History Trivia / TheShield

** Their 2017 run was CutShort due to an injury placing Ambrose out of action. When he returned from the injury the following summer, the trio picked up where they left off before Reigns' leukaemia diagnosis forced plans to change again and a planned FaceHeelTurn for Ambrose was brought forward, before he underwent a HeelFaceTurn shortly after Reigns returned after he entered remission and the Shield reunited for one last run before Ambrose left WWE at the end of his contract a few months later. For nearly a year and a half, it was just one moment after the other derailing whatever plans WWE had in place for the Hounds of Justice.

* CreatorBacklash: None of them were fond of the turtleneck sweaters they wore during their debut or the riot shields they were supposed to have brought down to the ring.

** Creator/MichaelChiklis, who at the time was better known for staring in comedic roles like Series/TheCommish when he was first cast as Vic Mackey.

* StarMakingRole: This show would help Creator/WaltonGoggins land major roles in other acclaimed shows such as Series/Justified, Series/SonsOfAnarchy, and even appear in the MCU.

** Three songs were considered for the montage that ends season one: Music/{{Coldplay}}'s Trouble (which was eventually selected), Music/{{REM}}'s Find the River, and an unspecified track by [[Music/{{DaveMatthewsBand}} Dave Matthews Band]].

** Creator/MichaelChiklis, who at the time was better known for staring in comedic roles like Series/TheCommish when he was first cast as Vic Mackey, and later on actor-comedian Creator/AnthonyAnderson, known for being a funny black loudmouth, as the [[{{Understatement}} rather serious]] black loudmouth Antwon Mitchell.

* CastTheRunnerUp: Neither Ronnie or Lem existed in the original script; David Rees Snell and Kenny Johnson initially auditioned for the roles of Shane Vendrell and Terry Crowley, respectively, before Ryan created the roles of Ronnie and Lem for them.

* BreakupBreakout: Surprisingly averted. Near the end of their tenure, it was pretty clear that Reigns was chosen as WWE's next top babyface, and began giving him a bigger emphasis. However even after their dissolution and Reigns' thrust into the spotlight, Ambrose and Rollins have both had notable success. Rollins' betrayal of the team led to him becoming the top heel of the company for a while, and he even pinned Reigns to win his first WWE Championship. Ambrose is the "least" successful of the three, but he's ''the'' EnsembleDarkhorse and easily one of the company's most popular stars since Wrestling/DanielBryan and every match he participates in is always a fan favorite. When Bryan ''did'' retire, he arguably became the most popular face on the roster. Eventually, it reached a point where all three men were world champion within ''three minutes'' of each other. Reigns lost the title to Rollins (again), only for Ambrose to cash in and win the title off him, finally cementing the Shield's status as the most successful stable in recent WWE history since Evolution. For further aversion, Ambrose was even the first member of the Shield to become a Grand Slam Champion; conversely, Rollins would be the last member to achieve that, as Reigns would complete it a few months after Ambrose did.
* OldShame: None of them were fond of the turtleneck sweaters they wore during their debut or the riot shields they were supposed to have brought down to the ring.

* {{Typecasting}}: Subverted; the series helped completely destroy the public image of Creator/MichaelChiklis as the stern but lovable father figure that hung over him since his early 90s series ''The Commish'' ended.

* AbilityOverAppearance: Claudette was a male character whose gender was flipped when they couldn't find a male actor to play the role.

** Creator/MichaelChiklis when he was first cast as Vic Mackey, and later on actor-comedian Creator/AnthonyAnderson, known for being a funny black loudmouth, as the [[{{Understatement}} rather serious]] black loudmouth Antwon Mitchell.

** Prior to signing with the WWE, Tyler Black (Seth Rollins) had been offered a deal by TNA. Jon Moxley (Dean Ambrose) also had a tryout for them as well. It really makes you wonder what would have happened to them and to Roman Reigns had either signed with TNA instead -- the Shield itself might've never existed. ned with TNA instead -- the Shield itself might've never existed.

* CreatorBacklash: A somewhat mild example, but when asked in an interview whether he felt the show's portrayal of the police had aged well, producer Glen Mazzara replied with "yes and no." He felt the series' frank depiction of police brutality and lack of accountability has held up and successfully conveyed the writers' intentions to not portray cops as heroes, but also admitted that the show's perspective was skewed by the staff being predominately white, middle-aged men. He added that were they to make the show today, "it would have to include voices from communities being affected by the police."

* FanNickname: [[Wrestling/BigBossman The Big Boss Men]] (due to their similar appearance to the Attitude Era Boss Man) and [[Wrestling/TheNexus Nexus 2]] (due to being former NXT wrestlers interfering with matches and causing mass beat downs.)

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* CreatorBacklash: A somewhat mild example, but when asked in an interview whether he felt the show's portrayal of the police had aged well, producer Glen Mazzara replied with "yes and no." He felt the series' frank depiction of police brutality and lack of has held up, but also admitted that the perspective was skewed by the fact that the staff was predominately white, middle-aged men. He added that were they to make the show today, it would have to include voices from communities being affected by the police.

->''I had no glasses on in that scene, and it was so bright that I needed glasses and no one had anything. So I walked into the bodega that we were shooting next to downtown and bought a five dollar pair of Polo sport glasses, and those were his glasses.''