History Awesome / TheShield

* An individual moment for Roman Reigns: in his traditional Survior Series elimination match (with The Shield and the Real Americans vs. the Usos, the Rhodes Brothers and ReyMysterio), he becomes his team's sole survivor, eliminating all the opposition (save for Jey Uso) with spears. Notably, he finally eliminated the returning Mysterio to win it all.

* 9/23/13 - The Shield is placed in a tag-team elimination match against (sit down, this might take a while) Wrestling/RobVanDam, Wrestling/KofiKingston, Wrestling/DolphZiggler, Wrestling/ZackRyder, The Usos, [[Wrestling/PrimeTimePlayers Darren Young, Titus O'Neil]], Wrestling/JustinGabriel, [[RonKillings R-Truth]]... and DanielBryan. Aside from the Wrestling/PrimeTimePlayers and Usos (both of whom have feuded with and nearly beaten the Shield on different occasions), each of the members of this super-team has held a championship. The Shield lost, but managed to eliminate SEVEN of their eleven opponents despite being outnumbered nearly four-to-one. Roman Reigns in particular was a beast, eliminating three men in under two minutes without tagging. And Rollins, to his credit, did not back down even after being surrounded 4-to-1 and taking a [[HoistByTheirOwnPetard Shield-style beatdown]]. The awesome was almost enough to make you [[RootingForTheEmpire root for the empire.]] Almost.

** That "almost" is a moment of awesome in and of itself. The fact that the Shield ''weren't'' outright treated as faces by the crowd and their defeat was '''loudly''' cheered despite the odds they faced speaks to how well the storyline with the Shield serving as de-facto [[QuirkyMinibossSquad heavies]] for the [=McMahons=] and heel Randy Orton is working: rather than simply reacting to designated roles (as is the case all too often in today's WWE), the audience actually feels compelled to hate the Shield and to want them to go down now.

* 9/23/13 - The Shield is placed in a tag-team elimination match against (sit down, this might take a while) RobVanDam, KofiKingston, DolphZiggler, ZackRyder, The Usos, [[Wrestling/PrimeTimePlayers Darren Young, Titus O'Neil]], Wrestling/JustinGabriel, [[RonKillings R-Truth]]... and DanielBryan. Aside from the PrimeTimePlayers and Usos (both of whom have feuded with and nearly beaten the Shield on different occasions), each of the members of this super-team has held a championship. The Shield lost, but managed to eliminate SEVEN of their eleven opponents despite being outnumbered nearly four-to-one. Roman Reigns in particular was a beast, eliminating three men in under two minutes without tagging. And Rollins, to his credit, did not back down even after being surrounded 4-to-1 and taking a [[HoistByTheirOwnPetard Shield-style beatdown]]. The awesome was almost enough to make you [[RootingForTheEmpire root for the empire.]] Almost.

* 9/23/13 - The Shield is placed in a tag-team elimination match against (sit down, this might take a while) RobVanDam, KofiKingston, DolphZiggler, ZackRyder, The Usos, [[Wrestling/PrimeTimePlayers Darren Young, Titus O'Neil]], Justin Gabriel, [[RonKillings R-Truth]]... and DanielBryan. Aside from the PrimeTimePlayers and Usos (both of whom have feuded with and nearly beaten the Shield on different occasions), each of the members of this super-team has held a championship. The Shield lost, but managed to eliminate SEVEN of their eleven opponents despite being outnumbered nearly four-to-one. Roman Reigns in particular was a beast, eliminating three men in under two minutes without tagging. And Rollins, to his credit, did not back down even after being surrounded 4-to-1 and taking a [[HoistByTheirOwnPetard Shield-style beatdown]]. The awesome was almost enough to make you [[RootingForTheEmpire root for the empire.]] Almost.

** Telling Lt. Jon Kavanaugh about how he had sex with Sadie (Jon's ex-wife): "Your wife's pussy tastes like sweet butter."
---> ''Kavanaugh speaking with Sadie:''
---> '''Sadie:''' (opens her door) What do you want?
---> '''Kavanaugh:''' Just needed to know if you've seen this guy. (shows a picture of Mackey)
---> '''Sadie:''' (innocently) Yeah, he came through.
---> '''Kavanaugh:'''Can you...(chuckles)...tell me what happened? What did he do?
---> '''Sadie:''' (pretending to think) What did he do...he made me come. That's what happened. (Kavanaugh laughs like it's a joke) '''Twice'''. (Kavanaugh looks horrified)
---> Also qualifies as a CrowningMomentOfFunny.
*** Seducing a broken and mentally unstable woman just to spite someone who's trying to arrest him for murder? Dude, MoralEventHorizon.

* ''Extreme Rules 2012'', The Shield make their mark on history as Ambrose downs [[Wrestling/KofiKingston Kofi]] for the US Championship and Rollins and Reigns unseat Team [[Wrestling/{{Kane}} Hell]] [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson No]] for the Tag Team Championships. Believe in the Shield, indeed.

* ''Extreme Rules 2012'', The Shield make their mark on history as Dean Ambrose downs Kofi for the US Championship and Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns unseat Team Hell No for the Tag Team Championships. Believe in the Shield, indeed.

* ''Extreme Rules 2012'', The Shield make their mark on history as AMbrose downs Kofi for the US Championship and Rollins and Reigns unseat Team Hell No for the Tag Team Championships. Believe in the Shield, indeed.

** Rolling [[ShoutOut blacking out]] Bryan with a stomp into the chair.

* ''The TLC 2012'' match between The Shield and Team [[Wrestling/{{Kane}} Hell]] [[Wrestling/DanielBryan No]] and {{Ryback}} was really a sight to behold. The match saw The Shield put Ryback through the Spanish Announcers Table, ''again''. Bury Kane under myriad of ladders to take him out of the game, and one sick bump through some tables off a ladder by Seth Rollins courtesy of Ryback. And The Shield winning by putting Bryan through a table and pinning him.[[note]]This match could only be won by pin or submission even though it was a Tables, Ladders, and. Chairs match[[/note]]

* ''The TLC 2012'' match between The Shield and Team [[Wrestling/{{Kane}} Hell]] [[Wrestling/DanielBryan No]] and Ryback was really a sight to behold. The match saw The Shield put Ryback through the Spanish Announcers Table, ''again''. Bury Kane under myriad of ladders to take him out of the game, and one sick bump through some tables off a ladder by Seth Rollins courtesy of Ryback. And The Shield winning by putting Bryan through a table and pinning him.[[note]]This match could only be won by pin or submission even though it was a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match[[/note]]

* After unsuccessfully pursuing leads on Armadillo Quintero, the team raids an auto body shop where his accomplice is working. When Vic and Curtis Lemansky can't grill the suspects for info, Shane Vendrell proclaims, "Aw, I've had ''enough'' of this shit", grabs a crowbar and ''breaks the man's ankle''.

* Antwon Mitchell crossing over from MagnificentBastard to extra!CompleteMonster and totally owning Shane in the process counts as an Awesome Moment for him.

** In season six, Vic heads into a drug gang's pad where he has to empty his gun's clip outside. But they forget to check the gun's chamber, and with that single bullet he easily takes complete control of the situation, walking back out with everything he came for.

* When Lt. Kavanaugh rails against Vic's activities: "'''VIC MACKEY KILLS COPS! HE DEALS DRUGS! HE BEATS SUSPECTS!'''...''he screwed my ex-wife''. He's just '''pissing''' all over this department, and we're just supposed to lick it up! Do you like the way that tastes? (Lifts his hand up to his mouth) Because it tastes like '''piss''' to me!"

* Michael Chiklis, the actor who plays Vic Mackey, gives a tour-de-force performance during the first season finale, when he learns that his wife and kids have left because he's never home. The broadcast version truncates Vic's breakdown, but the audience understands that Vic is in serious emotional pain. On the DVD extras for Season One, however, there's an unedited take of Chiklis, completely in character, ''breaking down for ten minutes straight''. Not only does he yell and scream, but he ''cries out of the blue and gives the impression that he's having heart palpatations''. After this, Vic calmly stands up and exits his home, finishing off the last shot of Season One. It's a remarkable performance, and Chiklis' personal Crowning Moment as an actor.
* Antwon Mitchell crossing over from MagnificentBastard to extra!CompleteMonster, totally owning Shane in the process.
** Antwon to Shane: 'From now on, when I say, "Suck my dick", you say, "You want me to lick your balls, Daddy?" '
* Trish from the Decoy Squad, deep undercover as a gang leader's girlfriend, has coke-fueled sex to maintain her cover. Later she stops the guy from carrying out a hit, biting a chunk out of his arm before he gets away. Other cops soon arrive and arrest him on her information, and back at the station she goes through debriefing, during which she completely deadpans that she needs to be checked for [=STDs=].
* Monica Rawlings gets one during the interrogation of her archenemy Antwon Mitchell. She keeps her cool as Mitchell tries to unnerve her with his knowledge about her affair with her married partner; in turn she hits him with the news that his son has become a willing sex slave in prison and the horrific events of his childhood that caused him to become such a sociopath. The latter is the one time Mitchell's confidence slips, and she actually gets him to ''cry.''
** Antwon realized his mistake, because he never made that one again. In a later episode, Mitchell is in custody, handcuffed to an interrogation room table. Shane, recognizing that Antwon's death would solve more than a few of the Strike Team's problems, walks into the room with the intention of provoking Antwon into attacking him so that Shane will have justification for gunning him down. Shane uncuffs Antwon and, like Rawlings, throws his son's sexuality and imprisonment in the man's face. Antwon realizes what Shane is up to, and in what can only be called a Crowning Moment of Self-Control, refuses to rise to the bait, finally ''recuffing himself to the table'' and staring Shane dead in the eye as he asks him, "So what was it you were saying about my nigger faggot son?"

* Julian was an underused character for much of the series, but the moment in the season three opener ("Playing Tight") when he breaks the arm of a fellow officer who beat him up (because he was gay) in the previous season's finale is a definite qualifier for his own CMOA.
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*** A ChekovsGun too. He pulls out a bag containing various objects including a bottle of whisky, a knife, and the aforementioned phone book. Considering he started with his fists and moved on to the book, one has to wonder what the intended use of those other items is...