5 reasons why WWE needs to officially end The Shield reunion right now

#3 The Viral infection

Roman Reigns after getting Brogue Kicked and losing The WWE World Heavyweight Championship.

Speaking of things that absolutely derailed WWE's chances of starting The Shield reunion off on the right foot, Roman Reigns contracted a viral infection and was forced to sit out for a pay per view to recover. This left Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins to team up with Kurt Angle instead, which was cool, but a bummer to those that wanted the reunion.

And yeah, Kurt Angle joined The Shield and got a huge pop in the process. Heck, he even won the whole thing after making The Miz tap out to The Angle lock, but it didn't have the same impact that it would have had if The Shield had actually been able to reunite for the first time in two years.

Of course, this is just another blatant example of WWE using nostalgia to blind fans from the truth of the matter, but it is commendable that they were able to put together such a blockbuster match in such little time. Sure, setting up Bruan Strowman versus Kane probably helped that, but having Angle in the match was a pure genius move.

It didn't serve its original purpose though and that's why it's on this list. Unfortunately for The Shield, WWE then did the reunion a few weeks later on Raw, which was really just a slap in the face to the uniqueness that could have been created here.