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    WWE Star Reveals He Was Nearly Called Up From NXT With The Shield

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    Liam Winnard

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    Published 28th February 2021 at 5:28pm

    WWE Star Reveals He Was Nearly Called Up From NXT With The Shield
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    Current WWE Intercontinental Champion Big E has revealed that there was thought of calling him up from NXT with the Shield.

    Big E debuted as the heavy for Dolph Ziggler and AJ Lee, and obviously the Shield debuted as the Shield, but it could have been a different story.

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    E made the revelation during his new 24 documentary on the WWE Network, saying:

    “My first feeling of getting called up was 2012. I was doing loops. Any collective period of days is a loop. It’s Roman [Reigns], Seth [Rollins], Dean [Ambrose], and me. There was some thought of bringing all four of us in together as a group. Obviously, that changes, they go on to international fame as the Shield. I was told, ‘You’re going to be with Dolph and AJ, on your very first night, you’re going to attack John Cena.’ I’m thinking, ‘Man, this is it’.”

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    When he was called up, he was still the NXT Champion and was doing the five-count gimmick in NXT but was just a mute bodyguard on the main roster.

    He won the Intercontinental Championship from Sami Zayn this past December and has since retained over Apollo Crews and Shinsuke Nakamura.

    Quote via Fightful

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