What If Brock Took The MITB Briefcase with him after his SummerSlam 2018 loss?

#2 No Shield Reunion

Without Money in the Bank in play, the Shield reunion would have made less sense.

The Shield reunion offered WWE fans an electric moment, and WWE may have steered toward something like it even without the threat of the Monster in the Bank to guard against. However, Braun Strowman coming at Reigns with the contract setup an entirely logical storyline of Reigns calling on his old running buddies to have his back and head off cash-in attempts.

Perhaps most importantly of all, Reigns reassembling The Shield around him without an imminent threat to protect against could have felt like a pretty heelish move.

While one could argue that having Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins help ward off Strowman is still a bit of a heel move, it’s counterbalanced by The Monster Among Men’s attempts to cash-in post-match when Reigns isn’t at a hundred percent.

So, everyone involved comes off like a bit of a tweener, but still acceptable as faces.