Why The Shield wasn't as dominant as the WWE claims

Conclusion

The Shield members have seemed close to a reunion for a couple months now.

Even if you disregard the NWO as a WCW faction, it’s clear that The Shield would rank either third or fourth just among modern WWE groups. That means that WWE announcers’ claims that the trio was perhaps the company’s most dominant stable are at least a little bit exaggerated.

But that doesn’t have to be the final verdict on The Shield.

Since the group broke up, Roman Reigns has becomes one of the company’s top stars with three world titles and a current United States title run. He could become a double champion if he beats Universal Champion Kevin Owens at the Royal Rumble, and he also won the Rumble match in 2015. Seth Rollins was already a double champion after SummerSlam in 2015, and he’s a two-time world champion. Dean Ambrose cashed in a Money in the Bank briefcase to end Rollins’ second run just a couple minutes after it began, and he’s also won the Intercontinental Championship.

With all those accolades and recent booking in mind, if these three men got back together, they’d likely pile up the championships and main event wins. In fact, since the group broke up, one of them has been a part of nearly every pay-per-view main event. Rollins and Reigns have begun to put things back together on Raw, and if they were joined by Ambrose, The Shield might finally live up to the hype given them.