Five reasons why Dean Ambrose jumping ship won't hurt WWE

As a longtime fan of The Shield and a diehard fan of Dean Ambrose, it was hard to watch The Lunatic fringe walk out on WWE just over a month ago, but interestingly enough, it didn't create the change one thought it would. In fact, while some thought Ambrose's exist would be the beginning of a new ratings war, it has turned out to be anything but.

Think about it! Sure, Ambrose showed up at Double or Nothing as John Moxley and has released killer promo after killer promo in the meantime, but it really has just come across as white noise. Beyond that, while Ambrose was a great midcarder and even a decent champion at times, The WWE Universe has put way to much stock into him.

With that being said and Ambrose now, all in, as the people at AEW would say, here are five reasons WWE doesn't need Dean Ambrose.

As always, let us know your thoughts in the comments below and tell us if you miss Dean Ambrose in WWE or not.

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#5 Spent most of his career in the midcard

Dean Ambrose was a midcarder at best.

Let's be honest here.

Dean Ambrose might be a grand slam champion, a former WWE Champion, tag team champion, Intercontiental champion, United States champion and a member of one of the most legendary factions in WWE history, but he spent most of his career in the midcard. He also complained about his positioning on the card a lot.

Of course there's nothing wrong with being unhappy with your position on the overall card and Ambrose probably did deserve better, but it never ended up working out that way. Instead however, Ambrose spent much of his days stuck in the midcard facing middle ground talent, which dosen't make him much of an asset.

Think about it! If AEW had taken someone like Rollins, Ambrose, Aj Styles or anyone else, it would have had a much bigger impact. Unfortunately for The WWE Universe however, they are putting their stock into a midcarder in hopes that he will be able to help transform AEW into this lengendary entity, but he doesn't seem to have the tools to do that.

#4 Wasnt that big of a draw

Dean Ambrose wasn't that impressive as champion.

When you think of big draws in The WWE, names like John Cena, Brock Lesnar, The Undertaker, Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins and AJ Styles come to mind. One superstar that dosen't however is none other than Dean Ambrose, which makes it kind of confusing that some fans see him leaving for AEW as some kind of big deal.

In all honesty, if it was any of the other names listed above, it would be a nightmare situation for WWE, but not with Ambrose. In all seriousness, the man only had one run as WWE champion and while he did a serviceable job during that two month reign, its very telling that it never happened again.

With that in mind and it being obvious that Ambrose didn't have what it took to carry The WWE at its top level, it's impossible to understand why people think that will suddenly change in AEW? In the end, AEW won. They won an over hyped midcarder that was just angry enough with Vince McMahon to take a chance, but its probably going to end up being a mistake.

#3 Great WWE programming

Seth Rollins as champion is only one example of great programming on WWE's part!

You want to know what the most interesting part of all this is?

Although losing Dean Ambrose to AEW is going to cause a lot of grief with some fans in The WWE Universe, it should be easier to forget about once they see all the great things WWE is doing right now. In fact, between their firefly funhouse segments getting even more edgier, Becky Lynch still champion and the wildcard rule in play, who could ask for more?

Beyond that, WWE literally brought back The Undertaker and Goldberg for a once in a lifetime dream match between the two legends and fans are still licking their wounds over Ambrose leaving. Again, there's nothing wrong with missing Ambrose, especially with how charismatic he was, but why focus on it when there's so much good happening?

In the end, WWE has given fans, Seth Rollins as champion, introduced the wildcard rule, a new 24/7 belt and have continued to get edgier as time goes on. If nothing else, fans should stop investing their time in someone that is long gone and start investing in this amazing product that The WWE has right now.

#2 Easily replaceable in The Shield

Believe it or not, Dean Ambrose is very replaceable.

Time for some honesty again.

While Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose will forever be the original Shield that made their way through the crowd on that fateful night at Survivor Series, it's not like WWE can't just recreate the group. In fact, with the company's history of reworking factions to replace members that leave or are injured, it pretty much seems like a given.

Furthermore, it's not like WWE would be replacing Roman Reigns, who was the group's big man or Rollins, the architect, they would arguably be replacing the least impactful member of the group. Now that's probably not what everyone wants to hear, especially with how many Ambrose fans there are out there, but out of the three he stands as the most replacable.

In the end, whether WWE chooses to ultimately replace Ambrose or not remains to be seen and will depend on how interested they are in reuniting the group in the first place. With that being said however, it shouldn't be that hard to accomplish and there is a long list of superstars that would be perfect for the job.

#1 Buried before exit

It's probably best to forget about Dean Ambrose

Its time for the cold hard truth and the fact of the matter is that Dean Ambrose was effectively buried on his way out of the company to ensure that he would have as little momentum as possible heading into his other endeavors. Interestingly enough however, it didn't seem to work and fans were in awe when they saw him at Double or nothing.

While that's a good thing and indicative of some of the star power that Ambrose does carry, it was just a one of appearance and isn't indictive of what will actually happen once AEW goes to television. Think about it this way. Yeah, the surprise was fun and it was a perceived shot in the war between the two entities, but what is it beyond that?

In fact, how does AEW build Ambrose back up after he was pinned by the likes of EC3 and Drew McIntyre, before being taken off television completely? If nothing else, Ambrose has no momentum going for him right now after his exit from WWE and while it's not impossible to build that up, it's going to take a lot of time to undo what happened.