Is The Shield Angle Stale?

TNA is actually doing a better job with their big stable angle currently going on than the WWE is doing with their answer to it. The Shield has actually not even been around as long as Aces & Eights. How could they have possibly gotten staler than something TNA has been doing for months longer?

I'm glad the WWE is not trying to shove the injustice excuse down throats. No one is really buying it. But the WWE is making a mistake I was hoping they would avoid. They are dragging this on without revealing what these guys are really about. It has already been established that they are attacking random people and helping CM Punk when he needs it. But what's next? They are just going to feud with Ryback and another two guys? They moved on from Ryback and Kane and Daniel Bryan. Orton and Sheamus next? The storyline development isn't there.

What made the Nexus angle so much better? Aside from the fact that having a lot more guys made them more of a threat, the actual storyline was made into the most important thing going. It overshadowed even title matters. I might normally complain about something like that, but it was done well. Right now, The Shield only gets involved in one segment each show they are involved. They are not always involved in the main-event segment. The storyline is just barely connected to CM Punk, who has his own matters with The Rock, and is focused mainly on upper-midcarders and main-eventers not involved in the World title scene. It doesn't have the hype and focus that Nexus had. Things would probably be different if Cena was involved.

I said that TNA is doing a better job with their current stable angle. How are they doing it? By playing with who the members of Aces & Eights are, for one thing. Mike Knox is no big deal, but revealing Taz as a member was unexpected. Should the WWE add more members to The Shield? I don't think that will help much. The intrigue here should be lying in who the leader is, assuming it is not one of the members of The Shield. Could you imagine how much of a letdown it would be if it is revealed that CM Punk was really the leader the whole time? That is the obvious choice that they have been teasing for so long. It would be even more dull if it was just The Shield working for themselves. They have to add more to it than that.

A year ago, the return of Chris Jericho was very disappointing. A lot of hype, then nothing came of it. You can make the argument that that was the whole point. It eventually led to this storyline that Jericho could not win the big one. Okay, let that one go, but I'm starting to get that same vibe from this stable storyline. It had potential, yet part of me believed that it was not going to work out well. It's turning into a mediocre Nexus. Even TNA is doing better. This is down there with Jericho's return last year. Thank God The Rock is back to help the WWE create hype. How they are handle The Shield isn't helping much.