10 Things WWE Wants You To Forget About Jon Moxley
8. The Moxley Vignettes Were Filmed When He Was Still A WWE Superstar
In spite of the heavy-handed metaphors in the vignettes or the general narrative around talent maintenance in the company at present, WWE Superstars are not prisoners. It's for this reason Jonathan Good could do whatever he wanted on the days his job wasn't to be Dean Ambrose. He used several days whilst still under contract to bring Jon Moxley back to life.
The skits were a roaring success. Timed to drop immediately after his WWE contract concluded, Dean Ambrose's Network farewell had barely finished before 'Mox' became the new three letters that really mattered for his future. Ambrose had been paid well by the company, but he was now using hard-earned coin to make more money for himself rather than the machine he'd long decided was destined to fail him.
The intrigue and speculation he'd been desperate to attain whilst working for Vince McMahon had been achieved the second he left his employ, and only increased when many speculated that their high quality must have been thanks to WWE's dime. The "it's a work" theories were half right, at least.