5 reasons why Seth Rollins replacing Roman Reigns as WWE's face was the right decision

Modified Aug 21, 2019 06:39 GMT

Seth Rollins' consistency is a major reason for his push

A lot can change over a year. At SummerSlam 2018, Roman Reigns finally defeated Brock Lesnar to win the Universal title after coming short on multiple occasions in the past.

This was after Reigns failed to win the WWE World title from Lesnar at WrestleMania 31, courtesy a sneaky Seth Rollins who cashed in his Money In The Bank contract and stole a win. At WrestleMania 34, Lesnar stood tall after hitting Reigns with multiple F-5s in the main event.

Recently, Rollins defeated Lesnar clean in the main event of SummerSlam, months after he had slain The Beast at WrestleMania 35. Rollins is WWE's top champion on the flagship show. It's clear as day here that WWE has replaced Roman Reigns with Seth Rollins, in regards to being the face of WWE.

Let's take a look at 5 reasons why this was the right decision on WWE's part.

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#5 The Reigns experiment simply wasn't working

Reigns, on the Raw rpisode after WrestleMania 33

Soon after Seth Rollins betrayed The Shield back in 2014, Roman Reigns was pushed to the Moon by WWE and was being promoted as the guy who would rid us of Brock Lesnar. The fans didn't like WWE pushing Reigns towards them and turned on him soon. His Royal Rumble 2015 win was met with a loud chorus of boos.

This situation didn't change over the next three years. Reigns made several attempts to dethrone Lesnar but didn't succeed, and the WWE Universe was simply not interested in him as the top guy.

Reigns' victory against The Undertaker at WrestleMania made matters worse for him. There was no way fans would accept Reigns as a top guy, and WWE had begun noticing it too.

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#4 WWE couldn't risk investing in Roman Reigns

At the end of the day, WWE is a business that needs a credible top guy, who would be there every single week and help sell tickets. Last year, Roman Reigns came out on an episode of Monday Night Raw and announced that his leukemia had returned. He relinquished the Universal title and left the company for an undetermined period of time.

This was a reality check for WWE, who had spent the last three years building up Reigns as the single biggest Superstar on the roster. It made the company realize that it should never put all of its eggs in one basket.

It could be one of the reasons why Rollins is now the face of RAW and Reigns slowly making his way back to the title picture in SmackDown Live.

#3 Seth Rollins is capable of delivering quality matches on a consistent basis

Although Reigns is capable of pulling off good matches, Seth Rollins is simply way better than him when it comes to in-ring performances, plus mic work. One of the biggest reasons fans got behind Rollins was the fact that he was entertaining on the stick and was delivering quality matches one after the other on a weekly basis.

Reigns' matches against Triple H, The Undertaker, and Brock Lesnar at three consecutive WrestleMania events left a lot to be desired, in terms of quality. Rollins is an excellent choice to carry the helm as he is capable of backing up his talks and leaving the fans in awe with his performances.

#2 Fans like Roman Reigns when he isn't forced upon them

Roman Reigns came back on the road to WrestleMania 35 and defeated Drew McIntyre in a marquee match at the event. His triumphant return was capped off with WWE moving Reigns to the blue brand.

This was the best thing that could have happened to Reigns at that point in time. The move took the spotlight off him and gave Rollins a chance to shine as the top guy on Monday Night Raw.

Reigns has been holding his own on SmackDown Live and is getting good reactions regularly. It's clear as day here that replacing him with Rollins not only gave the latter a well-deserved top spot but also made Reigns a likable guy again.

The WWE Universe brought out the fact that that they are fine with Reigns as long as he isn't forced upon them as the top guy consistently.

#1 The pops Rollins was receiving couldn't be ignored

At WrestleMania 34, Seth Rollins defeated Finn Balor and The Miz to win the Intercontinental title. The next night on Raw, the pop that he received was deafening. It was a sign of things to come, as Rollins went on to give amazing performances every week, and the fans kept getting behind him.

Rollins' popularity couldn't be ignored by the time 2019 came around, and he won the Royal Rumble Match to get a shot at Brock Lesnar's Universal title. Unlike with Reigns, fans were strongly behind Rollins and genuinely wanted him to save them from Lesnar's "Reign of terror", which saw him rarely make an appearance on Raw.

The reactions to Rollins' Universal title wins at WrestleMania 35 and SummerSlam 2019 have proved that fans are completely fine with him being their top Champion.

Edited by Prasen Moudgal