NEW ORLEANS — Everybody needs a hero. And sometimes those heroes come from the unlikeliest
of places. For the last year and a half, the entire
WWE roster has incurred the wrath of Dean
Ambrose, Seth Rollins & Roman Reigns. But a lot
can change from one Show of Shows to the next,
and inside the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on Sunday night, these Hounds of Justice stood
victorious as lauded heroes for this post-Attitude
Era. For some, it feels like just yesterday that The New
Age Outlaws and Kane — along with X-Pac —
represented a cadre of beloved competitors. During
the late 1990s, few grapplers were as popular as
Road Dogg, Billy Gunn and The Big Red Monster.
But with their true degenerative and rebellious spirits long gone, it was The Shield that took to
Spearing these three veterans out of their suits and
as far from the boardroom as possible.
The Shield wasted no time, interrupting the D-O-
Double-G’s familiar spiel and descending from
amongst the capacity crowd. Once the bell rang, it
was all about the men in black. Kane did his best to
unload on his opponents with furious punches, but
the bout quickly evolved into a chaotic brawl. Few could envy the referee assigned to officiating the
contest. Reigns sprang from the floor to nail a dropkick to
both Outlaws at the same time as they were draped
over the ring apron. Moments later, the powerhouse
of The Shield landed a Superman Punch, which
Rollins followed by coming off the turnbuckle onto
Kane with a spectacular diving somersault over the top rope to the ringside floor. With momentum decidedly against them, the
corporate posse attempted to retreat to the locker
room area. But before Kane and his partners could
make their way up the ramp, Ambrose and Rollins
sailed through the ropes and onto their rivals
outside. From there, it was Reigns’ time to shine, not an uncommon sight over the past few months.
The Shield’s enforcer unleashed massive
simultaneous Spears onto Dogg and Gunn before
turning his attention to Corporate Kane, sending the
Director of Operations soaring out of his slacks.
From there, a pinfall was all but inevitable. Rollins
and Ambrose hoisted an Outlaw each to Reigns’ arms, and the trio executed what can only be
referred to as a “double-Triple Powerbomb.” It was
Rollins who scored the one-two-three, but this was
a win felt by all in attendance. Blink and you missed it, but this was as impressive
and decisive a victory as ever by The Shield. And
on The Grandest Stage of Them All, to boot. On
this night in New Orleans, Rollins, Ambrose &
Reigns proved to be more than just Hounds.
They’re bona fide heroes. And you can believe that.
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