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Dean Ambrose's WWE farewell statement to fans after Monday Night Raw in full

Dean Ambrose brought his WWE career to an end on Monday Night Raw.

The Lunatic Fringe took to the ring for one final time, taking on Bobby Lashley, the night after WrestleMania.

That match turned into something of a mauling, with Lashley being sent through the announcers' table on his final night.

But it wasn't the last time that Ambrose was seen by the WWE Universe, as his eight-year career with the company came to a close.

In a touching reunion after Raw went off the air, Ambrose joined former Shield stablemates Roman Reigns and new Universal Champion Seth Rollins to bid an emotional farewell at the Barclays Center - the same place he made his debut on the full roster.

Ambrose made his final WWE appearance on Raw (@WWE)

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Ambrose, who leaves as a 'Grand Slam champion', declared: "One of the sweetest sights I’ve ever seen as a guy who has busted his ass for this company, for this locker-room, who has dragged his broken, dead body through every highway, through every single building right across this country and the world alongside my best friends, the sweetest sight I ever saw was Seth Rollins stomping Brock Lesnar’s big, dumb lunchbox head into the mat.

“Pinning him, and holding that Universal championship over his head, and taking it back to the boys.

“One of the other sweetest things I’ve ever seen was just recently, when we saw Roman Reigns kick the s*** out of cancer and come back on Monday Night Raw.

“I love this building, I know most of you aren’t even here from New York City, you came from all over the world - I love this building, I love the Barclays Center.

Dean Ambrose addressing the WWE Universe (@WWE)

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"We opened up the Barclays Center – the very first ever WWE show, the very first PPV, TLC whatever year that was. I’m getting very old, I can’t remember. Our first WWE match on Pay-per-view, TLC, we got thrown to the wolves. Arn Anderson called us ‘two indie schmucks and a football player.’

“But like Seth said, we walked down that aisle, we tore it up and we took our spots. I have a lot of great memories in this building.

"That match is probably my favourite match I ever had: Winning the tag team championship with Seth Rollins at SummerSlam right here in this ring, in this building.

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“But here’s the thing you’ve got to remember. A building is just a building. It’s just bricks and mortar and wood and nails.

“What makes the building is the fans.

“And there are no fans in the world like you, the fans who come from all over the world to be here, all WrestleMania week.

“Who come to axxess and all the different shows and who sit through three tricking hours of Monday Night Raw and stay and sit here to listen to us talk. Without you, there is no us.

“Screw this building, the important thing is the people who fill it and that’s you, so we want to thank you once again."

Ambrose departed amid chants of 'Thankyou Dean' from those in attendance, as the curtain was drawn on one of WWE's greatest stables.

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