7 Ups And 5 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (March 30th)
2. A Marked Man
The big story to come out of WrestleMania Sunday night other than Ronda Rousey hip-tossing Triple H and threatening to break Stephanie McMahons arm was Seth Rollins cashing in his Money in the Bank briefcase as the most opportune time to become the new WWE World Heavyweight Champion. He did so by pinning challenger Roman Reigns after champ Brock Lesnar was taken out of the equation. All of this happened after Rollins lost his singles match earlier in the night against Randy Orton. All of that is relevant because it means that Rollins now has three men with legit claims to world title shots, and all are gunning for him. Seth has been developing his cowardly heel who can back it up persona, and it is likely going to be put to the test in the coming weeks and months. It also is a stark difference between Lesnars reign as champ where he disappeared for three months and only defended his title three times over seven months. Rollins will be in the ring every week, and while his world title wont be on the line each time, hell still have to do battle with a lot of the guys trying to pry that title away from him.
Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.
