The most telling thing during this portion of the interview is that the decision to break The Shield apart was withheld from them until the last minute to deny them a chance to refuse it. Case in point: Dean says that very early in their run they were asked to lay down to Cena in a six-man and they balked, stating that the minute that happens they become just like everybody else on the roster. The three of them supported each other and stood up when they felt they needed to. They were told what was happening with the breakup right before the show where it happened began, Dean says They brought us in and it was like dancing through everybody and then it was like right to Vince, just right to Vince, right into the room. He was like this is what were doing and heres why. We knew that there was no fighting it and we could tell that it had been hidden from us until then.