3 Makeshift WWE factions that failed and 2 that succeeded

#2 Succeeded: The Shield

Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose burst onto the main-roster scene at Survivor Series 2012 and immediately became involved in some of the most prominent storylines on Raw and SmackDown.

In 2013, all three men won titles for the first time at the Extreme Rules pay-per-view, where Rollins & Reigns won the Tag Team titles from Team Hell No and Ambrose defeated Kofi Kingston for the United States Championship, and they went on to feature in many of the best WWE matches of the year.

The following year, Rollins turned his back on The Shield by hitting both of his partners with a steel chair on Raw in June 2014, kick-starting a two-year run that would see all three members of the group hold the WWE Championship as singles Superstars.

WWE’s numerous attempts to reunite the trio in 2017, 2018 and 2019 failed for different reasons, but it cannot be denied that their time together as “The Hounds of Justice” was an overwhelming success.