5 Times WWE Superstars wanted to leave the company (and how Vince McMahon reacted)

#4 Jon Moxley

Former WWE Superstar Jon Moxley, a.k.a. Dean Ambrose wasn't feeling like he was being used properly on WWE's main roster, back in 2018-19. During his forgettable heel run in late 2018, Ambrose got vaccinated by a doctor so that he wouldn't catch anything from the fans in attendance. This was the last straw for him, and he decided that he was done with WWE.

Moxley let WWE Senior Director of Talent Relations Mark Carrano know that he was leaving, and word got out to Vince McMahon soon after. According to Moxley, the news of him wanting to leave WWE and not renew his contract was what led to the WWE Chairman booking him in an angle with Nia Jax.

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The angle in question saw Jax attacking Ambrose on an episode of RAW, and the latter believed that it was a way to "bury him" before he left. Moxley had rejoined The Shield in early 2019, and the trio had a series of matches against Drew McIntyre, Bobby Lashley, and King Corbin. The Hounds of Justice defeated the villains in Dean's last match at The Shield's Final Chapter, following which he left WWE.

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