Particularly, when you throw in your theory of never having the Shield lose in 6 man tags... that would create the mystique that drives professional wrestling
It's an investment that beats the dogsh** reunions we've seen from DX and the NWO. Having the Shield breakup for personal reasons beats them jobbing out to teams with far less potential as unified teams
Keeping them undefeated keeps them fresh in the viewers eyes so when they do unify (for a short nostalgic run) their mystique will remain intact (you can be sure Cole will mention it)
It's a small sacrifice to keep them stainless in 6 man tags, similar to keeping the dead man undefeated at Mania. Shield (as a unit) >>> Wyatt's (or anybody else for that matter, as a unit)
I've seen bits of The Ascension on NXT and I don't think they deserve a call-up to the main roster, let alone a big WrestleMania match. And Kane? No one wants to see him wrestle. I'd rather thtey go back to booking The Shield against 3 random babyfaces tbh.
At this point, I'd put The Shield in the battle royal, which Reigns goes on to win, and do the split from there.
Guess they should have just gone ahead and saved the first encounter between The Shield and The Wyatts for Wrestlemania after all. I mean, if The Shield are gonna be competing in a tag team match anyway, at least it would have been one that we actually care about. I would have been fine with the triple threat main event being Orton/Cena/Bryan or even a four way between Orton, Bryan, Cena and Batista.
Orton v Cena v Bryan would have been amazing. Makes perfect sense as those three have held the title for the past year, and their feuds have interlinked. Also, we never got closure to Bryan/Orton or Cena getting a rematch with Bryan. Would have emulated WMXX as the new upcoming star wins the belt against two established faces of the company.