The Shield's 7 Badass Moments From Their First-Run

If you watched Raw this past Monday, you must have seen how Raw's entire Heel Roster decimated The Shield. Seth Rollins even suffered a minor legitimate injury. The Shield is known for seeking revenge in the most badass ways possible. Just go through the history and you will find that out.

The upcoming edition of Monday Night Raw would likely feature The Shield seeking revenge, not just against Strowman, McIntyre and Ziggler, but also against the heels of Raw. The acting General Manager Baron Corbin is likely to feel the wrath of the Hounds of Justice as well.

It's likely that The Revival and baby-faces of Raw like Bobby Lashley, Finn Balor, The B-Team etc. who have a score to settle against the heels, would aid The Shield. The upcoming episode of Raw has the potential to be the most chaotic Raw episode in a long time.

So, while we're anticipating the upcoming episode, here's a list of 7 badass Shield moments from the trio's first run in WWE that would give you a hint at what's to come!

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#7 Decimating The Deadman

Shortly after Wrestlemania 29, The Shield started to interrupt segments involving part-timers like Triple H and The Undertaker. However, Team Hell No always ended up evening the odds. The Undertaker and Team Hell No had a mini-feud with The Shield in April 2013. This led to a six-man tag match between the two Teams on the April 22nd, 2013 edition of Raw. The Shield ended up winning the match when Dean Ambrose pinned Daniel Bryan.

The feud between The Undertaker and The Shield culminated in a match between The Deadman and Dean Ambrose on the following edition of Smackdown. The Undertaker won the match after Dean submitted to the Hell's Gate. After the match, The Shield brutally attacked The Undertaker, triple power-bombing him through the Broadcast table. The Undertaker didn't make any further appearances on WWE until February, 2014.

#6 All Champions

After getting rid of The Undertaker, The Shield set their sights on Gold. Ambrose started feuding with the new United States Champion, Kofi Kingston while the WWE Tag Team Champions Kane and Daniel Bryan had been feuding with The Shield since the latter's debut. This led to matches at Extreme Rules 2013 pitting Ambrose against Kingston and Team Hell No against Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins for the United States Championship and the WWE Tag Team Championships respectively.

All members of The Shield ended up winning their matches and hence, Championship titles. Ambrose even went on to become one of the longest reigning United States Champions. The Shield became the first group (with more than 2 members) in nearly 10 years having all its members as Champions at the same time.

#5 Humbling The Great One

The Rock announced in July 2012 that he would be challenging the WWE Champion for the title at Royal Rumble 2013, 6 months later. The Rock then made his return to Raw on the 7th January, 2013 edition of Raw. The Rock confronted the WWE Champion CM Punk and laid him out with a Rock Bottom. CM Punk was accused of having a partnership with The Shield as the trio had been helping Punk in retaining his WWE Championship since November 2012.

The Shield attacked The Rock on the final Raw before Royal Rumble. The Shield laid out The Great One with a Triple Power-bomb. This moment was really impressive and made The Shield seem like an even bigger threat. In the present era, where Red Hot Teams like The Ascension and The Revival are fed to the Legends for the audiences' viewing pleasure, The Shield was booked to look strong, at the expense of The Rock.

#4 Turning Face

Ever since the trio's debut, the WWE Universe had a hard time booing them. The Shield was booked as a villainous stable, which feuded with Superstars like John Cena, Daniel Bryan, The Undertaker, CM Punk etc. However, as the year 2013 was approaching its end, it started looking like The Shield members were slowly transitioning into baby-faces. They acted as faces during their feud with The Wyatt Family in February 2014.

After being defeated by The Wyatt Family on 2 different occasions and betrayed by Seth Rollins, who temporarily quit the Stable due to being frustrated with Ambrose and Reigns' cold-war, The Shield sorted out their differences and re-aligned. The Shield completed their face turn on the March 17th, 2014 edition of Raw when they refused Corporate Kane's order to attack Jerry Lawler. The Shield instead attacked Kane and laid him out with a Triple Power-bomb.

#3 Destroying The Competition Beforehand

After Wrestlemania 30, The Shield started feuding with The Authority. Their rebellion backfired as The Shield was booked in a 3 on 11 Handicap tag team match on the April 14th, 2014 edition of Raw. The Shield was severely outnumbered. the match ended in a no-contest as the referee couldn't maintain the control of the match. The 11 heels continued their beat-down on The Shield after the match. The re-united Evolution then appeared and brutally assaulted The Hounds of Justice.

The Shield was booked again in a 3 on 11 handicap tag team match a week later on Smackdown. This time however, The Shield took out more than half of their opponents beforehand. The Shield attacked Fandago, Heath Slater, Jinder Mahal, Drew McIntyre, Jack Swagger and Curtis Axel during the episode. The Shield also attacked the General Manager Brad Maddox. The Shield then went on to win the handicap match against 5 opponents. This episode of Smackdown heavily featured The Shield doing what they did best i.e serving justice!

#2 Standing Tall

On the May 12th, 2014 edition of Monday Night Raw, Roman Reigns was scheduled to face Batista in the main event. The match ended in a no-contest after Triple H, Randy Orton, Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins ended up getting involved. The Shield and Evolution continued to brawl until the heel roster came out to attack The Shield once again. The heels took out Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose but continued to attack Roman Reigns.

Roman Reigns, somehow broke free and speared Triple H before getting jumped over by the heels again. Ambrose and Rollins then entered the ring with steel chairs and started attacking the Heels. The Evolution retreated while The Shield continued assaulting the heels. The Shield Triple Power-bombed Ryback to close the show while standing tall in the ring.

#1 Standing Up to The Authority

The Raw after Wrestlemania features one of the most energetic crowds. That episode of Raw also consists of many surprise returns and interesting twists to ongoing story-lines. The same happened on the Raw after Wrestlemania 30. Triple H challenged Daniel Bryan in the main event for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. Before the match, Stephanie McMahon asked The Shield and Corporate Kane to get on the same page and make sure Triple H ends the night as the new Champion.

Before the main event even began, Batista, Kane and Randy Orton attacked Daniel Bryan. The crowd was enthusiastically chanting "Hounds of Justice" during the beat-down. After a few moments, the music hit and out came The Hounds of Justice to a monster pop. The Shield entered the ring and attacked The Authority after a brief stare-down. The Shield and Daniel Bryan stood tall as Raw went off-air.