The Shield

> Hello Scott
>
> I would be very interested to get your take on The Shield. Personally, i find
> them boring, and nowhere near good enough(or over enough) to get the push they
> are getting. Their matches tend to be sloppy, they have a way of dragging good
> workers down to their level, and the only heat they have is what you used to
> call the Hogan heel heat(ie when Hogan was superover in the 80's you could put
> any bum in with him, and they'd get a crowd reaction). However, The Shield
> don't have any genuine heat of their own, apart from that "I just wish someone
> would beat the crap out of these guys, and then they would just go away" heat.
> Yet, they keep going over EVERYONE. Clearly someone in the creative team has a
> boner for The Shield, but I've yet to see them in one good match, or really do
> anything other than annoy the hell out of me. But then, maybe I'm looking at
> this wrong. Maybe they're supposed to be getting Honky Ton Man As
> Intercontinental Champion heat?
>
> You are literally the first person I've heard who had that reaction to them. And at least two of them are on the fast track to the main event as singles so you might as well learn to love them now.