10 Things We Learned From The WrestleMania Go-Home Raw (March 27)

3. Rollins' Redemption

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It was a big night for Seth Rollins, with 'The Architect' exhibiting a nailed on babyface quality for the very first time since his bungled turn last summer.

Truthfully, the injury suffered several weeks ago may have been the best thing to happen to the former Shield member, and this storyline.

Two months out with lots of television to fill, there was only so much juice to squeeze out of Seth's revenge mission on the man that cost him the Universal Title and kicked him to the curb.

Having failed to reclaim the title multiple times against Owens and losing his spot in the Royal Rumble, Rollins only had a pattern of defeats to work off in the same vein as Randy Orton in 2004, who eventually lost his WrestleMania spot against 'The Game' to a far more appealing Batista.

Seth's aching regret over ever abandoning his Shield brethren was rare humanity from a WWE babyface, with Triple H's Vince McMahon ventriloquist dummy 'success first' mantra the perfect foil.

With scant few days remaining, Hunter and Rollins hit two huge points over and over that will undoubtedly be the story of the match. Rollins has a bad knee. Rollins needs to beat Triple H.

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