The Shield: Same Story New Characters?

Don’t lie, you’re one of the people that are definitely a fan of The Shield. Being a fan of The Shield is easy considering just how awesome they truly are. Three individuals that came together to make one polarizing trio. Champions together, champions apart. The Shield will go down in history as one of the greatest groups of all-time and for some, they may already be that.

That trio changed suddenly when Seth Rollins took a chair and hit Roman Reigns in the back. Rollins, for the most part, took a literal route of stabbing a friend in the back. Rollins was greedy and wanted more for himself. He saw a brighter future and took the highway to success by teaming with the Authority. This was a great moment and it led to over a year of nothing but top-level success for Rollins and WWE.

Rollins was a character that needed to develop and he hit a stride for himself in the months after hitting Roman in the back with the chair. On top of this, Dean Ambrose’s character was able to develop as well and both characters were set on a path that led up, up and up. All of this should go without saying that Roman Reigns was figuring himself out at the same time and at this point he was still enjoyed by a majority of fans.

With all of the success these wrestlers have found outside of the Shield, the moments, the stories and the championships have all come full circle, twice now. The Shield has reunited on two different occasions. The first time, all three members needed it to once again feel important in the eyes of the WWE universe. Rollins was struggling to figure out what being a good guy was. Dean Ambrose, for the most part, was repetitive and getting to the point of boredom. Roman Reigns was back and forth on being a true threat at the top of the card but most importantly the boos were deafening in the crowds. All of that was mute when each of their respective fists came together to recreate the magic of the Shield.

Then we saw our hurdles. The Shield wasn’t really a trio but yet they were, confusing, to say the least. They had many singles matches and matches together but then suddenly Roman fell ill. He was out. Then suddenly we had new tag-team champions in Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins and then Ambrose was hurt, he was out.

From here we saw an honest resurgence of Rollins as a face and by all means, it has been wonderful. Many great matches, many great moments. Roman Reigns continues to have his ups and downs but the end result is he is the Universal Champion. He is the top dog. In the same night that Rollins and Reigns claim singles championships, Ambrose was set to return to full time as he just returned from injury the week before.

As of now, everything seems to be great. Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns are at the top of their game and they have the championships to back it up. Dean Ambrose, however, is just a part of the group. Right now, he is just another guy. He is the guy without a title to back-up his greatness. So with that said, where does he fit in?

What we could be looking at here is the same story told but new roles for the characters. Seth Rollins once stabbed the Shield in the back and we could be looking at a recurrence of past events. The odd man out this time though is Dean Ambrose.

Why would Ambrose take this route?

One thing for sure is that he has always seemed a little weary of Seth Rollins. Remember back to how long it took Ambrose to warm-up to the idea of teaming with him and even then, Ambrose wasn’t sure to trust him. This can play a factor sooner rather than later.

But this isn’t really enough for Ambrose to turn his back on his brothers.

Ambrose isn’t necessarily a glory chaser if memory serves correct. Rollins was that when he turned his back on the Shield – he wanted more and he went for it. Ambrose has other reasons to be upset.

Ambrose is bitter.

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