10 Biggest "What If" Scenarios In WWE History

10. What If Roman Reigns Hadn't Joined The Shield?

What If Roman Reigns Hadn’t Joined The Shield?

A lot of juicy details came out in the wake of CM Punk’s WWE departure. His verbal shredding of the WWE hierarchy took centre stage, but among his tirades was the suggestion that The Shield was his idea, and if Punk had his way, Roman Reigns wouldn’t have been involved.

Kassius Ohno (or Chris Hero) was pegged as the original third member, but Vince McMahon and Triple H shot the idea down. Reigns was installed alongside Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose, and went on to use The Shield’s dissolution as a platform towards inheriting John Cena’s role as the company’s “chosen one.”

Everyone knows how that one panned out. Reigns remains an incredibly unpopular babyface, and a man whose presence only complicates Raw’s muddy main event scene. WWE persist with his push, however, and although they’ve seemingly tried everything to get the poor guy over, they haven’t swayed their course. Reigns is still WWE’s preferred top guy, and that’s not changing anytime soon.

How would things have looked with Ohno in his place? It’s likely that WWE would have called-up Reigns shortly afterwards anyway, but it’s tough to see him reaching such heights without The Shield’s popularity. Ohno, meanwhile, was eventually released for failing to control his weight issues, and is currently one of the most celebrated acts on the US indie scene. A world-class wrestler with excellent microphone skills, he’d likely find himself in the same spot as Rollins and Ambrose had he kept his problems in-check.