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He was pretty open about the fact that it was, he left WWE to prove he could get over and deserved booking as a bigger star. I'm surprised that this board is so new and so faggy that even something this recent has largely passed from memory.
Here's another one - if CM Punk had been successful in UFC, he would have returned to WWE that same year for his WrestleMania main event, he only left to prove he should get that part timer Rock/Brock spot. It just didn't work for him, and worked for Cody.