They have been given the ball for the longest time and have been given opportunity after opportunity to deliver but as things stand they just can't do it, here are some reasons why that is the case:
Generic jobber type entrance/theme
All three have very generic stock themes that do not stand out and their entrances are the same with nothing memorable or iconic to them. Compare with say, Nakamura’s and Balor’s entrance and theme both of which are memorable and encourage the crowd to participate, hell even Zayn’s theme gets the crowd singing along. None of the Shield guys have anything like that.
Lack of crowd involvement in anything they do
They have no chorus or phrases to hook the crowd and with their entrances being as they are they just don’t have anything memorable that really makes them stand out. Nor do they have any sign language like the too sweet of Balor/Styles (for example). No phrases like an Austin or Rock had, it is like they are just…there.
None of them really excel on the mic
Ambrose has his hits but he is very inconsistent to really reach any level of greatness. Seth is passable at best and Roman is just terrible. None of them really have the skill to go out there and really work a crowd with their mic skills. They have had all the time to do that and have fallen flat.
None of them really excel when it comes to telling a story in the ring that gets the crowd invested
Seth may have the technical skill but he doesn’t brings much else to his matches, no story, no big fight feel, he hardly gets the crowd invested. Ambrose is just sloppy overall and also fails to get the crowd invested. Roman manages to have the crowd somewhat invested but his matches are so formulaic and his ring work mediocre. In the end none of them really have what it takes to really hype a crowd during their matches (compare Owens vs Zayn, Styles vs Cena, for example).
In the end, I think the Shield guys will never reach that mega star status due to the above, none of them are draws nor are likely to make any impact in popular culture. And I don’t think it can be blamed on booking or creative, they have had a lot of time in the spotlight and main eventing and by this point they should have already stablished their characters and stood out if they were to be any sort of mega stars. People like Balor, Styles and Nakamura are already a bigger deal and more iconic than any of them and they have done this in less time within WWE.
This being the case it doesn’t surprises me that they choose to have Balor beat clean both Roman and Seth to become the first Universal champion and no doubt have plans to have Styles beat Ambrose for the belt soon. They are realizing the Shield guys have failed to reach their potential and are moving on to different talent.
Generic jobber type entrance/theme
All three have very generic stock themes that do not stand out and their entrances are the same with nothing memorable or iconic to them. Compare with say, Nakamura’s and Balor’s entrance and theme both of which are memorable and encourage the crowd to participate, hell even Zayn’s theme gets the crowd singing along. None of the Shield guys have anything like that.
Lack of crowd involvement in anything they do
They have no chorus or phrases to hook the crowd and with their entrances being as they are they just don’t have anything memorable that really makes them stand out. Nor do they have any sign language like the too sweet of Balor/Styles (for example). No phrases like an Austin or Rock had, it is like they are just…there.
None of them really excel on the mic
Ambrose has his hits but he is very inconsistent to really reach any level of greatness. Seth is passable at best and Roman is just terrible. None of them really have the skill to go out there and really work a crowd with their mic skills. They have had all the time to do that and have fallen flat.
None of them really excel when it comes to telling a story in the ring that gets the crowd invested
Seth may have the technical skill but he doesn’t brings much else to his matches, no story, no big fight feel, he hardly gets the crowd invested. Ambrose is just sloppy overall and also fails to get the crowd invested. Roman manages to have the crowd somewhat invested but his matches are so formulaic and his ring work mediocre. In the end none of them really have what it takes to really hype a crowd during their matches (compare Owens vs Zayn, Styles vs Cena, for example).
In the end, I think the Shield guys will never reach that mega star status due to the above, none of them are draws nor are likely to make any impact in popular culture. And I don’t think it can be blamed on booking or creative, they have had a lot of time in the spotlight and main eventing and by this point they should have already stablished their characters and stood out if they were to be any sort of mega stars. People like Balor, Styles and Nakamura are already a bigger deal and more iconic than any of them and they have done this in less time within WWE.
This being the case it doesn’t surprises me that they choose to have Balor beat clean both Roman and Seth to become the first Universal champion and no doubt have plans to have Styles beat Ambrose for the belt soon. They are realizing the Shield guys have failed to reach their potential and are moving on to different talent.