Your Future SmackDown Tag Team Champions?

Fans online may be starting to tire of the underdog shenanigans of James Ellsworth, but it’s tough to argue with the response he’s been getting from live crowds. He’s now officially a WWE employee, and currently holds three victories over World Champion AJ Styles. Ellsworth is here to stay.

The unlikely superstar even appeared on ESPN’s Off the Top Rope segment with Jonathon Coachman, and discussed his future in the company along with Dean Ambrose.

“A lot of people watch WWE SmackDown or Monday Night RAW and they envision themselves in the ring as a normal person in the ring and they imagine what would be like to stand there under the lights on the big stage and just feel all that electricity and what that would be like,” Ambrose said of Ellsworth’s success. “And they dream of being able to do that one day. This man literally came off his couch and did that one day and he nearly got killed. And then, he came back and did it again and nearly got killed again. And then, he nearly got killed again. Somehow, he’s still standing here today.”

So what’s next for Ellsworth? This is what he had to say “Well, I hope one day that Dean Ambrose, hopefully at TLC, becomes WWE Champion. And after that, maybe we can become Tag Team Champions, [Ambrose] and I, James Dean.”

Keep dreaming big, Ellsworth.