Next week, wrestling fans are going to witness the ‘Night of Champions’ live from the Jeddah Super Dome, Saudi Arabia. And finally, the WWE Universe will get its World Heavyweight Champion who will become the first superstar to hold the new title.
WWE held a tournament weeks ago for the championship and its final round is at the PLE ‘Night of Champions’. In the final round, Seth Rollins and AJ Styles are going to compete for the prestigious title. Even though both superstars are deemed to be potential champions, still Rollins has an upper hand. However, the tables seem to be turned now, as a new report about ‘The Visionary’s WWE status has come out.
Fans are not happy as Seth Rollins might not win the championship at NOC
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This week, the WWE superstar Seth Rollins was to present on Monday Night Raw. Instead, the officials played his video packages to promote his championship match against AJ Styles at WWE PLE Night of Champions. And now, it is reported that Rollins will not be there for next week’s Raw as well.
According to the latest edition of Dave Meltzer’s ‘Wrestling Observer Newsletter‘, the ‘Visionary’ won’t be available for the May 22nd, 2023 episode of Monday Night Raw as he is busy with the shooting of his upcoming Hollywood movie.
It is also predicted that he could miss several episodes of Raw post the PLE Night of Champions. And it has made fans wonder if Seth Rollins would not be the new WWE World Heavyweight champion.
Fans even came online and started to share their views about the entire situation via tweets. Following are some of the top tweets by the fans
Then what’s the point in giving him the world heavyweight tittle?
— CFC_V (@VelanQBAT) May 19, 2023
If you want to be a champion in WWE you have to be a part timer
— Belimaril (@Azula1994) May 19, 2023
so they lied when they told us the new champ will not be a part timer🤣
— STR (@ShortyTellez) May 19, 2023
But Roman Reigns wasn’t fit to be a full-time champion — this is the inaugural World Heavyweight Champion and he’s gonna be off of TV just as much as Roman.
— ًGeorgeddie1998 (@Georgeddie1998) May 19, 2023
Bro decided to become a part timer as soon as they were about to put the title on him pic.twitter.com/mFCFOrEPvR
— SuperPony (@super_pony702) May 19, 2023
Dude sacrificed the tittle for a 10 second Hollywood film , low-key we all know if he doesn’t win it’s because of him walking out on raw
— Oliver Ortega (@superxoliver) May 19, 2023
so he is suppose to win the "work-horse" Championship while he is away from TV? ironic
— RoventiniRant (@RoventiniRant) May 19, 2023
The main reason why fans are predicting this outcome is that the only agenda behind bringing the new title is to give the WWE Universe a new full-time WWE champion.
And right now, Seth Rollins doesn’t seem to fulfill the criteria.
Rollins, Hollywood, and the championship
The former WWE world champion Seth Rollins was undoubtedly the first pick of the fans for being the World Heavyweight champion. Not only the fans, but he was possibly the top choice of the decision-makers as well. And the major reason behind this was Rollins’ consistency inside the squared circle.
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However, recently he got a big opportunity to star in Marvel’s movie ‘Captain America: New World Order’ and he decided to spend some time carving his niche in the Hollywood industry as well. And since Triple H declared the new championship a work-horse title, Rollins’ chances to win the gold may be thin.
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What is your take on this? Do you think that the Hollywood project might act as an obstacle in the way of Seth Rollins winning the World Heavyweight championship? Tell us about it in the comments section.
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