10 WWE Stars We Expected To Be World Champion By Now
5. Seth Rollins
Seth Rollins being Intercontinental Champion is as much a by-product of Brock Lesnar's Universal Title reign as it is his own effort in 2018.
After one too many injuries, 'The Architect' isn't quite the performer he still professes to be, but the carefully-massaged perception that he's all that and lots more has worked enough to ensure that he's one of the hottest stars on Monday Night Raw.
He has some great matches, a lot of good matches and even more long ones. These things conspire to create the veneer of superstardom in the modern age, and a Shield gimmick as a fallback ensures that something will always get him over even if "Burn It Down" is eventually doused.
Promoted as one of Raw's elite performers (if not the elite performer), Seth still hasn't managed to snare one of the top prizes since his blink-and-you'll-miss-it run in 2016, but 'The Big Dog' finally getting Universal Championship might yet open up a door for his stablemate.