TrueEpic08
Dum Shiny
On PPV it was almost impossible at this point. The only guy ready for that kind of win was D-Bry and another 6 man tag on PPV wasn't going to happen considering The Shield have 3 belts. Why wait so long when you have a rising star that can hugely benefit from it instead of randomly picking a guy and either give him a pinfall/submission win out of nowhere or wait a couple of months to see if he catches fire?. Same thing applies for a tag title win, D-Bry shouldn't get them belts back and you have to wait to build another face tag team and hope they catch fire...the sure thing was giving Bryan that rub.
Now, a RAW main event spot I agree with. It would have been WAY bigger than SD! but maybe that's the point ("The Shield still hasn't lost on RAW or PPV, folks").
Still, they've been very protected in the last 7-8 months. They have been already established as a force to be reckon with and can get their heat back at any time against anybody, they have amassed enough credibility to not be hurt at all by a loss.
I agree that losing to the hottest guy in the company doesn't take away from their heat at all, I'm just saying that their first 6 man loss should be much bigger than a random SmackDown tag with no build. Could've been huge on a major PPV (even if the logistics don't quite work at this point) and quite big on a promoted RAW main event, but of course they waste it on a random match.
