The 2010s were an odd time for WWE. The company seemed to constantly fight against a wave of fans who had access to more wrestling than ever, expanding their respective tastes to a point where a lot of people had almost grown out of the company they grew up with. Questionable booking decisions, a lack of new ideas, and an over reliance on nostalgia had made a large part of the WWE Universe become estranged with the company, but with that being said, when WWE got it right, it was so right, and there was nothing more right in the 2010s than who WWE picked to be the next big stars.
At WWE Elimination Chamber 2014, The Wyatt Family and The Shield entered as two of the most exciting acts in all of wrestling. Two units that were forces of nature in their own unique ways. The Wyatt Family weren't afraid to get scrappy and fight like three wild animals, knowing that any one of them could be beaten individually, but they were unstoppable as a trio. The Shield were the same, but in the opposite way. A well oiled machine where every part is just as important as the rest, and while they've beaten as singles stars, or even in tag team matches, when all three of them work together, there is literally no one that can stop them.
Everything in this match just hits the way it's supposed to, but even all these years later you can feel it through the screen, the feeling that you are watching the future of WWE unfold before your very eyes. Obviously, not everyone in this match went on to reach the same heights as a singles star, and sadly one third of the participants aren't even alive anymore. But when you watch this match you just get the sense that everyone involved has so much ahead of them.
Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, and Erick Rowan are like a swarm of wasps around Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, and Dean Ambrose at times. You simply cannot contain them no matter what you do, but The Shield have mastered their own strengths and rally some of the most exciting babyface comebacks of that era. Classic tag team psychology with an extra intensity between six men that weren't going to allow the fans in Minneapolis go home thinking about anything else and they delivered something truly special on this night. In an era of WWE that can be described at times as rough, this was one of the shiniest diamonds within that rough, and easily the greatest match of Bray Wyatt's eventful career.
