7 Ups & 5 Downs From WWE Raw (8 May - Results & Review)

1. Rollins One Step Closer

Each day, it seems more and more like the new WWE World Heavyweight Championship is Seth Rollins’ to lose, like it was made for him.

Few superstars have managed to become as Teflon as Rollins, able to lose feuds and still retain his credibility and popularity. Last year, he lost all three matches to Cody Rhodes, a fight pit match to Matt Riddle and his United States Championship to Austin Theory, and he still was one of the biggest stars on Raw.

If you’re going to crown a new world champion to hold a title that’s being billed as a workhorse title, there are few people better suited than Rollins. The Visionary won his triple threat Monday night, then beat back a serious challenge from Finn Balor in the main event, which included a great callback to their SummerSlam 2016 match for the then-new Universal Championship – a Balor bucklebomb into the barricade.

Rollins now heads to Night of Champions to face the winner of the SmackDown bracket, which will be determined on Friday night.