5 Reasons Dean Ambrose leaving WWE might be a work, and 5 why his departure could be legitimate

Could be legit #2: All Elite Wrestling might be tempting the Lunatic Fringe

Dean Ambrose; Will he wind up in AEW?

There's no doubt about the fact that All Elite Wrestling's creation is a game changer for the industry--at least temporarily.

One of the things that make the promotion founded by Cody Rhodes and the Young Bucks such a major event is that for over twenty years the WWE has had no real competition. Yes, Impact/TNA wrestling worried them for a time--particularly the Knockouts division, which led directly to the Women's Evolution movement in WWE--but they were never big enough nor gained enough of a market share to really threaten the WWE's dominance.

What this meant for wrestlers like Dean Ambrose was that there weren't any clear alternatives to working for WWE, unless they wished to take a massive pay cut and ply their trade in smaller venues. But with AEW starting to gain steam, talent like Dean Ambrose and the aforementioned Revival now have a place they might call home in the future.

The fact that Dean, who has been a WWE employee for most of the last decade, is just now changing his mind after the formation of AEW is a sign that his departure could be legitimate.