Roman Reigns Denies Notion That CM Punk Originated The Shield

WWE Superstar Roman Reigns was part of a Wizard World Comic Con event in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on May 7. Reigns took questions from fans in attendance for about twenty minutes on that date. One of the attendees brought up former WWE star CM Punk, who claimed on his controversial “Art of Wrestling” podcast that he orchestrated The Shield.

Reigns refuted the claims, stating:

“There’s a lot of things. You’ll hear all kinds of stuff, ‘CM Punk made The Shield.’ Yeah…okay. [laughter] The only thing he made was that Pepsi tattoo on his shoulder. I think a lot of people had their hands in on The Shield. We have a huge creative team that’s part of the process, but ultimately, myself, Dean, and Seth made The Shield.”

“You can put anybody together, but to come together the way we did, to bond the way we did, to make the decisions, and stick together like we did. There’s a lot of things that we had to do to make it ours, and we did that without any fear, without any consequence. We were gonna just do it, and ask for forgiveness later. I would say it was three guys, three hungry guys, who wanted to be the best, and our still striving for that [who] made The Shield.”

Watch Reigns’ comments, which begin at the 16:30 mark, below:

Editor’s Note

That’s quite a take from Reigns, but one which is probably correct, like him or not.