Thread: Sit by Mr. Pierre’s Pool: Is the investment of the Shield a flop?
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Old 05-11-2020, 12:21 AM   #7
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I guess my answer is that it wasn't really a flop, but it wasn't as great as WWE could have handled it, either. Back to a point I've made repeatedly over the years, WWE is content on bypassing all the Rick Rudes and Roddy Pipers to attempt to laser focus on creating the next Hulk Hogan. And instead of even using the Four Horsemen method of the other two protecting Roman as he gets built to be world champ, they are super eager to break up stables and tag teams for no good goddamn reason and make absolutely everyone a singles star unless it's temporarily en vogue to have teams again for a few months... because it's always only temporary.

The Shield could have been a perpetual wrestling memory maker and money machine, and instead, they were merely honed to be a means to an end for Roman, even before he was ready in any capacity; be it too green, unhealthy, or not quite over enough on his own to carry the entire company. Hell, even with "The Last Ride of The Shield", it was all just a cheap ploy to get people to cheer Roman. This kind of nonsense is and has been a larger issue within that company.
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