10 Best World Title Celebrations In WWE History
10. Seth Rollins (Raw, 24th August 2015)
Sometimes even the best laid plans fall apart. Fresh off defending his WWE Championship against John Cena the night before, Seth Rollins had demanded a statue be erected in his honour, and true to his word, Triple H delivered on Raw.
The Authority had already had Cena escorted from the building, knowing that he’d likely ruin the ceremony. After Triple H and Stephanie had incited he crowd’s wrath by bigging-up The Architect’s accomplishments, Rollins hit the ring, compared himself to Babe Ruth and laid into his rival Cena.
Things didn’t work out the way he’d planned, however. The drumroll hit, and the curtain was pulled away, but it wasn’t a statute that was unveiled: it was Sting. The Icon ambushed Rollins and laid him out with a Stinger Splash, sending The Authority scampering away on what should’ve been Rollins’ big night.
The show went off the air with Sting holding the championship high, and Rollins seething.
Though the celebration ended in disaster for the champion, it was a hugely satisfying moment for the fans. The statue idea was so grandiose, over-the-top, and designed solely to inflate the champion’s ego and troll the fans. While the actual statue would eventually be unveiled the following week, Sting had saved the WWE Universe the trouble of having to sit through Seth Rollin’s self-indulgence