The Shield's Final Chapter was a

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event produced by

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. It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw, SmackDown, and 205 Live brand divisions. A portion of the

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aired exclusively on the

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as a one-hour special. It took place on April 21, 2019, at TaxSlayer Center in Moline,

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. This event marked the final match for

The Shield ''The Shield'' is an American crime drama television series created by Shawn Ryan and starring Michael Chiklis that aired on FX from March 12, 2002 to November 25, 2008 for seven seasons. The show is known for its portrayal of corrupt police ...

(

Dean Ambrose Jonathan David Good (born December 7, 1985) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under the ring name Jon Moxley and is the current AEW World Champion in his record-setting fourth ...

Roman Reigns Leati Joseph Anoaʻi ( ; born May 25, 1985), better known by his ring name Roman Reigns, is an American professional wrestler and former gridiron football, football player. As a wrestler, he has been signed to WWE , where he performs on the Sm ...

, and

Seth Rollins Colby Daniel Lopez (born May 28, 1986), better known by the ring name Seth Rollins, is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw (WWE brand), Raw WWE brand extension, brand and ...

) as a group, as well as Ambrose's final match in WWE. Seven matches were contested on the card, three of which were shown for the one-hour WWE Network special. In the main event, The Shield defeated Baron Corbin,

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, and

Drew McIntyre Andrew McLean Galloway IV (born 6 June, 1985) is a Scottish Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown (WWE brand), SmackDown brand under the ring name Drew McIntyre. Galloway began ...

in a six-man tag team match.

Production

Background

In 2015,

began to expand its content on the

by presenting televised

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s. These one-hour WWE Network-exclusive specials did not show the entire card, but only a select few matches. The Shield's Final Chapter took place on April 21, 2019, at TaxSlayer Center in Moline,

and featured wrestlers from the Raw, SmackDown, and 205 Live brand divisions. The one-hour WWE Network special was livestreamed.

Storylines

The event comprised a total of seven matches, three of which were shown for the one-hour WWE Network special. The matches resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed heroes,

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, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. Results were predetermined by WWE's writers on the Raw, SmackDown, and 205 Live brands, while storylines were produced on WWE's weekly television shows, ''

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'', '' SmackDown Live'', and the cruiserweight-exclusive '' 205 Live''. On January 29, 2019, WWE confirmed that

had decided to not renew his contract that was expiring in April. The following month,

, who took time off in October 2018 due to

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, returned. Ambrose, Reigns, and

then reunited

for a match at Fastlane, where they defeated the team of Baron Corbin,

, and

. Although this had been promoted as The Shield's final match, one further match was scheduled, which featured both The Shield as a group and Ambrose's final match in WWE. That match was the one aired as the main event of the Shield's Final Chapter.

Event

Dark matches

Before the event aired live on the WWE Network, Zack Ryder and Curt Hawkins defeated The Revival ( Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder) and Aleister Black and

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in a triple threat tag team match to retain the

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defeated Buddy Murphy to retain the WWE Cruiserweight Championship, a six-man tag team match pitting Lucha House Party ( Gran Metalik, Kalisto, and Lince Dorado) against Jinder Mahal and The Singh Brothers ( Sunil Singh and Samir Singh) ended in a

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, and

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and

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defeated Dana Brooke and

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in a

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Televised matches

The first televised match featured

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defending the Intercontinental Championship against

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. In the end, Elias tried to send Bálor off the ring apron through an announce table, but Bálor countered into a sunset flip for a nearfall. Bálor pinned Elias with a small package to win the match. In the second televised match, Bayley and

Ember Moon Adrienne Palmer (née Reese; born August 31, 1988) is an American professional wrestler. She is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) under the ring name Athena. She primarily appears in AEW's sister promotion Ring of Honor (ROH), where she is the ...

took on The Riott Squad (

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and Sarah Logan) (accompanied by Liv Morgan). In the end, Riott attempted to pin Moon while using the ropes for leverage and Morgan tried to add leverage from the apron, but the referee saw it and ejected Morgan from ringside. Moon then performed the Eclipse on a distracted Riott to win the match. In the final match, The Shield (Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, and Dean Ambrose) took on Baron Corbin, Drew McIntyre, and Bobby Lashley. In the climax, Ambrose performed an elbow drop on Lashley, but McIntyre broke up the pin. Reigns performed a Spear on Lashley. Rollins performed The Stomp on McIntyre. Ambrose performed Dirty Deeds on Corbin before tagging in Reigns, who tagged in Rollins. The Shield performed the Triple Powerbomb on Corbin, and Rollins pinned him to win the match for The Shield. After the match, The Shield gave a heartfelt speech to the crowd about how much they have accomplished, and they performed their signature fistbump one more time as the event ended.

Results

References

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