One MIND-BLOWING Secret From Every Year Of WWE History
12. 2013 - WWE Cooled On The Shield
It’s wild enough that WWE purportedly cooled on John Cena in 2004. Something more incredible apparently happened nearly a decade later.
Vince McMahon saw so much in Roman Reigns that he relinquished his total monopoly over the United States as a consequence of a push that was as unwanted as it was unrelenting. Roman was rejected on virtually every WWE show. He was actually a great, explosive working babyface, but it didn’t matter. The fans resented Reigns on a deep, almost philosophical level. Vince didn’t care. He would not be told, even if for nearly half a decade WWE fans never got tired of telling him. From day one, as soon as Roman Reigns put on that tactical vest, he was positioned as the next face of WWE.
Or was he?
Per the August 19 WON, Dave Meltzer reported that the Wyatt Family was a huge Triple H “project” that was destined to usurp the Shield as WWE’s biggest heel unit. While Triple H was high on the act to begin with, this was compounded by the fact that the Shield had hurt the Undertaker and Randy Orton earlier that year and were being “moved down” consequently.
This actually did happen, but it’s still stunning to learn why: that Roman once had something adjacent to heat within the office.