Roman Reigns Reveals “Really Lame” Idea WWE Wanted For Shield Debut

WWE Superstar Roman Reigns spoke with Coaster Boy Josh of ElvisDuran.com to preview WrestleMania XXX. Josh, an avid wrestling fan, asked Reigns about several other topics regarding his career, including The Shield’s debut at Survivor Series.

In this portion, Reigns revealed that WWE actually had a different plan for their debut at the pay-per-view, one that included props as they attacked Ryback in his WWE Championship match with CM Punk and John Cena.

“Yeah, we debuted at Survivor Series — the coolest part of that is we were supposed to have like shields. It was really..for lack of a better word..it was really lame. We had like, literal riot shields..fiberglass riot shields with the word “Shield” written up it. We were like..’everyone will know who we are..geez’. We just pictured..trying to get into the ring with these things.

Like, for years now..you go into the ring a certain way, and you’re not usually carrying a huge, plastic shield. So, we just had this terrifying nightmare of not being able to..like slide in and we’re like stuck..we can’t get in and we’re looking up and there’s Ryback standing over us, and we’ve completely blown the whole debut.

So, immediately, Vince was like ‘What, are you guys wussies? You need that?’ We’re like ‘No’. And he’s like ‘Good, leave them’, and we just ran in there and we beat the dog piss out of Ryback and put him through the table.”

Not long after this debut, the three men revealed to the WWE Universe they were there to protect against the injustices in the company. The attack would eventually lead to a three-on-three Tables, Ladders and Chairs match between The Shield and the team of Ryback, Daniel Bryan and Kane the very next month, a topic that Reigns hits on in the interview.

The Shield continued its dominance into 2013, where they interfered with the WWE Championship match between The Rock and CM Punk at the Royal Rumble. Eventually, Reigns and Rollins would capture the WWE Tag Team Championship while Ambrose brought home the United States Championship, a title he still holds until today.

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