andrew8798
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Post by andrew8798 on May 1, 2015 0:38:25 GMT -5
Looking back at them Did you think they would have lasted as long as they did?
A lot of people thought Reigns would have been replaced
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2015 0:44:00 GMT -5
If anything most people thought Reigns would ditch the two in a year while the others become a tag team and then drop off. I'm surprised they lasted that long. They went from Punk's enforcers to a long undefeated streak to gaining belts to Triple H's enforcers to problems in the Shield to a face turn before finally being destroyed. Even now the company brings up the Shield every other week. They'll be back in the future but even so, I'm surprised they had so many transitions.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on May 1, 2015 0:49:10 GMT -5
Roman wasn't even supposed to be in the stable, the faction according to Punk was suggested to be Rollins, Ambrose, and Ohno, but Ohno had a lot of heat and Reigns got the nod and Ohno eventually faded out.
I didn't think they would get as big as they did. Not only to become the most dominant trio of their time but definitely one of the best in WWE History. If they ever reunite which is what many want, they'll only build that legacy. As is all three guys themselves are doing fine. I wish Ambrose had more direction though...
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Post by Cela on May 1, 2015 0:59:12 GMT -5
Mega overpowered group with a really obnoxious over-actor leader.
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2015 1:10:26 GMT -5
Mega overpowered group with a really obnoxious over-actor leader. Reigns is an over-actor?
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the2ndevil
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Post by the2ndevil on May 1, 2015 1:15:41 GMT -5
Roman wasn't even supposed to be in the stable, the faction according to Punk was suggested to be Rollins, Ambrose, and Ohno, but Ohno had a lot of heat and Reigns got the nod and Ohno eventually faded out. I didn't think they would get as big as they did. Not only to become the most dominant trio of their time but definitely one of the best in WWE History. If they ever reunite which is what many want, they'll only build that legacy. As is all three guys themselves are doing fine. I wish Ambrose had more direction though... Isn't Ohno retired, now? Hard to argue this didn't work out for the best.
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2015 1:21:14 GMT -5
Mega overpowered group with a really obnoxious over-actor leader. Reigns is an over-actor? For the longest time Ambrose was positioned to be the leader, had the most mic time, always on the center, first one to ditch body armour gear with that weird spandax top, only one to win a solo belt, etc. Anyways The Shield were booked perfectly from start to finish especially on the period where they teased them breaking up with Reigns turning face only for them to become tweeners and stronger than ever. In many ways The Shield is the spiritual successor to Evolution in which all three members will have great solo success and when they reunite as a team of opponents it'll be a huge moment in WWE history with a mega pop
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on May 1, 2015 1:22:33 GMT -5
Roman wasn't even supposed to be in the stable, the faction according to Punk was suggested to be Rollins, Ambrose, and Ohno, but Ohno had a lot of heat and Reigns got the nod and Ohno eventually faded out. I didn't think they would get as big as they did. Not only to become the most dominant trio of their time but definitely one of the best in WWE History. If they ever reunite which is what many want, they'll only build that legacy. As is all three guys themselves are doing fine. I wish Ambrose had more direction though... Isn't Ohno retired, now? Hard to argue this didn't work out for the best. As far as I'm aware no, he's still wrestling on the Indy Circuit, Ive heard nothing about a possible retirement from the guy
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2015 1:24:00 GMT -5
Roman wasn't even supposed to be in the stable, the faction according to Punk was suggested to be Rollins, Ambrose, and Ohno, but Ohno had a lot of heat and Reigns got the nod and Ohno eventually faded out. I didn't think they would get as big as they did. Not only to become the most dominant trio of their time but definitely one of the best in WWE History. If they ever reunite which is what many want, they'll only build that legacy. As is all three guys themselves are doing fine. I wish Ambrose had more direction though... Isn't Ohno retired, now? Hard to argue this didn't work out for the best. No. He's gained a bunch of weight though.
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Post by Madagascar Fred on May 1, 2015 2:06:37 GMT -5
Mega overpowered group with a really obnoxious over-actor leader. Who is the New World Order?
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Post by -Lithium- on May 1, 2015 21:51:01 GMT -5
I loved when they teased them breaking up and they had the summit on Smackdown and patched things up...
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Post by Error on May 1, 2015 22:10:45 GMT -5
Isn't Ohno retired, now? Hard to argue this didn't work out for the best. No. He's gained a bunch of weight though. Major back injury from what I can remember. Last I saw he has started losing it. And no, he's not retired, he and Colt Cabana are wrestling as Big in the USA in the Global Tag League for NOAH in Japan.
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Post by Adam Black on May 1, 2015 22:10:52 GMT -5
I loved how they cycled around who the leader of the Shield was.
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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on May 2, 2015 8:23:39 GMT -5
I love the moment when they truly cemented their face turn (yes, they were faces beforehand, I know) when they made the save for Daniel Bryan against the Authority on the post-WM30 Raw.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on May 2, 2015 9:16:13 GMT -5
I love the moment when they truly cemented their face turn (yes, they were faces beforehand, I know) when they made the save for Daniel Bryan against the Authority on the post-WM30 Raw. I prefer that they literally turned face though. The authority wanted them to beat down Jerry Lawler the 3 of them stalked like they were going to then turned around and attacked Kane
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on May 2, 2015 9:17:33 GMT -5
Best WWE stable ever and nothing really comes close.
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Post by g1megatronfan on May 2, 2015 9:55:25 GMT -5
It's about on par with other groups in WWE. I do think they are criminally overrated as being great though. The only thing I remember them doing is beating up Ryback. No groups seem to last for more than a few years at the most so it didn't surprise me too much when they broke up.
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Post by Stu on May 2, 2015 11:06:16 GMT -5
No. He's gained a bunch of weight though. Major back injury from what I can remember. Last I saw he has started losing it. And no, he's not retired, he and Colt Cabana are wrestling as Big in the USA in the Global Tag League for NOAH in Japan. You could've simplified things and just said Ohno is in Japan :-p
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on May 2, 2015 11:22:35 GMT -5
I love the moment when they truly cemented their face turn (yes, they were faces beforehand, I know) when they made the save for Daniel Bryan against the Authority on the post-WM30 Raw. I prefer that they literally turned face though. The authority wanted them to beat down Jerry Lawler the 3 of them stalked like they were going to then turned around and attacked Kane It didn't feel like they were face so much as they just didn't like Kane. They were still pretty loyal to the Authority. They just didn't like Kane.
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Post by OzzyMandez on May 2, 2015 11:27:16 GMT -5
The group were great and I can't remember a match where they weren't entertaining. As for the aftermath, I thought that by the end of it, Reigns was gonna be...exactly what he is now actually (apparent main event face being shoved down everyone's throats), Dean Ambrose was gonna be the standout that would just be a career heel from that point on. I think around the time of Payback 2013, it was either here or on another board, I said I thought Cena was gonna face Ambrose at WrestleMania 30 because they'd establish Dean as sort of the 21st Century Roddy Piper, going up against his equivalent to Hulk Hogan, and it'd be cool to see a sort of mirror from the first 'Mania in that respect.
I also thought Seth Rollins was going to fail epically and end up on Superstars every week because Vince doesn't like people who do the flippy-dos.
How wrong I was.
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