11 WWE Fastlane 2019 Impulse Reactions

1. The Shield Vs. Baron Corbin, Drew McIntyre & Bobby Lashley

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Believe in The Shield.

Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose have experienced mixed fortunes as singles stars since their first break-up in 2014, but the continued thirst for their fleeting (and often cursed) reunions act as a reminder of why that severance was so shrewd.

Their "final" encounter as a trio (should Ambrose genuinely leave in April and Rollins ascend to the Monday Night Raw throne at WrestleMania) was a greatest hits package loaded with callbacks and flash forwards as the triumvirate bit a tributary farewell to the flak jackets.

It mattered not that Baron Corbin, Drew McIntyre and Bobby Lashley were buried seven foot deep by the defeat - they were goobers before and warm bodies after - and WrestleMania plans can be made and unmade for those and some of the other gormless heels on the show now that the 'Hounds Of Justice' have been celebrated one final time.

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