4 Superstars that could follow Dean Ambrose out of WWE

With WWE itself coming out and releasing the news about the departure of Dean Ambrose as soon as his contract expires in April (even if this is reality or a work) it does in a way, show the situation that WWE is in right now and it's not wrong to say that there is a change in the landscape of pro-wrestling.

With AEW slowly and steadily signing up stars of proven caliber, it is starting to become more and more clear that there is a new player in the market and what that does is that it opens avenues for stars who are not really happy with their current surroundings. Dean Ambrose was in a similar predicament with his heel turn going absolutely nowhere and the character having lost direction for a while now.

AEW in every aspect does give a wrestler like Dean Ambrose a chance to probably fish for greener pastures and try and find success somewhere else. Just like Dean though, there are many wrestlers who are facing a similar predicament and could be on their way out of the company. Here we look at the wrestlers who could be following dean out of WWE.

#1 Finn Balor

Finn Balor has had a rough last year and a half in WWE

How many times does this need to be spelled out? And how many times does Finn Balor need to prove himself time and time again? Balor is a legitimate superstar and he has just not been given his due in WWE ever since he has stepped up to the main roster from NXT.

He was promoted to Raw from NXT amid huge hype(and rightly so) and had probably one of the fastest rises to the top of the roster as he became the first Universal Champion a month after joining the main roster. Ever since then it has been pretty much a slippery slope for Finn Balor.

The Royal Rumble was the first occasion in a very long time when he fought for the Universal Title in a PPV and even then it was more of a case of him being the pitstop to Seth Rollins as the result was a foregone conclusion for the match between him and Brock Lesnar.

It's interesting and intriguing what plans are in place for Balor because with Ambrose leaving it does put in place a situation where the doors are now open for wrestlers who are not happy with their character progression to actually step out and do something different.

#2 Bobby Roode

Roode has lost out massively in the crowded Raw roster

Remember Bobby Roode? A former champion in TNA, a former NXT Champion, a title which he won against none other than Shinsuke Nakamura, a former US Champion as well to add to that resume. The glorious one, as he likes to call himself. Remember him? He's the current Raw tag team Champion as well. But if you think about it, he's hardly visible in WWE.

Everything seemed like it was going perfectly for him, he was brought to the SmackDown roster with genuine fanfare and he was slowly climbing up the ladder as he won the US Championship as well. But ever since his switch to Raw, he been put under a cloak of invisibility as he is hardly there anymore. He has been put in a makeshift tag team with Chad Gable and they won the Tag Team Titles. But one glance at the way things have been and you realize that the team is hardly visible.

For someone like Bobby Roode, who seems to have been lost out in the crowded roster at WWE and has a pretty impressive resume, a place like AEW makes a lot of sense. Moving to such a place could indeed provide him with the opportunity to have a lot more success than what he is probably going to get at WWE.

#3 Shinsuke Nakamura

It's hard to tell what Nakamura did wrong during his push

Shinsuke Nakamura's case is just too confusing because it is hard to pinpoint what happened between him and WWE that all of a sudden he was out of favor with them and just thrown into obscurity. Nakamura, a legitimate Superstar in any promotion he's been a part of, was promoted to SmackDown amid huge anticipation and it is not wrong to say that he delivered whenever he got the push. So much so that he was the eventual winner of the Royal Rumble last year.

But then after a loss at WrestleMania and a subsequent heel turn(which was again welcomed by the fans initially) has just brought everything to a standstill. He was made the US Champion but then hardly put on television or in a feud for an inexplicable amount of time. At the same time, his heel turn or even the writing from the creative team was just below par. For someone of Nakamura's caliber, patience must be wearing thin now because of the way he has been virtually kicked to the curb and a way out would not surprise many people.

#4 Rusev

Through utmost hard work, Rusev has been able to win over the crowd against all odds

A wrestler who has worked super hard to reinvent himself and become a crowd favorite, Rusev is one of the few guys who has gotten over with the crowd despite getting limited exposure on the part of the WWE. Remember 'Rusev Day'? The audience fell in love with it and the duo of Aiden English and Rusev was a hit among them.

But then inexplicably the team of Rusev and English was broken and since then Rusev has been turned face, then made the US Champion to promptly lose it on his first defense of the title only to turn heel again and beat up R-Truth.

In between that, during his reign as the US Champion, he hardly featured on live TV and it almost felt out of context why both of them were even fighting for the title. For someone who is such a crowd favorite and repeatedly getting the short end of the stick for a long time now, AEW provides a great alternative, especially looking at the talent that's on offer.