12 Bad Wrestling Stories That Wasted Great SWERVE Ideas
8. Seth Rollins Betrays The Shield
As a member of The Shield, Seth Rollins once found himself more over than just about any other babyface on a show that had just recently crowned Daniel Bryan as WWE Champion in the main event of WrestleMania XXX. He used this adoration to maximise the heartbreak of his actions when he turned on Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns on the June 2nd 2014 edition of Monday Night Raw.
Big actions are supposed to have dire consequences, and after the future 'Architect' bulldozed his own house with such visceral hate, it was electrifying to think of what might happen to and for the sell-out now that he'd joined forces with Triple H's Authority. The strength of emotion (something badly missing from 2010s WWE in general) was such that some felt it was too soon to sever ties within the group whilst still riding a new wave at the top of the card. What next for any of them?
If you said "heel toadie getting splattered in the face with goo", you're too cynical and also a survivor of many, many lost years trying to find something good in a very very bad version of WWE.
It was all so numbingly rote. Seth donned the suit. Seth was neutered by his relationship with Hunter and Stephanie McMahon, going from killer to coward as his promos got boring and his in-match offence no longer really made sense. And Seth coasted to winning Money In The Bank.
The payoff for that is rightfully lauded as an all-time great WrestleMania moment, but before that case was cashed in, it was booby-trapped by Dennis The Menace-era Dean Ambrose. This was 2010s WWE. Nothing good came without lashings and lashings of bad alongside it.