DVD Review – The Destruction Of The Shield

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DESTRUCTION_OT_SHIELD_DVDThe DVD set titled “The Destruction of the Shield” is WWE’s latest release highlighting the career of not 1 but 3 of their current superstars. What’s interesting about this is, they are still all currently active and making their way up through the ranks. Here we will see them as the one of most dominant groups WWE has ever seen, going from being unknown, up to their current run as singles competitors.

It splits off onto 3 different journeys, starting with Seth Rollins. Here we get to hear and see where he has come from, showing us photos and little video clips from his early wrestling work before signing with WWE. It then shows us Dean Ambrose’s early career. During these we get a few interviews with Daniel Bryan as he met both of these in his early career at Ring of Honor. Finally in the intro section we get Roman Reigns. Here is slightly different because although he has an early wrestling career before WWE, he started in American Football, so we get a few clips of him playing football, along side his second cousins The Usos, which then takes us through his detailed family history of being part of the Samoans.

We’re then brought to NXT where it shows Seth Rollins winning the NXT Championship, showing that he will be going on to great things one day. Ambrose and Reigns have their own success in NXT and although they didn’t win the gold, they proved that they also have what it takes to get noticed. This is what led to people putting the 3 of them together. They finally get put together into the group known as The Shield ready for their debut on WWE TV at Survivor Series 2012, where they interfere in the John Cena vs Ryback title match. We get to see them go on and win the Tag Titles and the US Title, then take on Evolution, which leads to their split. We’re then taken through the rivalry between Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins following the break up. Along side with this we have Roman Reigns feud with Randy Orton. All 3 trying to make a name for themselves as a singles wrestler.

Although the main part of the DVD is detailed in their early careers, I feel that it seems to highlight Seth Rollins more than giving each wrestler a 3rd of the air time. It has a lot of interviews with the 3, and with many other WWE superstars giving their insight into who the Shield are and where they will go in the future.
Saying this, I feel that this part of the DVD is far too short for my liking. They had many rivalries in the 2 years they were together that could have been highlighted. Luckily the DVD set is saved with its extra content. There are a few NXT and FCW matches, a lot of WWE TV matches from many PPVs and also an interview about each of the 20 matches available too.

I don’t want to put anyone off getting this set, because I’m a fan of the Shield, like a lot of WWE fans, and they have a lot of great matches together so as stated earlier, the extras will keep you happy for a while, it’s just let down by the documentary section.

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Kris Wall

Extra Content

Dean Ambrose on Seth Rollins FCW Rivalry

15-Minute Time Limit for the FCW 15 Championship
Dean Ambrose vs. Seth Rollins
FCW • August 14, 2011

Seth Rollins on Dean Ambrose FCW Rivalry

30-Minute Time Limit for the FCW 15 Championship
Dean Ambrose vs. Seth Rollins
FCW • September 18, 2011

Roman Reigns on FCW Triple Threat Match

Triple Threat Match
Dean Ambrose vs. Seth Rollins vs. Leakee
FCW • February 5, 2012

Dean Ambrose on William Regal FCW Rivalry

Dean Ambrose vs. William Regal
FCW • July 1, 2012

Seth Rollins on NXT Championship

Gold Rush Tournament Finals for the NXT Championship
Seth Rollins vs. Jinder Mahal
NXT • August 29, 2012

Roman Reigns on NXT Debut

Roman Reigns vs. CJ Parker
NXT • October 31, 2012

Seth Rollins on Shield In-Ring Debut

6-Man Tag Team TLC Match
The Shield vs. Ryback & Team Hell No
TLC • December 16, 2012

Dean Ambrose on United States Championship

United States Championship Match
Dean Ambrose vs. Kofi Kingston
Extreme Rules • May 19, 2013

Roman Reigns on WWE Tag Team Championship

Tornado Match for the WWE Tag Team Championship
Roman Reigns & Seth Rollins vs. Team Hell No
Extreme Rules • May 19, 2013

Roman Reigns on Facing the Usos
WWE Tag Team Championship Match

Seth Rollins & Roman Reigns vs. The Usos
Money In the Bank • July 14, 2013

Roman Reigns on Survivor Series 2013

Classic Survivor Series Elimination Match
The Shield & The Real Americans vs. The Usos, Rhodes Brothers & Rey Mysterio
Survivor Series • November 24, 2013

Dean Ambrose on Wyatt Family Rivalry

6-Man Tag Team Match
The Shield (Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins & Dean Ambrose) vs. The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper & Erick Rowan)
Elimination Chamber • February 23, 2014

Seth Rollins on Evolution Rivalry

No Holds Barred 6-Man Elimination Tag Team Match
The Shield (Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins & Dean Ambrose) vs. Evolution (Triple H, Randy Orton & Batista)
Payback • June 1, 2014

Seth Rollins on Money in the Bank 2014

Money in the Bank Ladder Match
Seth Rollins vs. Dean Ambrose vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Kofi Kingston vs. Rob Van Dam vs. Jack Swagger
Money in the Bank • June 29, 2014

Dean Ambrose on SummerSlam

Lumberjack Match
Dean Ambrose vs. Seth Rollins
SummerSlam • August 17, 2014

Roman Reigns on SummerSlam

Roman Reigns vs. Randy Orton
SummerSlam • August 17, 2014

Seth Rollins on Falls Count Anywhere Match with Dean Ambrose

Falls Count Anywhere Match
Dean Ambrose vs. Seth Rollins
RAW • August 18, 2014

Roman Reigns on Seth Rollins Rivalry

Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins
RAW • September 15, 2014

Deleted Scenes
The Dean Ambrose – William Regal Rivalry
Leakee

Blu Ray Extras

Roman Reigns on FCW Triple Threat Match

20-Minute Time Limit for the FCW 15 Championship
Dean Ambrose vs. Seth Rollins
FCW • August 28, 2011

Dean Ambrose on Facing The Undertaker

The Undertaker vs. Dean Ambrose
SmackDown • April 26, 2013

Seth Rollins on Facing Orton and Bryan

WWE Tag Team Championship Match
Roman Reigns & Seth Rollins vs. Randy Orton & Daniel Bryan
Payback • June 16, 2013

Roman Reigns on Royal Rumble

30-Man Royal Rumble Match
Royal Rumble • January 26, 2014