Seth Rollins has revealed the original idea for The Shield's breakup.
The Architect recently had an interview with The Sal Licata Show. He talked about things such as where he would be during the Royal Rumble PPV, John Cena's recent retirement, and more.
During the interview, he was asked if the Shield triple threat was ever discussed for WrestleMania. Answering the question, Seth Rollins first revealed that the Shield were originally supposed to break up months before they actually did in 2014, with a match between Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose planned for WrestleMania that year:
"The initial breakup for the Shield was meant to be at WrestleMania 30. Roman Reigns was gonna wrestle Dean Ambrose with Seth Rollins as the special guest referee. I wasn’t even gonna be included in the match. Luckily, that idea got jettisoned. We ended up having a pretty good next year run. Not a year but a few more months. We got the six-mans with Evolution in there, which were really good. Obviously, you get the iconic heel turn."
One of The Bigger Regrets: Seth Rollins
Seth Rollins then discussed how the highly anticipated triple threat randomly ended up happening at the 2016 Battleground PPV, against the wishes of all three members:
"Then we ended up doing the triple threat randomly on a Battleground PPV if I'm not mistaken. All three of us, Roman, Dean, and myself fought against the idea of doing the triple threat match at Battleground because we believed it was a WrestleMania main event.
We were overruled by our overlord at the time, who is no longer a part of this organization. To this day, I think at least for me it's one of the bigger regrets I have that we didn't get to do that match properly and tell the proper story at the biggest PPV of the year."
The former World Champion also recently commented on the possibility of a Shield reunion. You can check out his remarks here.
