What if Dean Ambrose starts his own faction?

4. Siding with the Authors of Pain

The Authors of Pain would offer serious back-up.

Dean Ambrose is no stranger to working in three man units, and if WWE wanted to give him a new group with a not entirely different look or feel from The Shield, they could do a lot worse than having him team up with the Authors of Pain.

The AOP demonstrated their chops in NXT, and while they still haven’t entirely had the chance to prove themselves on the main roster, associating with Ambrose could give them an immediate credibility boost with more casual fans.

Moreover, Akam and Rezar are big men who could believable serve as extra muscle for Ambrose and both offer him regular partners to team up with, and valuable outside interference as he likely transitions into the Universal Championship picture.

Of course, with Ambrose fronting the guys, their new manager Drake Maverick might quickly feel superfluous. WWE could easily enough drop him from the act, though, to re-focus on his authority position role on 205 Live, or else weave him in as a sidekick for Ambrose, too.