DANIEL BRYAN DEF. U.S. & WWE TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS THE SHIELD 

With the WWE roster forced to stand silent witness 

before Bryan’s apparent undoing, the bout had all the 

look and feel of a public execution as Bryan faced down 

the three Hounds of Justice in consecutive bouts.Except 

Bryan survived. First came a grueling onslaught from 

Seth Rollins, which Bryan endured thanks to a top-rope 

German suplex and running knee to the head that put 

the Tag Champion down for a pin. His next two wins 

came under less decisive circumstances, as Roman 

Reigns and Dean Ambrose interfered in each other’s 

Gauntlet installments to give Bryan a pair of DQ wins. 

With the referee unable to control the chaos, The Shield 

felled Bryan with the Triple Powerbomb to soften him up 

for Randy Orton, who – with Triple H’s blessing, sunk 

his fangs into the unconscious Bryan with a final RKO 

that left the No. 1 contender unable to move, fight back, 

or so much as give a “No” in protest.