Ryback Reeves on Instagram: "WHY I’M NOT WRESTLING & WHY I WALKED AWAY I get asked every day why I’m not in WWE, AEW, TNA, New Japan, or on the indies. A lot of misinformation was put out when I left, so here’s the truth. I walked away from WWE at 34, in my prime, with a new multi-million dollar contract on the table. I never wanted to leave my good fans. I left because my health was destroyed. A botched ankle surgery during Nexus caused permanent nerve damage in my left leg and peroneal nerve.