When The Shield first arrived in WWE, they made an impact right away, and people took notice. Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns were a force to be reckoned with, and just as it seemed that the trio was set for a huge babyface run, WWE decided to split them up by having Seth Rollins turn heel.
Seth Rollins recently opened up about The Shield’s break up during an appearance on the Sam Roberts Wrestling Podcast, and he said that they weren’t ready to go their separate ways (via WrestlingInc).
“It was thrust upon us very quickly. I don’t know if that story [has] been told or not, but we were not prepared so well for the break up – ‘yeah, you’re going this way, you’re going this way, you’re going that way’ sort of thing. Well, no, [they did not want to break up] we weren’t ready for it. We thought we had a big babyface run in us, which is what we just started. We had two months with Evolution, having a couple of six-mans. We were like, ‘alright, let’s go! This is the idea we have to kind of push ourselves in that direction’ and they were like, ‘no! We need three single’s stars and we need them right now.’ And I was like, ‘well, if it’s going to be anybody, [there is] no better time than when we were on top of the world, so it worked really well and I was hesitant at first because I didn’t really see it that way, myself as the bad guy of the group. But once it was kind of laid out and the ball started rolling in my head, I was like, ‘okay, this is definitely something I can slide into’ and it worked out quite well.”
There are quite a few fans out there who feel that The Shield split up too early, but it seems inevitable that they will get back together someday.
Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins recently reunited and they won the Raw Tag Team Titles at SummerSlam. Roman Reigns is preoccupied with John Cena at the moment, but we’ll have to wait and see what the future holds.
