3 Feuds We Want To See For The Shield

Earlier this week, Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose put their differences aside  and reformed the most dominant WWE faction of the past decade, The Shield. They’ll do battle with Braun Strowman, The Miz, Cesaro and Sheamus next weekend at TLC in a Tables, Ladders and Chairs match in what’s sure to be a violent affair that solidifies the fact that they’re back in a big way.

Sure, the Shield reunion is in part a vehicle to finally get fans behind Reigns and their alliance might not last forever. And WWE does not currently have many unified trios on the roster besides The New Day and The Miz, Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel. But while we’ve got them, we’ve come up with three feuds we want to see for The Shield.

The Club: Styles, Anderson & Gallows

AJ Styles is on SmackDown, while The Club is on RAW with The Shield. This predicament would typically prohibit such a pairing, but we’re right around the corner from WWE’s next inter-brand pay-per-view offering, Survivor Series on November 19th.

The odds are stacked against The Shield at TLC, when the Hounds of Justice square face four of RAW’s top talents. Even with the 1-man disadvantage, it’s virtually a foregone conclusion that The Shield won’t be losing their first big match back together. They’ll get a feel-good win at TLC and will be looking for their next challengers. Enter The Club.

Earlier this week, AJ Styles did an interview with Planeta Wrestling and was asked about this exact scenario. When asked if he thought The Club could hang with The Shield, a confident Styles had no doubts whether or not the ‘Good Brothers’ could emerge victorious from a clash with Reigns, Rollins and Ambrose.

“I think that if Gallows and Anderson and I got together, we would dominate just like we’ve done before,” said Styles. “There’s no doubt about it.”

They raised hell in New Japan Pro Wrestling several years back as part of the Bullet Club and they’ve paired together in WWE.

Looking back at some of WWE’s recent pay-per-view booking (Lesnar vs. Joe, Lesnar vs. Strowman, Cena vs. Reigns, even Cena vs. Joe at live events), the company has not been shy about pulling the trigger on big money WrestleMania-caliber matches.

The Club is our top “dream match” for The Shield and Survivor Series is the time and place to make it happen.

Samoa Joe & The Authors of Pain

Talk about three guys you wouldn’t want to have beef with. Samoa Joe is currently out of action since suffering a knee injury back in August. During an interview with Sky Sports the following month, Joe said his recovery is going really well and said his knee had only been at around 80% capacity since joining WWE.

Joe also revealed that his breathing ability was only around 60% as a result of breaking his nose eight times throughout his career. During his time away, he had nasal surgery and said, “You have no idea how invigorating it is” after undergoing the procedure. “Now it’s the best I’ve ever felt, it really is.”

After dropping the NXT Tag Team Championships to Sanity at NXT Takeover: Brooklyn during SummerSlam weekend, the Authors of Pain have been rumored to be joining the main roster imminently.

A refreshed Samoa Joe will spell trouble for the entire RAW roster when he returns. Pair him with Akam, Rezar and Paul Ellering and you’ve got a virtually unstoppable force to challenge The Shield.

Kevin Owens, Sami Zayna and … Neville

This final trio might be an unlikely hypothetical due to Neville’s current standing with the company and the fact that Owens and Zayn are on SmackDown, but hear us out. Neville has reportedly been frustrated with his role on RAW and 205 Live and may have outgrown his role as the ‘King of the Cruiserweights.’

Despite his questionable booking in recent months, Neville is one of the top performers in WWE and remains under contract. Since he’s done it all in the Cruiserweight division, WWE should move him to SmackDown and align him with Zayn and Owens.

On SmackDown, Neville would have a fresh crop of opponents to work and he, Zayn, Owens could work against pairings like The New Day, Shelton Benjamin and Chad Gable, The Fashion Police and variations of Orton, Styles, Nakamura and others.

This is the least likely group that could work with The Shield, but there’s no question these 6 men would have great matches together.

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Discussion: What 3-man pairing would you want to see challenge The Shield?