds, and pinned him to become the new WWE World
Heavyweight Champion. I went crazy!
I was cheering and clapping as if I was there in person. I
finally saw a world championship come to Cincinnati. The Reds have not a World
Series since before I was born, and the Bengals have never won the Super Bowl,
but Cincinnati’s own Dean Ambrose won his first ever WWE World Heavyweight
Championship, and for the first time since 1990, Cincinnati has a world
champion. I have never been more excited for a wrestling event in my life, and
Ambrose winning the title is easily my all time favorite moment in professional
wrestling. Even though the initial excitement has worn off, I am still thrilled
that Ambrose is the champ. He is one of the few guys in WWE that I think
deserves to be in the main event as the champion, and I can honestly say that
this is the most interested I have been in professional wrestling in a long time.
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