6 Ups & 5 Downs From WWE Raw (23 March - Results & Review)

2. Reminder: Seth Rollins Is The Babyface

If you’re looking for evidence of how seal-like WWE audiences have become, you really need look no further than how crowds lose their minds when Seth Rollins removes his hood and mask every week, as if the reveal is the greatest thing they’ve ever seen.

What made this little shortcut charade worse Monday night was that it came after Paul Heyman acknowledged that he was alone, with no backup or protection, asking to be put out of his misery. With that setup, Rollins did his masked man routine, a tool he employed for protection when he was outnumbered. There was no reason to wear a disguise Monday other than for the sheep-like pop at the unmasking.

That’s when Heyman mentioned a restraining order he had taken out against Rollins – a plot point that just came out of nowhere and was basically retconned by the announcers in the aftermath – to trigger a sequence that saw the Wise Man trash-talk Seth’s wife as being loose (yay, misogyny) and then offering to adopt their daughter.

Rollins (THE BABYFACE) raced back to the ring and punched out Heyman before being handcuffed and hauled off, while Paul… laughed.

If Bron Breakker is still questionable for WrestleMania 42, it’s understandable that they essentially need to vamp to kill time, but who is this stuff helping? Restraining orders, misogyny, repeated unmaskings, a babyface who used a goon squad and repeatedly attacks a manager… none of this feels entertaining in the slightest.