The Shield (Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns, and Jon Moxley) was one of the most dominant factions in WWE history. They all came from NXT and made an immediate impact on the main roster in 2012.
After Rollins turned on the group in 2014, they became top WWE stars. The group officially split once Moxley left WWE and joined AEW in 2019. Rollins called back to his Shield days at the Royal Rumble in 2022 for his title match against Reigns.
While appearing on ESPN’s SportsCenter, Rollins was asked about the split of The Shield.
Rollins said, “Yeah, I have [thought about]. I’ve been asked about it a lot. Obviously, that’s the one thing if you’re a fan of Seth Rollins or The Shield or Jon Moxley or Roman Reigns. That’s the one thing that sits with you. Over the course of the last ten years, essentially. And I get asked about it all the time, and I’ve thought about it. ‘Would you go back? Would you change it? Would you do something different?’ And my answer is unequivocally no, I wouldn’t because where we’re at now, the business as a whole is healthier than its ever been and that moment of time shifted everything. That’s what put us all on our separate paths. And our goal in the beginning was to run the show. To run the business, to change it, to make it better. And here we are, a decade later, and I dare say that it was accomplished with the swing of that steel chair.”
Rollins will be the special guest referee for CM Punk vs. Drew McIntyre at this Saturday’s WWE SummerSlam.
If you use any portion of the quotes from this article, please credit ESPN’s SportsCenter with an h/t to WrestlingNews.co for the transcription.
