4 Ups & 6 Downs From WWE WrestleMania 29
Ups...
4. Shield Opener
The Shield dominated the entirety of 2013, as much because they fought for one another behind-the-scenes as much as they did with the cameras rolling.
The reality added a meta quality to most of their early programmes. Seth Rollins, Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns were fiercely united against unsuspecting trifectas that couldn't get their sh*t together long enough to topple them. Sheamus, Randy Orton and The Big Show were more lambs to the 'Hounds Of Justice' slaughter, though walked with the arrogance of three singles stars confident enough to topple this emerging new threat.
In this match and others like it in the build, the trio got a rub few others were getting. This particular pay-per-view was headlined by two of the biggest stars in the world, but Rollins, Ambrose and Reigns were readying themselves to make that gigantic leap.