BREAKING NEWS: Dean Ambrose Leaving WWE after Wrestlemania?

[Travicity]

Dean Ambrose, a main event wrestler for WWE since debuting with The Shield in 2012, has given his notice to WWE that he will be finishing up when his current contract expires at the end of April, according to three PWTorch sources. He broke the news to management this weekend, including directly in a meeting with Vince McMahon, after being offered a new contract and a raise weeks ago.

He is expected to finish up shortly after WrestleMania, although it’s possible WWE would write him out of storylines sooner. This could explain why he was rather unceremoniously eliminated from the Royal Rumble on Sunday night and did a clean job to Seth Rollins on TV on Raw last night.

Sources tell PWTorch that Ambrose has been long frustrated with the creative direction of his character and reached a breaking point recently. He’s indicated to WWE management this weekend he’s not interested in negotiating further and made it clear this isn’t about trying to get more money. One of his colleagues on the roster, when asked tonight about Dean’s demeanor lately and if there were any signs of discontent, said “he’s pretty much impossible to read.” He added, though, that Dean “hates hokey sh–” and, since so much of his character has been portrayed as hokey in the last few years, he’s not surprised that would have built up frustration leading to a breaking point.

Top management in WWE and a small circle of friends of Dean knew about his decision this weekend, but it wasn’t well known at the Rumble or Raw among most of his colleagues.

[LionDen]

OMG! I really like Ambrose. I will admit some of his storylines have not been the best, I actually have no idea what his storyline is at the moment. lol Will be sad to see him leave but I wonder if he will go to AEW or NJPW. Also if Renee will leave also.

[Travicity]

Wade is more reliable than Meltzer. Been friends with Austin for 20 years.

[LionDen]

Wade Keller? He has been around a while to.

With Ambroses promo before Jax attacked / tripped him at RAW, it did seem like it was going to be something important when he brought up when he came to the company.

[LionDen]

Backstage after Nia Jax had a run in with Ambrose

[Travicity]

Hmm dosent seem to bad.

[LionDen]

WWE could come back with a better deal / shorter term contract. Anything could still happen.

[LionDen]

Real Reasons Why Dean Ambrose Is leaving WWE? Interesting video.

[LionDen]

WWE issued a statement confirming Dean Ambrose will be leaving the company at the end of his contract in April:

"Dean Ambrose (Jonathan Good) will not be renewing his contract with WWE when it expires in April. We are grateful and appreciative of all that Dean has given to WWE and our fans. We wish him well and hope that one day Dean will return to WWE.”

No word as yet as to what this means for Ambrose until his departure, whether a story line with Nia Jax will continue after it began on last Monday nights Raw.

Cute they even said .. We wish him well and hope that one day Dean will return to WWE ... never seen them say that before. lol

[Will]

Outside of being in the shield, every angle he has been in has been garbage. I wont miss him.