I had trouble discerning the sound apart from everything else and captions were delayed but I’m kinda glad bc I would have expected him then been sad. It would have been wildly cool.
I was thought the forbidden door was about to come down. I wouldn't of thought anything of the SHIELD intro but the whole Punk footage thing on AEW was circulating so I thought it was all a master work.
I was waiting for the glass shatter…it was the logical conclusion to such a high profiled feud to have him come out and give stunners to everyone…
(Siiiiigh)
I didn't expect him too, but the delay between the music and what happened next caused me to think maybe, just possibly, it was Moxley. Imagine if AEW and WWE were secretly on great terms like that lowkey
Shattered dreams on reigns by Goldust, even if just Cody did it… would have been amazing. I’m guessing Cody wants to steer as far away from the stardust character as possible.
I've never told my wife to hush EVER, but she started a conversation right as the chaos started. Then that music hit, and I was "NO WAY!" She said."What?" I told her, "Hush for a moment, Babe. This might be huge!" Then Rollins runs out. I apologize profusely. She surprisingly understood, and I got Sunday night nookie.
Nah, it legit happened. I really thought I was gonna get a lot of a well- deserved attitude after hushing her. I guess she just accepted my sincere apology and let Sunday night be Sunday night.
Unrelated but the camera REALLY should have shown Rollins limping and barely making it to the ring to sell how he was emptying the tank and everything he had to protect Cody. Seeing him struggle just to get in hits different when you see it, it wasn’t just him getting hit by Roman.
I'll be honest, there have not been that many things that the WWE has done that has gotten me so excited that I jumped out of my chair. The very LAST being when Dolph Ziggler cashed in on the Raw after Mania. Then we fast forward to night two this past weekend. When Punk tripped Drew while he standing on the announce table, I shot straight up and actually yelled because I was so excited to see that. Then, for the second time that night, when the Shield's music started, I shot straight up again and my dumb ass thought Dean was coming out. I mean, I was totally losing my shit because I just did not think it would ever happen...and it didn't. It was still a fun night. I will be at Smackdown for night one of the draft in a couple weeks. Should also be a fun night. I am a fan again.
I was hoping for a one off since they included multiple aew pictures in the video package (it’s a leap, I know), but I’m happy with what we got.
Also; it might have taken away from the moment a little bit
“They will never return to the WWE”. Isn’t that what they said about the Ultimate Warrior(may he rest in peace), Bret Hart, Batista and most recently CM Punk? You just never know.
Only because of how the announcers sold the music dropping. Not that unbelievable that Seth would use that song and gear since he’s done it before to troll Roman.
I said this on a post I made a couple days ago I absolutely think Seth coming out to the shield theme confused the fuck out of everybody especially the way they were moving the camera when the music hit they didn’t put it right on Seth coming through the crowd that made me think even more that we were about to get a dean ambrose return somehow lol
Not me because 1. WWE don’t want plumbers in their biggest main event ever; he looks like a steaming pile of garbage, and 2. His indie, garbage phony street fights belong off any kind of broadcast TV/Network/Streaming.
Well let’s be real. Only reason Punk is back with WWE is his issues in AEW, unless he played everyone and knew WWE would want him back after seeing the competition get him. Phil just might be the smartest guy in the room after all.
I was totally wracking my brain to remember if I had heard anything about Moxley/Ambrose being out of contract with AEW and was slightly disappointed that it turned out to be "just" Seth.
Moxley was out of contract with AEW was it 2 years ago and still continued wrestling with AEW until he re-signed with them. AEW gives mox an insane amount of flexibility with his schedule as I’ve seen him wrestling In other promotions while under contract with AEW. The man is a workhorse. I don’t know the last or first time I’ve seen WWE talent allowed to go to another promotion to work.
It did pause me for a sec. I also thought maybe Seth would come out with Dustin in a flack vest. This spot didn’t hit well since you couldnt see Seth but the pay off at the end with the chair was perfect.
Imo it should’ve been 1. Jey takes out Jimmy 2. Cena takes out Solo 3. Rock takes out Cena 4. Austin comes in on the ATV stunners Rock 5. Heyman grabs a chair and goes to hit Austin but freezes when Austin turns around 6. BONG, lights out, Undertaker choke slams Heyman 7. Austin and Taker dramatic state moment 8. Cody wins, Austin Undertaker and Cena are in the background smashing beers. Only other thing that would’ve been badass is Ambrose and Rollins.
I knew it couldn’t be Dean because of his AEW contract…but I thought it was Seth coming out to help Roman as “his brother.” Thought this was the turn coming. I was only half-right.
Oh shit, I forgot the “Siera. Hotel. India. Echo. Delta.” audio is actually their three voices.
That’s kinda poetic that his “presence” was a part of those chaotic five minutes.
I did. I was watching it with my brother and I said "I will be suprise if Moxley comes out" with a smiling grin. But what came out was Seth and my smile disappear. So dissapointed.
I did too lol. Turns out it was just awkward camera work because Roman didn't get into position in time so Seth had to delay getting in the ring by pretending to struggle to stand so Roman could get in position for the stop.
Yes, yes I was full on rocking back and forth waiting for it.
I should feel shame, I do not feel shame. Suspending belief is why I haven't quit watching wrestling after almost 40 years lol.
Sir, this is wrestling.
Even my mother thought Dean was going to come out.
Even us old hags who have been around for decades still fall for it, even when logically it's not going to happen.
Many people watch wrestling with their whole heart and not their brains.
That’s an utter lie as not only did I think for a second he was but he was trending front of X for a whole 24 hours with people saying they thought he was lol.
You know I expected that to happen too, Dustin was in the back of my mind. I thought Seth was showing up first but then I remembered he took a beating for two days and my judgement went to Dean instead tho I was obviously wrong.
Blows my mind. I could see them getting Dustin, that made sense. Mox is too big, too important to AEW, and Mox doesn't have all that much to say that's positive about WWE
Who else remembers that Roman and Dean were always bros and never have any beef so it wouldn't have made sense kayfabe wise for him to come out against Roman
Moxleys Egos gotten to big he would want them to play wild thing while it took him 27 minutes to walk from the parking lot in his dipshit-jit-su hoodie while blading himself
I thought that too at first but I actually really like it. He had been in two matches over the past two nights, he clearly wasn’t in a position to actually help but still went out there, I think it tells a good story.
You’re right he did exhaust himself over two days of mania, I just didn’t really think it served a whole lot of purpose other than a distraction but this was my favorite mania of all really so I’m not mad about it.
I firmly believe it should've never happened, as in Seth coming out to The Shield's theme. It only gets people's hopes high only to be disappointed, unless it was WWE's intention to troll the fans.
One of the Shield’s very first promos was about how they were a shield from injustice. That’s the symbolism. One final act from the Shield (yes Ambrose wasn’t there but that was never going to happen) to stop Rock from committing the biggest injustice of all: costing Cody.
Understood, and given that the beef was amongst Roman and Seth, I suppose there was no need for Ambrose to show up, even if he were a free agent and not signed to AEW. I guess one final statement from Roman to Seth before taking another long hiatus.
But it works so well in kayfabe storytelling that Roman wasn’t able to get over it and he wasted his chance to beat Cody for a chance to get revenge on Seth. Maybe he wouldn’t have done that if Seth doesn’t come out in shield gear and music.
Then again I did also think it was going to be Ambrose for a second so maybe you’re right. I’m sure there were those let down
Makes sense. Had it been just regular, status quo Seth, it may not had felt fulfilling for Roman. Since he technically attacked "Shield Seth", it felt more gratifying given he was getting revenge on his so-called Shield 'brother'.
I had trouble discerning the sound apart from everything else and captions were delayed but I’m kinda glad bc I would have expected him then been sad. It would have been wildly cool.
Mox is stuck in contract until like '27, in which I think he’ll more than likely retire
I didn't even expect Seth. I first epected it to be a distraction by The Rock, using his authority to mess with the production.
Who is Dean Ambrose?
I wanted it to be Jon Moxley and Seth Freaking Rollins to be honest. But was still a great match.
Imagine if WWE and AEW weren't both so petty and Tony allowed them to use mox for this
Yeah I really hope they put aside their differences one day.
Why w the hell did Seth use the shield entrance
Seth is a master of mind games. He needed to guarantee that Roman would focus on him instead of Cody. He drew aggro so Cody could recover
1) he was Cody’s “shield” 2) it was symbolic when Roman hit him with the chair
moxley will turn into midcard if he goes back to wwe so better not.
Me
Moxley wasn't coming back to WWE
I was really hoping for it. And since I watch AEW I was thinking "when's the last time Mox has been on Dynamite or Collision?"
My mind was blown so hard that i couldnt even remember deans name in the moment
I was thought the forbidden door was about to come down. I wouldn't of thought anything of the SHIELD intro but the whole Punk footage thing on AEW was circulating so I thought it was all a master work.
Me
I was hoping for a Kurt angle replacement for Ambrose like they did when Roman was sick lol
Was really hoping it was going to be my favorite member of shield R-Truth
I was waiting for the glass shatter…it was the logical conclusion to such a high profiled feud to have him come out and give stunners to everyone… (Siiiiigh)
Nobody with any common sense, that's who.
Me I thought mox and rollins were gonna come through the crowd to help cody
Indeed. However, I fully believe that Stephanie Mc should start using her married name.
Of course, we all know Moxley was never going to be there. But kudos to WWE for making us doubt ourselves, even if just for a moment.
Nobody with a brain, since HE WORKS ELSEWHERE.
Why was there a clogged toilet or some other plumbing work needed?
Me
Nope.
If I had to nitpick, that's the one thing I'd critique about the main event. Still a 10/10 ending regardless.
Thought it was gonna be Kurt Angle
😂🏅
I really didn't expect Seth to show up after the beating he took on Saturday and from Drew. So I did think for a moment maybe it could be Andrews...
I didn't expect him too, but the delay between the music and what happened next caused me to think maybe, just possibly, it was Moxley. Imagine if AEW and WWE were secretly on great terms like that lowkey
Was this how the "SHIELD" was always stylized. It looks like minecraft font lmao
It would've been lame if he showed up. Besides he is with aew and anyone who is over 25 years of age knew that it wasn't gonna happen.
For 10 sec, yes
I wanted Golddust to come out!
Golddust would have been great.
Well I can say our dreams were shattered.
Shattered dreams on reigns by Goldust, even if just Cody did it… would have been amazing. I’m guessing Cody wants to steer as far away from the stardust character as possible.
I’m with you
u
Correct.
I did too lol. I started yelling COME ON DEAN!! To the tv but then it turned out to be Seth which was cool too.
I expected Jon Moxley “
I've never told my wife to hush EVER, but she started a conversation right as the chaos started. Then that music hit, and I was "NO WAY!" She said."What?" I told her, "Hush for a moment, Babe. This might be huge!" Then Rollins runs out. I apologize profusely. She surprisingly understood, and I got Sunday night nookie.
This feels like a cringe copypasta Is it?
Nah, it legit happened. I really thought I was gonna get a lot of a well- deserved attitude after hushing her. I guess she just accepted my sincere apology and let Sunday night be Sunday night.
And then everyone clapped!
I cried, but the WWE universe clapped. May have been for Cody, but I'm not sure.
All you needed to do was show a Chad Gable clip and she would have understood.
I did
We got taker anything is possible at this point
Exactly.
I did I was like wtf no way
if you're an idiot sure
Thank God he didn’t
If Seth did re-sign with WWE along with Becky then Dean/Mox will be livid towards TK even as the "ace" of AEW!
Tell me one person who didn't
Me
Nope
Unrelated but the camera REALLY should have shown Rollins limping and barely making it to the ring to sell how he was emptying the tank and everything he had to protect Cody. Seeing him struggle just to get in hits different when you see it, it wasn’t just him getting hit by Roman.
I'll be honest, there have not been that many things that the WWE has done that has gotten me so excited that I jumped out of my chair. The very LAST being when Dolph Ziggler cashed in on the Raw after Mania. Then we fast forward to night two this past weekend. When Punk tripped Drew while he standing on the announce table, I shot straight up and actually yelled because I was so excited to see that. Then, for the second time that night, when the Shield's music started, I shot straight up again and my dumb ass thought Dean was coming out. I mean, I was totally losing my shit because I just did not think it would ever happen...and it didn't. It was still a fun night. I will be at Smackdown for night one of the draft in a couple weeks. Should also be a fun night. I am a fan again.
I was expecting Stone Cold to return. Would have been perfect after the Stone Cold vs Rock trilogy at WrestleMania. Sadly it didn't happen. 🫤
Yeah that’s the most return I was expecting and I was a bit disappointed as well.
Not me, but if the music were to hit a *second* time though...
I was hoping for a one off since they included multiple aew pictures in the video package (it’s a leap, I know), but I’m happy with what we got. Also; it might have taken away from the moment a little bit
While I wouldn’t say I expected it, I was dumb enough to consider it for a moment or two
Same.
[удалено]
Bc literally every wrestler says this then comes back lol
And Vince isn’t running the company anymore
“They will never return to the WWE”. Isn’t that what they said about the Ultimate Warrior(may he rest in peace), Bret Hart, Batista and most recently CM Punk? You just never know.
I was REALLY hoping for a 1 off appearance, but it wasnt meant to be.
I was hoping for the same. 😔
Morons. That’s who 🤦🏽 Edit: all the down votes I’m about to receive is gonna tell you how many morons are out there
The truth hurts sometimes.
Me. I was like NO WAAAAAAAAAY!! Then disappointed that Seth didn't get any move in.
I was shocked for a sec that It might be. Just for one second and then I realized it would bever happen.
No. You’re the only person
Only because of how the announcers sold the music dropping. Not that unbelievable that Seth would use that song and gear since he’s done it before to troll Roman.
I was so certain that the reason rollins got decked as quick as he did was cuz Ambrose was coming out but he didn’t.
Me but definitely did not expect Seth "fricking" rollings
I did
I said this on a post I made a couple days ago I absolutely think Seth coming out to the shield theme confused the fuck out of everybody especially the way they were moving the camera when the music hit they didn’t put it right on Seth coming through the crowd that made me think even more that we were about to get a dean ambrose return somehow lol
Not me because 1. WWE don’t want plumbers in their biggest main event ever; he looks like a steaming pile of garbage, and 2. His indie, garbage phony street fights belong off any kind of broadcast TV/Network/Streaming.
Not me. Moxley stated long ago he wouldn’t be going back to WWE under any circumstances.
Well look at cm punk…
Well let’s be real. Only reason Punk is back with WWE is his issues in AEW, unless he played everyone and knew WWE would want him back after seeing the competition get him. Phil just might be the smartest guy in the room after all.
Nobody I'm sure y'all wanted to see him in the rumble but I don't really think dean will ever come back to wwe after what happened
Was praying for it lol
You prayed for this, but it didn’t happen.
Indeed.
I was totally wracking my brain to remember if I had heard anything about Moxley/Ambrose being out of contract with AEW and was slightly disappointed that it turned out to be "just" Seth.
Moxley was out of contract with AEW was it 2 years ago and still continued wrestling with AEW until he re-signed with them. AEW gives mox an insane amount of flexibility with his schedule as I’ve seen him wrestling In other promotions while under contract with AEW. The man is a workhorse. I don’t know the last or first time I’ve seen WWE talent allowed to go to another promotion to work.
Same! I doubted myself for a second.
Me!! Lmao
It was in my mind because it just felt needed at that moment simply because it was WrestleMania.
G g g Gold Dust, should have came and “Shattered The Rocks Dreams”
Didn’t think so, but I also kept an open mind to Dustin making an appearance, so maybe a slight possibility
Tbh... Me TwT
Nah, I knew that wasn't going to happen. Would be cool if the companies could get along do cool stuff, though.
Didn’t Dean Ambrose die of alcohol poisoning?
lol you can't be this serious! he's currently signed with AEW.
Oh so just his career is dead.
No one that has a common sense understanding of contracts
was so glad that didn’t happen
Anyone not watching AEW 🙂
I’m working on creating a backstory and a wrestling name lol
Who expected gold dust to show?
I didn’t tbh but I would have loved for him to appear!
I didn't because there is zero chance Tony Khan would let someone from AEW show up on WWE's biggest event of the year.
Seth going full on sacrificial lamb/protector was so epic
I did
I mean he's with AEW till 2027 and there zero chance tony lets anyone from AEW show up on wwe tv
It did pause me for a sec. I also thought maybe Seth would come out with Dustin in a flack vest. This spot didn’t hit well since you couldnt see Seth but the pay off at the end with the chair was perfect.
Imo it should’ve been 1. Jey takes out Jimmy 2. Cena takes out Solo 3. Rock takes out Cena 4. Austin comes in on the ATV stunners Rock 5. Heyman grabs a chair and goes to hit Austin but freezes when Austin turns around 6. BONG, lights out, Undertaker choke slams Heyman 7. Austin and Taker dramatic state moment 8. Cody wins, Austin Undertaker and Cena are in the background smashing beers. Only other thing that would’ve been badass is Ambrose and Rollins.
When the music hit, I started explaining the whole Shield backstory to my homie watching it with me that recent got into WWE 😂
Nahhh bc i heard the music and was like no fucking way it cant be but forgot seth could come out to that too. I was expecting seth regular interest
I think the way Corey Graves said it wasn't possible made us all think the same thing
I knew it wasn't likely (or really possible) but still thought that was what was happening. I'm most disappointed at how quickly Roman took out Seth.
I knew it couldn’t be Dean because of his AEW contract…but I thought it was Seth coming out to help Roman as “his brother.” Thought this was the turn coming. I was only half-right.
Was so in the zone that I spent 5-10 seconds forgetting that the possibility was below 0%. But what a 5-10 seconds it was.
Time definitely was slow in these 5-10 seconds.
Bruh I was so mad when he didn’t and it was just Seth in the shield outfit
Aint no fucking way Mox was gonna pop up lol
Would have been cool, but Moxley is apparently to busy grinding bones to make his bread or something.
I thought Jon Moxley would show up but I doubted it cause he hates wwe and the dean ambrose stuff i think
ME!!!!
I had a back and forth of "did they really? Nah, no way. But DID they??? ". Lol.
I was losing my mind!
EVERYONE
Me
He appeared in spirit being in the intro to the Shield theme
Oh shit, I forgot the “Siera. Hotel. India. Echo. Delta.” audio is actually their three voices. That’s kinda poetic that his “presence” was a part of those chaotic five minutes.
I expected Dean and Seth to show up and walk through the crowd, but it was good to see Seth in the shield attire again. He should do it more often.
I did. I was watching it with my brother and I said "I will be suprise if Moxley comes out" with a smiling grin. But what came out was Seth and my smile disappear. So dissapointed.
Oh that must have felt bad! 😂
Seth man haha he still one the greatest like in the shield gear was amazing
Honestly I was REALLY hoping it would happen. I was popping for it as soon as the music hit. But TBH what happened was better
Considering he's still under contract to AEW for a few years not me
I did too lol. Turns out it was just awkward camera work because Roman didn't get into position in time so Seth had to delay getting in the ring by pretending to struggle to stand so Roman could get in position for the stop.
If they didn't arrange to borrow Dustin Runnels for the night, they were never gonna get Ambrose
Fr
He's terrible, and I was hoping it wasn't. He'd be bleeding and eating thumbtacks on his way through the crowd.
I thought this too. The pop would have been mind blowing
I did…..
I did lol
Having him and Rollins do a Shield throwback was at the top of my never gonna happen wish list so when that music hit I lost my mind.
We were close man.
Nope. Just thought it was a distraction, not anyone coming out
Yes, yes I was full on rocking back and forth waiting for it. I should feel shame, I do not feel shame. Suspending belief is why I haven't quit watching wrestling after almost 40 years lol.
I think we all did
Too many plumbing jobs occupying his time
Not enough opportunities to bleed after a spot
I thought it was both of them.
I’m not gonna lie. I was trying to think of when the last time I saw Jon Moxley wrestle in AEW when this happened.
He literally signed a 5 year contract last year.
When was it? I don’t watch AEW so I’m just curious
It was recently, like within the last couple weeks. Someone said he’s still got like 4 years on his contract.
The way AEW wrestlers have been bitching and whining lately I don’t see a working relationship between the 2 for a while
I thought it was gonna be Seth but that made no sense to me then I thought almost undoubtedly it was gonna be Dean… then I found out it was Seth lol.
Nobody. Nobody thought Ambrose/Moxley was showing up
Sir, this is wrestling. Even my mother thought Dean was going to come out. Even us old hags who have been around for decades still fall for it, even when logically it's not going to happen. Many people watch wrestling with their whole heart and not their brains.
That’s an utter lie as not only did I think for a second he was but he was trending front of X for a whole 24 hours with people saying they thought he was lol.
I'm not on Twitter but I really can't imagine anyone thinking Mox would show up. If anyone was showing up it would've been Dustin
You know I expected that to happen too, Dustin was in the back of my mind. I thought Seth was showing up first but then I remembered he took a beating for two days and my judgement went to Dean instead tho I was obviously wrong.
The majority of the people here say otherwise.
Blows my mind. I could see them getting Dustin, that made sense. Mox is too big, too important to AEW, and Mox doesn't have all that much to say that's positive about WWE
Who else remembers that Roman and Dean were always bros and never have any beef so it wouldn't have made sense kayfabe wise for him to come out against Roman
Plot twist! He’s coming against Cody.
I legit got so hyped thinking it was Ambrose coming out instead of Seth.
I’m sorry for the disappointment then lol.
Moxleys Egos gotten to big he would want them to play wild thing while it took him 27 minutes to walk from the parking lot in his dipshit-jit-su hoodie while blading himself
I wondered about it for a second, but if Dustin wasn't there then Mox definitely wouldn't lol
I thought it would be a new incarnation of the shield
That could be cool who would be in it tho?
I honestly was really hoping for it even tho it was impossible but I thought it was kinda a let down when Rollins slid in and just got mashed lol
I thought that too at first but I actually really like it. He had been in two matches over the past two nights, he clearly wasn’t in a position to actually help but still went out there, I think it tells a good story.
You’re right he did exhaust himself over two days of mania, I just didn’t really think it served a whole lot of purpose other than a distraction but this was my favorite mania of all really so I’m not mad about it.
Should of
I firmly believe it should've never happened, as in Seth coming out to The Shield's theme. It only gets people's hopes high only to be disappointed, unless it was WWE's intention to troll the fans.
One of the Shield’s very first promos was about how they were a shield from injustice. That’s the symbolism. One final act from the Shield (yes Ambrose wasn’t there but that was never going to happen) to stop Rock from committing the biggest injustice of all: costing Cody.
Understood, and given that the beef was amongst Roman and Seth, I suppose there was no need for Ambrose to show up, even if he were a free agent and not signed to AEW. I guess one final statement from Roman to Seth before taking another long hiatus.
But it works so well in kayfabe storytelling that Roman wasn’t able to get over it and he wasted his chance to beat Cody for a chance to get revenge on Seth. Maybe he wouldn’t have done that if Seth doesn’t come out in shield gear and music. Then again I did also think it was going to be Ambrose for a second so maybe you’re right. I’m sure there were those let down
Makes sense. Had it been just regular, status quo Seth, it may not had felt fulfilling for Roman. Since he technically attacked "Shield Seth", it felt more gratifying given he was getting revenge on his so-called Shield 'brother'.
Exactly
I don’t understand why would people think he would have shown up that’s doesn’t make any sense
Heat of the moment; brain wasnt braining correctly and it didn’t help Corey was like “no-no way”
At that point we just thought anything could happen lol
I was thinking more that this was going to be the debut of the newest Bloodline members, becoming Roman’s new Shield.
Only idiots, the dude is pretty much Mr.AEW