10 Positive Developments In This Awful Post-WWE WrestleMania Season

1. Seth Rollins

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Stealing the show with almost the perfect version of WWE's trademark finisher kick-out festival, Seth Rollins, over the course of 20 scintillating minutes, saved Backlash from entering the annals of the absolute most dog-sh*t WWE shows of all time. It was a fabulous match, slight absurdity of the punishment withstood to recovery ratio notwithstanding. Rollins was house afire dynamic in there, shaking off the sluggishness that caused many to question his long-term credentials at this stage last year.

But that was probably just Bray Wyatt, let's face it.

On the night, he also convinced virtually every enraptured New Jersey native that not only was the 2013/15 vintage Rollins back in full effect, but that he was The Guy around whom to build RAW. As almost the entire fanbase became united in their rejection of Roman Reigns, support for his successor was splintered; with so many talented performers occupying the same middle ground, few of them were worth the emotional investment.

Rollins has emerged from the pack like a performer possessed in recent weeks, with a body of work so strong it fires up deadened imaginations: what if Dean Ambrose returns from injury to answers Seth's Intercontinental Title open challenge, is unsuccessful in a barnstorming all-babyface match, and uses it as motivation to finally turn heel?

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