5 Ways To Have Better Handled The Vacant WWE Championship

Injuries happen, talents are sidelined, and plans need to be changed. That's just the nature of professional wrestling/sports entertainment. While the WWE has had numerous experiences dealing with unexpected injuries over the years, they don't always make chicken salad out of chicken you-know-what. Seth Rollins had been enjoying the best year of his career, holding the WWE Championship since WresleMania and he was scheduled to face Roman Reigns in the main event of Survivor Series 2015. Due to the champ's injury, the title was vacated and contested in a tournament spanning several weeks, with the semi-finals and finals taking place at the pay-per-view. Aside from its predictable and routine nature, the method in which WWE handled the vacant World Heavyweight Championship lacked anything that could be classified as creative or fresh. WWE missed several opportunities to inject some much needed energy into their product in the wake of Rollins' injury. They could've taken the news and used it to develop new storylines or perhaps used the void created by Seth Rollins' absence to elevate several other new superstars to the main event, but the company decided to stick with more of the same. More of the same that has been resulting in record-low television ratings. They could and should have approached things differently. Here are just five ways how they might have went anout it.