WrestleMania 31 Results: 20 Best Reactions To Rollins' Shock Win

He told you he'd do it.

By Simon Gallagher /

Despite everything that was said before the event about poor builds and strange bookings - where what Triple H was going to wear seemed more important than why he was fighting Sting at all - WrestleMania 31genuinely delivered.

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When future generations look back at the 2015 event, they might well consider it a watershed moment, where a whole new era started. Fans of Roman Reigns probably thought that he'd be the one leading that new movement, but thanks to the considerable barrier of Brock Lesnar and the cheeky opportunism of a former ally, the belt is not his.

WWE had spent the night looking backwards as much as it was forwards: old heads and veterans appeared, championing history and legacy (and some of them won out over new contenders) and the new generation of potential champions bared their teeth. But then with an almighty twist, the future became the present and the company crowned a new heel champion right under Reigns' nose.

And while the reactions weren't quite as colossal as those that met the end of the Streak at 31, the Internet inevitably responded hugely to what Rollins - and the WWE - achieved at the end of the big event...

20. Only Rollins Could Save Us

https://twitter.com/SychoVicious/status/582378605919006720

Just after making a veiled d*ck joke about the new champ, and complaining about the end of Triple H/Sting, Sid Vicious said "I told you so"...

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