This is a sad, sad day for Seth Rollins fan, myself recently included. Rollins reportedly sustained a leg injury at a house show in Dublin Wednesday night. It looked like Rollins' knee buckled when he tried to do a sunset flip. He finished his match against Kane but he had to be helped up to walk the ramp. The severity of the leg injury was revealed today and made official by WWE:
WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins has torn his right ACL, MCL and medial meniscus, and will not be able to defend the title against Roman Reigns at Survivor Series. A tournament to determine a new champion will instead take place at the event.
As first reported on Twitter by ESPN, Rollins suffered the injury last night at a WWE Live Event in Dublin, Ireland, and is expected to miss six to nine months of action.
It fucking sucks that this had to happen to Rollins. Despite how inconsistent his character has been since his heel turn, and how crappy they book him, he still puts on the best god damn matches every single time. His injury came at the worst time, with Reigns finally targeting Rollins for taking away his opportunity at Wrestlemania this year. The ending of this past RAW had the former SHIELD members as the survivors of both teams, which was heavily hinting at a possible SHIELD Triple Threat match for Wrestlemania 32 next year. Those plans are now scrapped and the title was immediately vacated as of today.
Rollins' injury also means that The Authority lost their corporate champ. Currently, there are no heels that are associated with The Authority to fill his spot. Kevin Owens is the current IC Champ and he's reportedly going to start feuding with Ambrose for the next few months. The New Day are the current Tag Team Champs and they are getting ready to feud against the returning Usos. Sheamus is the MITB holder and he's currently teamed up with King Barrett. The Wyatt Family have their own program going on with Taker and Kane. Basically, there is a big hole to fill in the overarching narrative between the midcard underdogs and the Authority.
What is WWE planning? They've already announced a tournament at Survivor Series to crown a new World Heavyweight Champion. Reigns is the #1 contender and it looks like they'll be working out on who the contenders will be and how they'll be decided. Wonder what they'll do though. Will someone turn heel to be a champ? Will that heel join The Authority? Will they bring in another part-timer to win the title, like Del Rio did for the US Title? Are we going to see another NXT call up to the main roster? Now more than ever, the road to Survivor Series and Wrestlemania is changing.
Get well soon, Seth!
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