It's been almost twenty years since anyone has seen or heard from the brothers called the Shield.

It was the night of their last match as a team. Backstage in the Shield's locker room , there was a lot of arguing and shouting going on between the brothers. Some of the other WWE Superstars heard the shouting coming from inside the locker room. Dean emerges from the locker room just as the door began to close. He skulks back to hold open the door, telling Roman and Seth they can die, go to hell, and go fuck each other as far as he was concerned.

Dean then stomped off, going to Vince's office, banging hard on the door, and waits for the chance to enter, bouncing on and tapping his feet angrily, running his hand through his sweaty, dirty hair. Vince, finally yells for Dean to enter and he stormed into Vince's office. As He started to close the door behind him, Roman and Seth angrily entered, and seeing that Dean was already there, their anger spiked even more.

Vince looked at them, trying to decide who he would ask first, what was going on, when suddenly, Dean blurts out, " I don't wanna work with these assholes anymore! I want out of my contract!" Seth, Roman, and Vince all gasped at Dean's sudden and angry demand.

Vince looks at Roman and Seth, and they both were in agreement, they wanted the same as well. Vince looks disappointed, wondering what could be so bad that the three Shield brothers wanted out, and what the hatred between them was about? He sighs and actually looks sad about the situation. He pulls a drawer out from his desk, and thumbs through the papers to have them sign the release forms, letting them out of the contract.

Soon, as Vince hands them the contract release to sign, Dean signs first and shoves the papers back to Vince, looks at Roman and Seth and with anger and hatred, throws the pen at their feet, yelling, " I NEVER and I mean NEVER want you, either of you, to fucking contact me again!" Dean then walked out of the door, never to be heard from again.