Top 10 wrestling moments of 2019

#6 The Ambrose Asylum jumps ship

Jon Moxley makes his AEW debut at Double or Nothing

The closing months of 2018 weren't exactly the finest of Dean Ambrose's career.

In the days following the 2019 Royal Rumble, it came as both shocking, yet also somehow unsurprising, when news emerged that 'The Lunatic Fringe' would be leaving WWE upon the expiration of his contract in April.

In the past when scenarios like this have occurred, WWE has usually decided to write the Superstar off television and keep them away from any ongoing storylines. With Ambrose though, he would continue to appear on RAW on a weekly basis. The company would even take the step to announce his upcoming departure in an official capacity via press release.

To some, this was merely an attempt to keep one of their top stars. Other fans saw this as a potential storyline scenario that would see Ambrose taking a few months off before returning refreshed later in the year.

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— Jon Moxley (@JonMoxley) May 1, 2019

However, it would soon become apparent that this wasn't the case. May 25th came along and AEW were concluding their debut show, Double or Nothing. As Chris Jericho celebrated a victory over Kenny Omega, the camera panned to the crowd where the former Dean Ambrose was making his way to the ring, indicating that he'd now signed with All Elite Wrestling.

Dean Ambrose was dead. Jon Moxley was reborn!

Moxley would later reveal on Jericho's podcast that he left WWE because he was tired of the creative bubble the company employs, and felt limited within it. It's been clear in the months since with his work in both AEW and New Japan Pro Wrestling, that Mox is thriving once again.