ON NOVEMBER 18, 2012, The Shield made its WWE debut at Survivor Series, coming to the aid of CM Punk. And on September 14, 2023—the date of this magazine’s digital release—the group’s members reunited in an unconventional way. In respective order: “The Architect” Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns, and Jon Moxley (formerly Dean Ambrose) are the#1, 2, and 3 wrestlers on the 2023 “PWI 500.”
The continued influence of the group, which disbanded after Rollins’ 2014 betrayal and reunited fora celebrated 2017-2019 run, is deeply felt more than a decade after its initial formation. If you ask this year’s top-ranked wrestler, that feels just right. “We came into the spotlight with a unified goal,” Rollins told . “We
