The Shield Discuss Troubles They Faced After Initial Split

WWE released the latest episode of Table For 3 on the WWE Network, which features all three members of The Shield, who speak about the struggles they faced after their split.

Rollins first explained that he felt lonesome and it felt different, almost alien to be by himself again:

“I remember after we split up, like, because that was like, I remember feeling, for a while, like, so… the aloneness of it set in so much because we were relying on each other so much, all the time, to, like, kind of carry little pieces of it. It was almost like I had forgotten how to be like a singles wrestler again. I was like, ‘oh man, what do I have to do? Now they’re putting me in the ring and I’m doing these 10-minute promos,’ and I’m like, ‘ah, where, urgh…’ I was like, ‘come on, what’s going on?’ It was very intimidating.”

He continued, explaining he didn’t even know what to wear:

“I remember we broke up and I’m like, ‘do I go back to trunks now?’ I’m like, ‘no, that means I have to shave things!’ My whole [pro wrestling] career, I spent this whole process of getting rid of this body hair. And then we got into The Shield stuff and I’m like, ‘oh, oh.'”

Ambrose would chime in, talking about his role as a babyface and how he struggled with it, after dropping hints that he would be the one to turn on the faction:

“I didn’t know what to do. As soon as that went down, and I was definitely not prepared to try to make people like me and I didn’t think they would. I was always… throughout the whole thing, I was kind of trying to make it like, ‘I’m kind of the asshole here. Everybody knows that one day everybody is going to know that he’s the asshole.’ I was always trying to plant those little seeds in everybody’s head. And then, all-of-a-sudden, it was like, ‘oh, if nobody likes me, this isn’t going to work very well.’ I was like, ‘I don’t really know how to do that,’ so I went, ‘I’m just going to do nothing and not try at all. I’m going to wear the same jeans I’m coming to the building in and I’m not going to have an entrance. I’m not going to try and do anything cool. I’m just going to come to the ring and start fighting people and get beat up a lot.'”

With H/T to WrestlingInc for the transcription.

If you haven’t got the WWE Network or want more of a reason to watch the special, check out the clip we’ve featured below, where the members of The Shield recall their debut.

The Shield recall their debut over dinner on Table for 3 (WWE Network Exclusive)

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