WWE Raw star and the current WWE United States champion Seth Rollins who is a former four times WWE World Champion recently looked back at his work as a member of the Shield and how WWE planned to have them take over the professional wrestling industry.
The Shield did not co exist for very long but in a short amount of time they left a big mark in the world of professional wrestling. All three members of the stable went on to become main event stars of the future.
Seth Rollins Discusses How The Push Of The Shield Was Planned
Dean Ambrose aka Jon Moxley is currently one of the biggest faces of the AEW, Seth rollins is a four times WWE World champion and the current WWE United States champion, where is Roman Reigns the current WWE Universal Heavyweight champion is arguably the biggest star in professional wrestling today.
They co existed for nearly two years as the stable finally ended after a number of months of WrestleMania XXX, the Shield was involved in a feud with Triple H and he brought back Evolution for the feud. Rollins betrayed his partners and turned heel. After the end of this stable, never worked together as a team ever again.
Seth Rollins became the first break out star of the stable as he went on to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania 31. But Roman Reigns had always been the bigger project of WWE and they tried to keep on pushing him even after he thoroughly received negative reactions from the fans. Right now he is the biggest star of WWE and the projection of the promotion is pretty much cleared.
Seth Rollins who is a former four times WWE World Champion recently spoke to BT Sport where he looked back at his work as a member of the Shield and how WWE planned to have them take over the professional wrestling industry. He said;
“When we started The Shield, the goal was always to be the three of us at the top of the industry. That was always the goal, and it was never like, ‘Oh, I’m gonna help you, and you’re gonna help me, and we’re going to help him.’
“We were all out, we were all using each other, not like helping each other, and I don’t mean that in a negative way, but we all knew what we brought to the table. We all knew our ultimate goal was to be the top top. The literal best. No one can touch us, but there was never any like any falling out, never any like jealousy, never any you don’t deserve this, I deserve this type of thing. It was — it’s never been like that.”
“He is immensely talented at what he does, and he is incredible as champion, has been, and in his role like, especially obviously the last two years have been super special for him as a performer.
“And so I take nothing away from him, but I just can’t do it in my heart to tell myself that someone’s better than me or can do this better than I can. So at the end of the day, again, it’s not my sandbox , and these aren’t my decisions to make. But yeah, it’s always been easy smooth sailing between him and I.”
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