10 Shining Lights In WWE’s Darkest Hours
9. Seth Rollins (2018)
To call Seth Rollins the main benefactor of the overwhelming hatred still levied at Roman Reigns would be grossly unfair to the hardworking 'Architect', but there's undeniably been a groundswell of revived support for the Intercontinental Champion in the absence of a supposed big hero on the red brand.
Roman's year has thus far been disastrous, in contrast to Rollins thriving in the longest WWE match ever and numerous unexpectedly excellent scraps over his newly-won secondary strap. Contests with The Miz, Finn Bálor and Kevin Owens have all been exceptional, and his double duty diligence at January's Royal Rumble wasn't wasted effort either.
Still short the spark that once shot Shield six-man tags into another stratosphere, Seth's smarter matches have gradually caught on, as too has his ludicrous 'Burn It Down' mantra. It's this - itself a forced insertion by Vince McMahon with virtually no notice - that highlights how far Rollins has moved away from the snarling d*ckhead heel and even bigger d*ckhead babyface that looked to have sunk his topline credentials forever as little as a year ago.