7 Ups And 9 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Oct 17)

4. Rebuilding Rollins

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Seth Rollins’ rebranding as a good guy who fights his own battles – and wins – continued Monday night, with the Architect defeating Chris Jericho for the second straight week.

Rollins’ face turn has been handled decently overall, though it’s tough at times to accept that he was jilted by Triple H and Stephanie McMahon that he wasn’t the chosen one to be Universal Champion and that we should now cheer him because he’s rebelling. Still, the turn is taking hold, and he’s settling into the new role.

The question that remains is what will happen at Hell in a Cell? Rollins losing two PPV title matches in a row certainly won’t help his stock (though it would help champ Kevin Owens’), but is it time for him to win a world title again?

While Rollins isn’t really the guy to be the top babyface on Raw – yet – he’s getting a better reception each week, so it’s an ongoing process.

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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 fortunately became a fan in time for WrestleMania III and came back as a fan after a long high school hiatus before WM XIV. Monday nights in the Carlson household are reserved for viewing Raw -- for better or worse.