5 Things To Watch On WWE Network This Week (Aug 25)

3. The Shield's TLC 2012 Dominance

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When The Shield blasted Braun Strowman through a table on Raw, it instantly drummed up memories of them doing the same to men like Ryback, Kane and Daniel Bryan in 2012. Now Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins are running riot again, you have an excuse to fire up the Network and re-watch their glory days as a group.

They don't come much better than the six-man TLC match at that pay-per-view in December 2012.

Aside from another stormer between Dolph Ziggler and John Cena (a Ladder Match over Ziggler's MITB briefcase), there isn't much else of note on the card. That's a shame, because it means the show isn't worth watching from start to finish. Here's a tip: go to the six-man match, then skip straight to the main event.

This kind of balls-to-the-wall mayhem was a hallmark of The Shield's initial run together, and it's the kind of chaos they'll need if fans are temporarily going to forget that hey, they're supposed to be booing Reigns, not cheering for him.

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