One of the best things about the rise of AEW is the returning joy of a wrestler moving

to a new promotion.

If you experienced wrestling in the late 90s as WWF and WCW went at it, you never knew

who was just going to pop up on Raw on Nitro and it was a hoot.

Next, Luger, Rick Rude, Chris Jericho, XPAC, I could do this all day.

There as money and new opportunities were a big reason for such moves that offer the

stories behind such leaps, which means, I'm Simon Watt culture, hit that subscribe

button for instant happiness, and this is 10 precise moments wrestlers wanted to jump

ship.

10.

John Moxley

Nobody should pretend that John Moxley or Dean Ambrose wasn't used in WWE.

He was a world champion, a pivotal member of the shield featured on most shows.

The problem came in the fact he was misused, when the decision was made to turn him

heel in 2018, that train came hurtling off the track.

It was fine for a while as he fewed with old stable mate Seth Rollins, but when it was

time to focus on Roman Reigns, he was wearing gas masks, telling us he was a germafob,

and that the fans stunk.

That was one of his motives for now being an asshole.

Some of the things he was scripted to say were also borderline embarrassing and all of it

left Moxley feeling depressed and agree and that he should probably leave the company.

God to the point where he didn't feel connected to the product at all anymore, likely when

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