A new champion was crowned in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia! After a great battle between two of the most athletic stars, we finally got a new World Heavyweight Champion after a 22-minute classic. Seth ‘Freakin’ Rollins pinned AJ Styles to win the match, despite suffering problems with his knee. ‘The Visionary’ is ready to change the course of RAW as a world champion, he said earlier this month.
A new era begins in the WWE! 🏆@WWERollins 👈 @TripleH#WWENOC pic.twitter.com/JnnAb7XJtV
— WWE on BT Sport (@btsportwwe) May 27, 2023
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A few hours ago, the wrestling world wasn’t happy that WWE made Rollins vs Styles the opening match. However, they had a great match, but Rollins apparently injured his knee while doing a dive on ‘The Phenomenal One’ outside the ring.
It seems the company is fine with Rollins holding the World Title and appearing in the MCU movie Captain America: New World Order. It’s a great new beginning for ‘Monday Night Messiah” since 2023 began and the fans are happy for him and but weren’t convinced by his ‘injury’. Though it appeared he was injured at first, on a closer look it appears it may not be the case.
Fans troll Seth Rollins’ injury as he wins the world title after nearly four years
‘The Architect’ won a World Title after four years. He was the Universal Champion in 2019, which he lost against ‘The Fiend’ Bray Wyatt the same year. Fans react to Rollins winning the World Heavyweight title at Night of Champions and also trolled him about his knee ‘injury.’
The Visionary suffers a knee injury in the match!
Seth landed wrong!!! Nooooooooo!!! #WWENOC
— King Frankie (@KingofH28306184) May 27, 2023
Oh yeah Rollins tweaked his knee a bit in that dive. #WWENOC
— JCバスケス (JC Vazquez) 🇵🇷 🌎 (@JC1986_) May 27, 2023
Knee injured #WWENOC
— Zachary Peralez (@PeralezZachary) May 27, 2023
Some fans don’t believe Rollins injured his knee!
Seth Rollins playing the old I hurt my knee trick I see 🙄 #WWENOC
— Miss sunshine (@sunbabe08) May 27, 2023
Is it really a Seth Rollins match if there’s no “injured knee” twist during the match? #WWENOC
— Adam (@AMG_SzN) May 27, 2023
Seth Rollins had a slip up on which knee to sell as injured. 😅 #WWENOC
— 𝓛𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓛𝓮𝓰𝓪𝓬𝔂 (@LatinLegacy) May 27, 2023
Is it just me or did Seth switch which knee he hurt 😂 #WWENOC
— Josh (@JoshSmithActor) May 27, 2023
Fans trolling Monday Night Messiah for the knee injury.
I can't believe Seth Rollins just won the world heavyweight title with an injured knee what an upset #WWENOC
— MrWWE (@MrWWEenthusiast) May 27, 2023
The knee buckling was unnecessary but New World Heavyweight champion Seth Rollins pic.twitter.com/YA7OErtDwY
— Sova 👑👑 (@SinisterSova) May 27, 2023
Could've done with Seth Rollins selling an injured knee but nevertheless. The RIGHT GUY won. #AndNew #WorldHeavyweightTitle #WWENOC
— Mikey Bats (@MikeJBknows) May 27, 2023
The fact that they keep replaying the suicide dive to make us see Seth Rollins “tweak his knee” when we can clearly see he didn’t land awkwardly at all is nuts 😂 That shit ain’t hurt, he landed normal asf #WWENOC
— Temporary Heat Fan (@BKLYNKingShaun) May 27, 2023
However, fans are happy about his victory!
#WWENOC and we have a new #WorldHeavyweightChampion @WWERollins finally!! 🙏😃
— King's Tweets (@king_akw) May 27, 2023
Seth Rollins inaugural NXT Champion
Seth Rollins inaugural World Heavyweight Champion #WWENOC pic.twitter.com/EOGEB6JT3V
— Alastair McKenzie🏴 (@mckenzieas93V2) May 27, 2023
Atta boy Seth!! #WWENOC
— Jake Peebles (@OneWingedPeebz) May 27, 2023
The severity or reality of Rollins’ injury is not known yet. Fans will need to tune into RAW to see what happens next.
What comes next for The Visionary?
A few weeks ago, we saw Rollins filming a part for the 4th installment of Captain America movie. He is going to play a member of the Serpent Society in Captain America: New World Order. Many thought this would make him to take some break from WWE to film the movie.
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Nevertheless, he shared in a post match interview about appearing on Monday Night RAW to address the WWE Universe as their new World Heavyweight Champion. Hence, we can assume things are already planned out between WWE and Rollins regarding his filming and wrestling.
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