What if Roman Reigns never joined The Shield?

A lot of details came out in the aftermath of CM Punk's controversial departure from WWE. A lot was said during The Pipe Bomb and after CM Punk left WWE on various podcasts and interviews. CM Punk dismantled the hierarchy with which WWE run its business and the idea of their "Chosen One" getting all the credit.

CM Punk went on to accuse Triple H, John Cena and The Rock for being the favorites of Vince McMahon on their success in the company. All of which did rounds in the wrestling world but among his many accusations, Punk claimed that The Shield was his idea did not gather much attention. CM Punk's accusation that he wasn't credited for his idea behind The Shield made rounds for a couple of weeks only to die down like his UFC Career.

According to CM Punk who actually had Kassius Ohno as the third member of The Shield might not sound as promising today. But there are various reasons why Roman Reigns success in WWE is mostly because of his involvement with The Shield. Let's discuss different scenarios if Roman Reigns hadn't joined The Shield.

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RAW's muddy Main-Events

Roman Reigns

It's a fact that ever since WWE decided to push Roman Reigns as the top-face of WWE and this was around 6 years back, RAW has been all about him. Reigns has been on RAW as long as we can remember him and this involves his controversial rise to main event status.

If the Big Dog hadn't joined The Shield, RAW would have had other talented Superstars get an equal footing and every RAW Main-event wouldn't have been centered around The Big Dog.

With that being said, RAW would have become more lively and the whole controversy on his sudden rise would have been a far-fetched idea. RAW's muddy main-events and almost one-sided tale whenever Reigns is involved would have never occurred in our minds.

Roman would have remained a Heel

It's hard to precisely say if Roman Reigns has had a heel-turn after being promoted to WWE in 2012. There have been times when Roman Reigns' face-turn is shown to be evident in a lot of segments.

Considering the fact that Reigns has always been the whining wrestler who can barely talk on the mic but is capable to challenge every wrestler in the roster, having him as a heel would have been a great idea. Also, Roman Reigns made his NXT debut as a heel, with a different set of moves and a different finisher. Something Roman can use even today with great impact.

Universal Title would have centered around the entire roster

The Big Dog

WWE Universal Title has always been centered around The Big Dog for as long as one can remember, except the times when it has been around already established Attitude Era superstars.

Multiple failed attempts at clinching the Universal Title by Roman Reigns was only done to seemingly make the WWE fans cheer for Roman Reigns to get the Title Belt. If Reigns hadn't joined The Shield, he obviously wouldn't have been at the pinnacle of WWE as he stands today, and quite possibly the Universal Title would have seen great WWE prospects going after it.

WWE Universe would have wanted to push Roman Reigns

This might just have been his yard

WWE started early with The Big Dog's push and WWE Universe just couldn't take his controversial rise to main-event status. But truth be told, Roman Reigns is an amazing in-ring worker who gives his everything to his matches.

He has a great move-set and skills to pull an amazing match. Roman Reigns was always the strongest one in The Shield who spoke less and only wrecked havoc in the ring. If WWE hadn't decided to push him because he wasn't a member of something very significant, WWE Universe would have wanted the company to push the talented wrestler.

WrestleMania's and The Undertaker's streak

The worst decision to have Roman defeat The Undertaker at WrestleMania

21 wrestlers couldn't beat The Undertaker at the grandest stage of all, but Roman Reigns did. Roman Reigns headlined 4 WrestleMania Main-Events in a row and has had the complete limelight on him since the beginning of his WWE career.

While Brock Lesnar's win vs The Undertaker was okay, Roman winning against The Phenom obviously brought more heat to WWE's relentless pushing of Roman Reigns. This might have never happened if Roman Reigns had started slow, without the member of The Shield.