6 Ups & 3 Downs From WWE SmackDown (4 Apr - Results & Review)

2. Seth Rollins Third Wheels

There's no easy way to say this, so let’s just go for the jugular: Seth Rollins is a third wheel in this ‘Mania night one main event. He’s rapidly turning into the Charlotte Flair to Becky Lynch and Ronda Rousey from 2019, and that’s not meant as a compliment. On Friday, Rollins just stood there laughing at the chaos between CM Punk, Paul Heyman and Roman Reigns, but it was easy to forget he was even there.

Yikes.

Obviously, there's still time for him to get a word in and change this, but he’s the least important cog in the headline machine as things stand. That's a tough spot for someone like Seth to be in. Truthfully though, he was also more of a bit part player in last year's 'Mania 40 night one main event than WWE would care to admit. Back then, Rollins teamed with Cody Rhodes vs. Roman Reigns and The Rock.

This year, he started off hot due to personal beef with Punk and old Shield problems with Roman, but the creative team has largely ignored that to concentrate more on issues involving Punk, Reigns and Heyman. On SmackDown, you'd swear that this wasn't a Triple Threat - you'd swear that it was Punk vs. Reigns one-on-one with Paul E caught in the middle.

Glance at the pic above. It tells the full story. Seth is almost on the outside looking in. He was less involved here than Wade Barrett was in the prior Charlotte Flair vs. Tiffany Stratton skit, and that isn't a good thing.