Seth Rollins is in a strange situation: hes feuding with John Stewart, and its likely that hell be facing Randy Orton at WrestleMania. Theres an important point to note about Rollins, however: after Lesnar, Triple H, and Stephanie McMahon, Rollins is the WWEs biggest heel, and their #1 heel whos also a regular wrestler. As the self-professed future of WWE, Rollins needs to look strong if hes ever going to truly flourish in that role. If Lesnar does actually leave WWE, Rollins will need to step up and fill the void left by the current WWE World Champion. For this to happen, Rollins needs to win in his match against Randy Orton. Rollins is a very good wrestler, who has main-evented numerous PPVs since he debuted on the main roster. His MiTB briefcase also puts him in the World Title picture whenever he wants. As such, for him to be considered a legitimate threat to the Champion, Rollins needs to be booked as strongly as possible. To do this, Rollins would have to defeat Orton clean, without any interference from J&J Security during their Mania match. Rollins needs to show that, like in his Royal Rumble match with Cena and Lesnar, he can perform well in big matches, and he doesnt always need to be an under-handed cheater. Furthermore, if the rumors are true, and Rollins does cash in the briefcase at WrestleMania, then it wouldnt make sense for a guy who lost his match on the card to be considered a threat to the Champion. WWE are booking Roman Reigns as strongly as possible, so the only way a post-main event confrontation between Reigns and Rollins to work would be if Rollins defeats Orton earlier on in the card, to keep his momentum going.
Alexander Podgorski is a writer for WhatCulture that has been a fan of professional wrestling since he was 8 years old. He loves all kinds of wrestling, from WWE and sports entertainment, to puroresu in Japan.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Queen's University in Political Studies and French, and a Master's Degree in Public Administration. He speaks English, French, Polish, a bit of German, and knows some odd words and phrases in half a dozen other languages.