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WrestleMania 35 is done and the RAW after WrestleMania 35 has been great (results are at this location). One of the central attractions for the event was Dean Ambrose's very last match. The segment involved Bobby Lashley making things personal with Dean Ambrose's wife, RAW announcer Renee Young. It ended with him being laid up the ramp.
Renee Young would return later during the night and mention that she didn't want to talk about Dean Ambrose's current condition. But that said, I don't think that Dean Ambrose is actually leaving the company at this stage. And these are the reasons that make me believe such is the case.
The world of sports entertainment is really secretive and you can never tell whether an angle is real or not. This article is pure speculation at the moment, and I do not claim to have inside details.
But I can make some informed guesses based on industry knowledge.
#5 Unfinished angle
I mean WWE has started an angle that actually seems quite interesting with Bobby Lashley and Dean Ambrose. When was the last time that anything Bobby Lashley said or did, received such a reaction, since his return to WWE? And we cannot even blame Lashley for this, because of the angles that Lashley has been booked in.
Sure, you crash and burn on your way out and you put over another superstar, doing the honors for him during your departure from the company. But this was an inauspicious exit so to speak because the match didn't even officially begin. And Bobby Lashley could have used a victory after getting squashed by Finn Balor at WrestleMania.
All of this makes me believe that Dean Ambrose is not on his way out of the company for the time being at least. Do you agree?
#4 The return of Reigns
One of the main reasons that Dean Ambrose wanted to make an exit from WWE was because of Roman Reigns' recent health scare. In case you have been living under a rock all this time, Roman Reigns had to relinquish his Universal Championship in October because his leukemia had come back after eleven years. Ambrose is not close to a lot of people in the world, but he counts Reigns as among his best friends.
And then another report had surfaced that Roman Reigns was working on the Dean Ambrose situation, to convince The Lunatic Fringe to stick around with the company for a spell. Of course, this is not a guarantee that things worked out and Dean Ambrose decided to stay with the company.
But at the same time, I'm guessing that Reigns worked his magic on Ambrose. And something tells me that Ambrose decided to stay on.
#3 Ambrose has been advertised for shows after WrestleMania
So, the popular narrative that was going around is that Dean Ambrose would be done with WWE after WrestleMania. But then, WWE advertised Dean Ambrose for a UK date in May.
Of course, the list was taken down soon enough, but the damage had been done and the world started buzzing with speculation about Dean Ambrose' status post WrestleMania. While some said that it was a botch and nothing more, the speculation is rife that this was a giveaway about Dean Ambrose's status following WrestleMania 35.
Also, does WWE ever announce the departure of a performer so much in advance as they did in Dean Ambrose's case, this week? That alone should be an indication that WWE is intent on working us all by pretending that Dean Ambrose is on his way out of the company soon.
Ambrose has a long stint left in him still.
#2 Not announcing a new Shield member
There are many rumors that did the rounds not long ago that Braun Strowman would be an honorary member of The Shield, if only for a night. But no permanent Shield member was announced on the RAW after WrestleMania. And this is because Dean Ambrose is probably not going anywhere for now.
I mean think about it- The Shield is probably the biggest thing in WWE, and it makes no sense for WWE to not announce a new member on the night after WrestleMania. This would have been a great night to do The Shield vs. The New Day, because of the main event of the night. Is there any bigger headline that could have come out of the night than The Shield getting a new member?
I think WWE is working us into believing that Dean Ambrose is gone. He will be back very soon.
#1 Involving Renee Young
It really does not make sense to involve Renee Young, Dean Ambrose's wife, into a storyline if he is really gone from WWE. I mean I'm guessing that Bobby Lashley will be making snide remarks towards Young in the coming weeks.
It will be really odd for WWE to book such an angle if there's nobody around to defend her, so to speak. And this is why I have a feeling that Dean Ambrose will return down the line not just to take out Bobby Lashley, but also to make Lio Rush pay for the kind of company that the man keeps.
I've interviewed Bobby Lashley in the past and he seems far too dignified to ever entertain an angle of this nature unless there was a meaningful payoff at the end of it. Hence, I believe Ambrose is not done.
What do you guys think?
One of Samoa Joe's colleagues had harsh words for him HERE
