10 Wrestlers Who Changed Their Perception In A Heartbeat
2. Seth Rollins
Before:
People seemed to like the idea of Seth Rollins as 2019 Men's Royal Rumble winner more than they loved it. There was never a sense, unlike with a Steve Austin (1998) or a Daniel Bryan (2014), that it had to be him, nor of an Undertaker (2007), which while not life-affirming at least guaranteed something big time. It was process of elimination; it was as if WWE fans had settled for Seth, which later bred a resentment. Rollins wasn't vociferously rejected as the tippy-top guy - his defence against AJ Styles tore the house down, and most reasonable people knew that the Baron Corbin feud was not his fault - but he wasn't on fire, either. He was boring and a tad unlikeable in his Mandated WWE Babyface Promos. Perhaps because...
In a heartbeat:
Rollins absolutely lost it on Stomping Grounds Eve, at which point, in defiant response to the apathetic response to his own hard work and the scorn WWE had invited with its Wild Card bullsh*t, he proclaimed WWE to be the "best pro wrestling on the planet, period". A heartbeat is literal in this case; he pressed send tweet and turned heel, as a whining bubble boy with a d*ck-headed penchant for flexing his bank bank balance and a beyond deluded claim to being the best wrestler in the world. He wasn't. WWE wasn't. But people knew this and hardly blamed the guy before he begged for it.