What happens when Seth Rollins loses the WWE world title?
The longstanding championIt looks like Vince McMahon is set on making sure not only Roman Reigns becomes WWE’s World Champion, but he remains the top face in the company. A report on wrestlechat.net suggests Reigns and his soon to be opponent at Survivor Series, Seth Rollins, had other ideas that were nixed by the Chairman of the Board.Also read: Seth Rollins: 5 ways the babyface can become the next CM punkThe idea of a Rollins and Reigns doing a double turn — Rollins would turn babyface and Reigns would turn heel — was pitched to Vince McMahon by a WWE producer and quickly rejected. Fans shouldn’t expect any changes to be made to Reigns’ character in the near future since it’s something McMahon is extremely stubborn about. He is determined to make Reigns into a WWE Superstar that fans will accept.The build for this match has been slow and steady. The fans are finally growing to support Reigns as a viable champion contender. Rollins, sans Bray Wyatt, is the best heel going today. Why would the company change the current format that appears to be working?I thought this might be an option heading into the Royal Rumble and possible WrestleMania 32 where there was a double flip, where Reigns gets more heat to solidify his role as the new leader of the band. It may have been kicked around as a potential option had the outcome of Hell in a Cell, followed by the past two weeks on RAW were rejected by fans in the stands. So far, it seems to be working.Kudos to the creative team that has written a nice arc to a story we all have thought was a nightmare for so long.So what happens to Seth Rollins if he loses the WWE World Title? Scratch that, when he loses the WWE World Title? Yes, there will be a rematch (there is always a rematch at another WWE pay-per-view). But Vince and the boys are not going to give Reigns the strap and then take it away from him one month later.That would defeat the purpose of all these shenanigans. Rollins is white hot as the heel but Reigns and Dean Ambrose want to bury. So what happens once the belt is removed from the waist of the current champion?Here are a few ideas.
#1 The Face Turn
WWE in its own way had been teasing this since Stephanie McMahon uttered these words on Raw before SummerSlam. “You are good, but you are not Triple H.”
The disconnection between Rollins and his relationship between McMahon and Triple H has not been explored to the extent that could lead to a fracture with the Authority or an eventual divorce from the angle altogether.
There has also been talk of a Triple H-Rollins match that was supposed to happen at SummerSlam. That too did not happen, and was replaced by the John Cena match where Rollins retained the company title and won the US Title.
Thanks, Jon Stewart.
Rollins as a face makes sense, but right now, his heel character is perfect for the climate of the company and how the fans react to Reigns as a new leader of WWE. In time, this should happen, but not right now. And when it does, would it mean another reunion with former Shield members, Reigns, Dean Ambrose or both?