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The Shield has reunited once again and now, they are inserted directly into the title picture. Roman Reigns is the defending universal champion. Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins are challenging Drew McIntyre and Dolph Ziggler for the RAW tag team championship. There are speculations on the outcome of Hell in a Cell, but we feel that Shield will clinch all the gold at the event.
That means Drew's first ever title reigns since his return would last just less than two weeks. But Vince McMahon has a bigger picture in mind and the heels are jus the casualties of war. So let us take a look at 3 reasons why we think Shield will hit the jackpot this Sunday.
#3 Roman's first PPV defence
After chasing the Universal title for around two years, Roman Reigns has just won it at SummerSlam. This means that he will be holding on to in the foreseeable future of the big red belt. WWE could look forward to moving the belt between Braun and Roman for a few times. But the Universal championship is a belt that largely lacks in prestige. And throwing it around like a hot potato will only devalue the title. The top belt on RAW needs a quality reign.
This would a brutal injustice to Braun Strowman since he was one of the major guys who made RAW watchable in the absence of Brock Lesnar. But as mentioned earlier, Braun Strowman is just a pawn in the board.
Roman just had a single televised title defense so far. That was against Finn Balor on the first RAW after Summerslam.
#2 Dean Ambrose just returned
WWE loves returning superstars. John Cena winning 2008 Royal Rumble, Edge winning 2010 Royal Rumble are few instances of this. Even last year, the returning Hardys won the RAW tag team titles from Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows at WrestleMania 33.
Dean Ambrose was sidelined last year due to a tricep injury. He just returned before Summerslam to be in the corner of his shield brother Seth Rollins for his Intercontinental championship match against Dolph Ziggler. Now since Dean is back, and this is just his 2nd match since returning, one would not be shocked to see the lunatic fringe pinning Dolph Ziggler to win the tag team titles.
#1 A sweet moment for the Shield before they split again.
Believe it or not, when the time of Wrestlemania comes, the Shield brothers will be going their separate ways and will have their individual matches at the showcase of the immortals. The long-term angle according to various sources is that Dean Ambrose will turn on Seth Rollins, as a retribution for the architect's 2014 betrayal, that culminates in their singles match at Wrestlemania. There are also rumors of a Shield triple threat match at the biggest show of the year.
The Dean Ambrose-Seth Rollins Wrestlemania match was in the paper for Wrestlemania 33. However, Dean's tricep injury forced WWE to scrap the match. Now since all three of them are back, it is only a matter of time before they split again. Before that, however, they will definitely have a peak point - in this case, clinching all the men's gold in RAW. They held United States championship and Tag Team championship together in their first run. Now they will be looking forward to adding a world title to that mix.
