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Is Seth Rollins overrated?
While The WWE Universe likes to prop Seth Rollins up as The Kingslayer and one of the most gifted performers in the entire company, he isn't without his faults. In fact, he seems to have more faults than he does actual value, but it always seems to get overshadowed thanks to who he knows inside the company and his massive fanbase.
Of course this doesn't mean that Seth Rollins isn't the brilliant performer he says he is or even that his accolades are undeserved, this is just an assessment of why Rollins is becoming a bit overrated. With that being said and WWE seemingly putting all their chips behind The Kingslayer right now, here are five reasons why he is overrated.
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#5 Size
And Vince McMahon likes to make size jokes about Finn Balor?
If nothing else, they are extremely hypocritical given Seth Rollins's rise to the main event scene over the last couple of years and are definitely indicative of someone pushing really hard for Rollins backstage. Of course WWE has still kept the Universal title off of him for the time being, but even that seems to be coming to an end at this year's WrestleMania
With that being said, Seth Rollins's size really hurts the realism of his matches when up against bigger opponents. Sure, it makes Rollins look like a million bucks for overcoming a behemoth and squeaking out a win, but it also drags the other superstar down a little bit at the same time.
In the end, Rollins getting in the ring with guys like Brock Lesnar, Bruan Strowman and Drew McIntyre just aren't realistic and that's one of the reasons why Rollins is an odd choice as a top guy. In fact, he is nowhere near Vince McMahon's standards of a top guy, which makes it harder to see why the WWE would want him leading them for any period of time.
#4 Only popular due to The Shield
Let's be honest here.
There are only two reasons why Seth Rollins is as popular as he is and while one of them is his success on the indy scene, the other one is the fact that he was apart of one of the most dominant factions in WWE. Now none of this means that Rollins wasn't deserving of the praise or the eventual spot in The Shield, but imagine if it never happened!
Think about it! Rollins could have still had all the praise in the world from his time on the indies and it wouldn't have mattered if he wasn't a part of The Shield. Sure, WWE would have roped him into a storyline in some other way and maybe done something else with him, but he definitely wouldn't be on the white hot run he is on now.
Furthermore, he would have never been hand picked by Triple H to betray The Shield, would have never joined the Authority, won the Money in the Bank briefcase or won the title. In the end, all of Rollins's accomplishments are because of his early success in The Shield, which kind of makes him overrated compared to people who had to find success with less.
#3 Not great on the microphone
The WWE Universe seems to want to prop up Seth Rollins as some kind of god on the microphone, but that really isn't the case. In fact, one could argue that Rollins' success on the microphone comes down to his ability to connect with the audience and not from his ability to find zingers or say something truly impactful.
One only has to look to Seth Rollins's corny segment on Raw about pointing to the sign and about this being a dream his whole life to know that he isn't exactly on a CM Punk or Dean Ambrose type level. Its also obvious that there really isn't much impact in the words he's saying, which is another thing that is bothersome during his promos.
WIth that being said, he does pretty well at playing off a crowd, but he will never be the Dean Ambrose or CM Punk that fans try to prop him up to be. Then again, his heel persona is probably the closest he has gotten to coming on that level of a talker, but his babyface character is very lackluster on the microphone.
#2 Has Triple H fighting for him backstage
Why has Seth Rollins been a top superstar for so long?
Although some fans will point to his talent inside the ring, his ability to have five star matches and his connection with the fans as reasons why, one has to wonder if all that would matter if he wasn't one of Triple H's projects. In fact, if Triple H wasn't backstage politicking for Seth Rollins to be in big matches, what would happen to The Kingslayer?
Of course it's impossible to know exactly where Seth Rollins would be now, especially with all the different variables at play, but one could assume he wouldn't have the accolades he does now. Beyond that, one could also probably assume that he wouldn't be in The Universal title picture heading into WrestleMania 35.
Interestingly enough, there was a rumor going around from Wrestlevotes.com that Vince McMahon's original plan for WrestleMania 35 was for Braun Strowman to defeat Brock Lesnar at The Royal Rumble and then lose to Drew McIntyre for the title at WrestleMania 35. With that being said however, Strowman got in trouble backstage and Triple H was somehow able to convince Vince McMahon to replace Strowman with Rollins, according to Wrestlevotes.com.
In the end, there's nothing wrong with having someone go to bat for you, but there is something wrong with pretending that isn't happening and chalking up a superstar's success to their own god-given ability. Just call it what it is and realize that Rollins is getting a few breaks backstage.
#1 Injury prone
Believe it or not, Seth Rollins is one of the most injury prone superstars on the entire roster and has even gotten injured at some of the most crucial moments of his career. For example, Rollins had his knee injury occur during his first run as WWE Champion and forced the company to find other plans for the title.
As if that wasn't bad enough, he also suffered another injury during a segment with Samoa Joe a month before WrestleMania 33, which almost took him out of action. Rollins was eventually able to rest up enough to face Triple H that year, but it would have probably been a much better match if Rollins wasn't competing injured.
Fast forward to present day and Seth Rollins is in The Universal title picture while simultaneously nursing a back injury. The injury is supposedly so bad that it will prevent Rollins from competing inside the ring for the next month or so, which is a huge disappointment to anyway wanting to see a good build to this feud.
In the end, Rollins is a workhorse and also a showman inside the ring. Unfortunately for Rollins, his high risk nature paired with his immense agility are the cause of a lot of his injuries and probably continue to be until he decides to slow down. Either that , or he is forced to slow down due to an injury or even forced into retirement.
