10 Wrestlers Set For A Big Push Following WrestleMania 35

3. Seth Rollins

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Seth Rollins needs this.

Hampered by Seth's injury and the Shield reunion, his programme with Brock Lesnar has underwhelmed to such an extent that the match barely feels like it is happening. There are mitigating factors at play, but Rollins during this WrestleMania season has failed to address his most damning criticism: as a top babyface, he isn't an engaging, must-see television star. On his best form, he is an excellent professional wrestler, with an ability to intersect WWE's broad style with a rhythm and creativity and stamina shared by the very best thoroughbred workhorses.

Put a microphone near his face, though, and it's all a bit...generic. Unimaginative, even. Rollins takes the workhorse bit at its most literal.

He should - should - go over Brock Lesnar. WWE must have one eye on the Dean Ambrose furore, as well as Roman Reigns' pitched WrestleMania 36 main event, when considering the finish. Rollins operates best as a cackling heel, showing so much unique, meme-able personality throughout 2015. If he cannot unearth this in the face role, WWE must accentuate the positives and, in stark contrast to Brock Lesnar, position Rollins as the marathon super-worker he is.

That may read as dry, but it's fan service - the sheer lack of it in the Universal Title picture should render it a relative success.

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