WWE suffered a stunning loss last week when Seth Rollins, the reigning WWE World Heavyweight Champion, suffered a knee injury that forced the company to strip him of his title. Rollins is scheduled for surgery on November 10, and he's expected to miss six to nine months of action - with rumors already swirling that he'll be out for closer to the longer end of that estimate. While both WWE and Rollins were jarred by the injury, it's all but guaranteed that the former Architect of the Shield will return to the top of the company as one of its most popular babyfaces. He may not be able to compete until after SummerSlam, but hopefully, he'll slide seamlessly into WWE programming, perhaps taking revenge on an Authority that's moved on in his absence. Where does Rollins go from there? The sky's the limit for the talented young star, but expect him to be a presence at the top of the card, winning the 2016 Royal Rumble and headlining WrestleMania XXXIII.
Scott Fried is a Slammy Award-winning* writer living and working in New York City. He has been following/writing about professional wrestling for many years and is a graduate of Lance Storm's Storm Wrestling Academy. Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/scottfried.
*Best Crowd of the Year, 2013