Triple Bro Fist of Championship Justice.

Bryan V Ambrose for US title please!

I'm not sure if I can be completely positive about The Shield getting the gold. I like that they're booked strong, but now I think that they've been booked TOO strongly, and the midcard belts will be non factors in their hands because we can't buy anyone as a believable threat to them.

The U.S. Title has been the new European/TV Title, the belt for the lower midcard to fight over ever since TLC 2011 when Ryder won it. Because Ambrose has been booked so strongly, he has no believable contenders for the title without big names having to step down (and imo, the bigger names should be no lower than IC level at the lowest). Either Ambrose will completely squash the entire midcard or he'll be working with the main event guys in (conveniently) non-title feuds. If the uppercarders DO go after the U.S. belt, then all the matches will have overly contrived finishes in order to keep the belt on Ambrose (so that the "stars" don't get "tied down" with a "lesser" belt) without making the "stars" from looking weak (see Miz vs. Cesaro, Cena vs. Ziggler for the Blue Briefcase). There are no credible faces to face Ambrose apart from the main eventers. Once WWE feels like pushing a new midcard face, Ambrose will like drop the belt in a "fluke" and forget about it.

Likewise with the tag titles, Reigns and Rollins have no competition apart from pairing more random main eventers together, which really doesn't solve the problem that the tag division has been in, an issue that's actually been going on ever since Kofi/Truth had the belts.

On one hand, WWE could TRY to push the midcarders, but I feel like if they do try to push anyone as a contender to face the Shield, people will see it more as a burial for Rollins, Reigns, and Ambrose rather than as an elevation for Ryder/Yoshi/Usos/Tons of Funk/Riley/Santino. If Jimmy Uso does so much as land a punch on Seth Rollins, the Internet will wonder "Who did Rollins piss off backstage?" If someone like Alex Riley or Justin Gabriel were pushed to a feud with Ambrose for the U.S. Title, people will just lament the fact that "Ambrose is stuck feuding with a jobber", and it might possibly lead to an 18 Seconds-esque backlash, and the fans will turn on the unfortunate face for no reason other than being the fall guy whose number was chosen to go up against an Internet darling, just like what happened with Sheamus. If The Shield actually starts working in the midcard, people will complain about them being "buried".

I feel like the Shield are going to end up like The Miz, Cody Rhodes, and Wade Barrett, doomed to linger in that weird limbo where they're not good enough/not ready/not their turn for a world title but so far above the rest of the midcard. And it won't do anyone any good.

They are brilliant and the main reason to watch at the moment. Hopefully they keep going for the rest of the year.