Who Will/Should Stop The Shield?
The Shield has been on a tear since they debuted. They've beaten everybody put in front of them including combinations of Cena, Ryback, Orton, Sheamus, Kane, Bryan, Jericho, Show and more. But they have to lose someday. In wrestling, the formula has often been to build up a heel to be dominant, and then have a face defeat the heel to benefit him/her. Whether face or heel, this formula is the way wrestling should be. Everything should be built up to a point where it makes someone else look good. Often we don't get that, but I digress.
My question is who do you think will be the guy(s) that eventually take him down and should be the guy(s) that eventually take them down? I mean they've beaten everyone, so who gets the rub of actually taking them down?
The typical response is that "they will fed to Super Cena." Would I be shocked at all if this happened? Absolutely not. He could, but sure as hell shouldn't.
Then you look at Ryback, aka the guy whose career was completely derailed by The Shield. Like literally, this guy has yet to win one big PPV match, and The Shield is the biggest reason why. I mean, from a storyline standpoint it makes sense he beat them since they cost him so much plus Ryback is a guy they want to push as a future top guy. But if this were the plan, it would have made since for WM. They cost him numerous times leading into Mania. He lost on the last PPV before Mania to The Shield. It would have made perfect since for Ryback to get his revenge on the biggest show of the year. But it didn't happen, and now he's moved onto a feud w/ Cena and a maybe/maybe not heel turn. So it seems that ship has sailed.
I mean, I can't really think of anyone who really should beat them currently. There is a hell of a lot of people who could and probably will beat them. But when I think about it, maybe the best person to stop The Shield or at least beat them is one of their own. I mentioned an idea once about having Ambrose and Regins kicking Rollins out of the group (and by kicking out I mean beat the hell out of him) for being forgiving and realizing the error of his ways. They beat him so bad he is gone for months while The Shield brings in a new member or two and continue to wreak havoc. Eventually Rollins returns and claims he will and eventually does take down the Shield. The whole storyline would revolve around Rollins trying to stop The Shield while making amends w/ all the stars he took out. I would also have Ambrose become power hungry and declare himself the leader of The Shield. It would kind of turn into a Hogan vs. Sting match up, just on a smaller scale. Now, it appears The Shield will challenge for the Tag Titles at ER and have a good chance to win. To me, this will just begin their reign of terror. So I would build up the animosity between Rollins and the other two for a long time before pulling the trigger.
The last idea is just my own fantasy of how I think The Shield should be brought down. Hey, at least they get beat by one of their own. There are a lot of options of who could beat The Shield but not many who should?
So, just to repeat the question, who do you think will and/or should beat The Shield?