Dream Match: Seth Rollins & Sami Zayn vs. Triple H & Samoa Joe
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The build-up to this match assumes that Rollins’ recent knee injury did occur, and thus WWE’s plans had to be changed. But just because Rollins injured his leg does not mean that a great match cannot take place.
While Triple H and Seth Rollins do their best to destroy one another in various segments on RAW, a secondary feud brews beneath them. Triple H’s destroyer Samoa Joe begins a bitter rivalry of his own with Sami Zayn, attacking the beloved Canadian on several occasions. It’s later revealed that Joe’s trying to end Zayn’s career because Stephanie McMahon (and by extension, Triple H) sees Zayn as a thorn in her side, and wants to get rid of him once and for all.
So to counter this abuse of power, Rollins and Zayn decide to team up against the evil overlord Triple H and his attack dog Samoa Joe.
The match plays out as a bitter war between two polar opposites. On one hand, you have Rollins trying to prove that he does not need the Authority to be a star, and Zayn trying to prove to them he deserves to be treated like one. On the other, you have the man representing the authority-centric status quo and his new pet project that obeys his orders without question.
The match would play out as an exciting back-and-forth contest, which would begin with Zayn and Joe in the ring, with Zayn not backing down no matter how much bigger and stronger Joe is. Then, Joe tags in Hunter and Zayn looks to the crowd. And he points to Rollins, whose starring daggers at Hunter. The crowd gets louder and louder, and then Zayn tags in Rollins.
Then you have Rollins and Hunter brawling nonstop like a pair of rabid dogs, both desperate to hurt the other as much as possible. Rollins does his best to maintain momentum, but HHH, being the Cerebral Assassin, keeps targeting the knee over and over again. Both Joe and Hunter double team Rollins, with Zayn entering the match several times to save his ally.
At one point, the referee gets knocked out, and Triple H and Joe double team Rollins. Joe even shows his own ruthlessness by Powerbombing Zayn onto Rollins’ injured leg, causing Rollins to writhe in pain like never before. Hunter then locks in another leglock that torments his knee, but Zayn attacks Hunter, breaking the hold.
As Rollins lies in agony clutching his knee, Joe and Hunter double team him, stomping on his knee as much as they can. Then, Zayn, out of desperation to protect Rollins, climbs onto Rollins and shields his knee with his own body, taking more punishment to save Rollins as they stomp on his back because he knows that he needs Rollins to win the match.
The referee gets up, and Rollins and Hunter have one final exchange in the ring, before Hunter goes for his Pedigree. But the referee gets distracted by Joe trying to enter the ring, who’s only doing so because Zayn’s getting back up across the ring. Hunter hooks Seth’s arms, but Zayn uses Rollins’ body as a platform to hit Triple H right in the face with a Helluva Kick, which the referee never saw due to him being distracted by Joe.
Rollins then gets up first and hits his own Pedigree while Zayn runs out and grabs Joe’s leg from the outside, preventing him from getting into the ring in time to save his boss from being pinned by Seth Rollins.
Zayn and Rollins then celebrate a monumental victory.
Winners: Seth Rollins & Sami Zayn
