Full Predictions for the Shield and CM Punk After TLC

In one of TLC's biggest shocks, CM Punk managed to defeat all three members of The Shield in his handicap match against the trio.

Of course, the win was a total fluke. An injured, partially blinded Roman Reigns accidentally speared Dean Ambrose in the bout's closing moments, allowing Punk to pick up the victory.

This ending will, presumably, lead to the trio splitting up, something that's been hinted at frequently over the past few months.

Ambrose and Seth Rollins will likely heap all the blame for the loss on Reigns, leading them to turn on their friend once and for all. It may take a few weeks, or it may happen on Monday's Raw.

You never know with this booking team.

From there, we can expect new babyface Reigns to get the mega-push that was reported a couple of months ago by various sites like WrestlingInc.com and F4Wonline.com.

Whether he will thrive in this role remains to be seen.

He's a tremendous wrestler, of course, and has a certain amount of physical and on-screen charisma. But his personality seems somewhat lacking. At this moment, it's hard to see the fans going absolutely crazy for him the way they do for someone like Daniel Bryan.

And what of Ambrose and Rollins? Will they be cast aside as WWE shifts its focus on to Reigns? Let's hope not.

Ideally, the company will call up a new third member from developmental—Sami Zayn is one potential candidate—and The Shield can continue dominating Raw and SmackDown.

 But, really, it's difficult to know just what WWE's plans are for them.    

CM Punk's future following TLC is also hard to predict.

Heading into the show, reports (from F4Wonline.com via WrestlingInc.com) were swirling around the hot water the former WWE champion found himself in during the middle of a heated altercation between real-life girlfriend AJ Lee and NBC host Michelle Beadle at last week's Tribute to the Troops.

Allegedly, Lee lost her temper with the celebrity over a conversation she had just had with Punk and loudly berated her in front of various office people (Beadle later indicated this was the case on her Twitter account, too).

By all accounts, WWE brass are irate over the situation, feeling the Divas champion greatly embarrassed the company with her conduct.

That this was a high-profile show—and one in which the company kindly attempts to give back to the troops for their hard work and sacrifices—probably won't help Lee.

It's also hard to see Punk emerging from this debacle totally unscathed—his not-so-cryptic swipe at the company on his official Twitter account three days ago probably didn't do him any favors either.

Hey, he wouldn't be the first guy to suffer politically due to what his girlfriend did. Ask John Morrison.

Will his WWE career continue to drift aimlessly after TLC? Who knows, but at this point it doesn't look good.

Sure, he won here. But, really, that was more to build up The Shield's impending split than to push Punk's win, which came off as a total and utter afterthought.

Following TLC, the futures of all four guys seem to be up in the air. Let's hope the booking team can come up with good ideas for all of them. Assuming, of course, they're still capable of this.