3 Highs and 2 Lows from Seth Rollins' previous WWE SummerSlam appearances

Since making his WWE main-roster debut in November 2012, Seth Rollins has appeared at five SummerSlam events.

In 2013, he featured alongside Roman Reigns at ringside to support Dean Ambrose during his United States Championship kickoff show match against Rob Van Dam, while he went one-on-one with Ambrose at the 2014 event following The Shield’s split.

In 2015, “The Architect” enjoyed one of the best nights of his career when he left SummerSlam with two titles (the WWE Championship and the United States Championship), and then he was defeated by Finn Balor in a match for the new Universal Championship at the 2016 show.

His latest SummerSlam appearance came in 2017 when he reunited with fellow Shield member Ambrose to defeat Sheamus & Cesaro for the Raw Tag Team Championships.

Overall, it’s been an eventful few years for Rollins when it comes to SummerSlam, so we decided to take an in-depth look at where things have gone right and wrong for “The Kingslayer” at WWE’s “Biggest Party of The Summer”

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#5 Low: Demoted to being a kickoff show sidekick (2013)

Seth Rollins was at ringside for Dean Ambrose vs. RVD

Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, and Dean Ambrose quickly worked their way higher and higher up the WWE card during their first six months as members of the main roster.

However, after the three Shield members claimed gold for the first time at Extreme Rules 2013, Ambrose's United States Championship and Rollins & Reigns’ Tag Team Championships were made to feel like props rather than a priority by WWE.

At Money In The Bank 2013, Rollins & Reigns defended their titles in one of the best tag matches of the year against The Usos on the kickoff show, but they weren’t even featured on the card at the next month’s SummerSlam PPV.

Instead, “The Architect” could only watch on from ringside as Ambrose faced Rob Van Dam on the kickoff show.

#4 High: Dean Ambrose rivalry heats up (2014)

The lumberjack match was one of the high points of SummerSlam 2014

In June 2014, Seth Rollins produced one of the most memorable WWE moments of the decade when he started swinging steel and turning heel the night after The Shield defeated Evolution at Payback.

Two months later, Rollins and fellow Shield member Dean Ambrose finally went one-on-one, with the then-Money In The Bank holder winning a 10-minute lumberjack match at SummerSlam which ended up taking place all over the arena.

The match was one of the most entertaining at the 2014 SummerSlam event, proving to WWE’s decision-makers that the duo could deliver on the big stage in PPV singles matches going forward.

#3 High: Winner takes all (2015)

Seth Rollins walked out of SummerSlam 2015 with two titles

From a WWE booking perspective, some might argue that Seth Rollins’ ‘Winner Takes All’ victory over John Cena at SummerSlam 2015 should be considered a low point on this list. After all, the finish came about after a quite frankly ridiculous heel turn from celebrity host Jon Stewart.

However, no matter what the circumstances, this can only be considered a high point in the career of Rollins, as this outrageous outcome saw him become the first man to ever hold the WWE Championship and the United States Championship at the same time.

#2 Low: Finn Balor injury (2016)

Finn Balor was forced to relinquish the Universal Championship

Finn Balor made his WWE PPV debut at SummerSlam 2016, defeating Seth Rollins for the new Universal Championship, but the night is best remembered for the injury that “The Demon King” suffered early on in the match.

When Rollins executed a powerbomb on his opponent against the ringside barricade, the Irishman sustained a nasty shoulder injury. Although he continued to compete for the rest of the match, he was forced to relinquish the title on Raw the next day and he didn’t return for another eight months.

“The Kingslayer” mocked Balor’s injury woes on Raw (in storyline), as you can see from the video below. In reality, however, it’s safe to say that this was definitely one of the low points from Rollins’ past SummerSlam appearances.

#1 High: The Shield reigns supreme (2017)

The Bar lost the Raw tag titles to two-thirds of The Shield at SummerSlam 2017

It took several weeks of convincing, but Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose were finally on the same page again by the time SummerSlam 2017 came around.

The reunited Shield duo looked like they never lost a step as a tag team, defeating Sheamus & Cesaro to win the Raw Tag Team Championships in an 18-minute match which was widely perceived as one of the best encounters of the night.

While this wasn’t quite as memorable as Rollins’ 2015 SummerSlam title triumph, it was still one of the biggest feel-good moments that WWE produced in 2017.