The surprise WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins shocked the wrestling world last week at WrestleMania, then managed to use Brock Lesnars anger against him and enticed him to land an indefinite suspension. So with the former champ out for the foreseeable future, who is the #1 contender for Rollins world title? The man he pinned, Roman Reigns? Or the man who beat him in an earlier Mania match, Randy Orton? Rollins delivered one of the most shocking endings in WrestleMania history, and he has shown that he is ready to carry the weight of being world champ on his shoulders, so it will be interesting to see who gets first crack at him. Although the initial confrontation would lead everyone to believe it will be Orton fighting for the title, perhaps WWE will go for another triple threat, allowing Rollins to retain his title by stealing another pinfall. Regardless, WWE has put its World Heavyweight Championship on someone new, so we will have to see how the company moves forward.
Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.
