There always has been and always will be something special about The Shield.

After their first dominant run in the company, the WWE have three bona fide world title contenders in their ranks and they were almost exclusively created in-house.

Seth Rollins would turn his back on his Shield brothers in 2014 and go on to become the first world champion out of the trio, but all men have reached that status since.

Late last year, The Hounds of Justice finally reunited on Raw after over three years apart and while the WWE Universe was delighted to see the united once more, luck was not on their side.

First, an illness to Roman Reigns left Rollins and Dean Ambrose to team up on their own, but the Lunatic Fringe would suffer a serious injury to his triceps tendon and the reunion was forced to be put on hold.

Since then, Rollins has had an incredible 2018 in the ring. As probably the top performer in the company, the Kingslayer admitted Ambrose's injury inadvertently gave him a new lease of life.

“Yeah, it’s been a really good year for me,” Rollins told the South China Morning Post. “Honestly, you look at my body of work from SummerSlam last year to SummerSlam this year – I really don’t think there’s anybody on the main roster, aside from an AJ Styles give or take, that can compare with what I’ve done.

“Not that I would wish injury on Ambrose at all, but that was something that lit a fire underneath me. It’s definitely been a blessing in disguise for my singles career.”

“It was like OK, I’ve got to kind of refocus, reset my priorities and move forward,” Rollins added. “I was presented with some cool opportunities early in the year.”

Ambrose is set to return just after SummerSlam, so it will be interesting to see how the WWE tries to integrate him into Raw and if they keep the Shield reunion on hold.