WWE: Analyzing All The Falls In Dolph Ziggler vs. Seth Rollins

The Second Fall

This one was out-of-nowhere, which was purposefully done. Rollins is one of the most opportunistic superstars in WWE, and that’s been established for years. After all, this is “The Man” who cashed in his Money in the Bank contract at WrestleMania 31 in a match between Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns. When he sees an opening, he pounces.

In this case, the opening was provided almost entirely by Ziggler, who showed why you absolutely cannot make a mistake against Rollins. It’s like giving the ball up to Sergio Aguero in the penalty box or not double-teaming Rob Gronkowski in the end zone.

Rollins went for a deadlift powerbomb, to which Ziggler naturally countered with a little sunset flip. And here’s where the mistake comes…Seth rolled through Ziggler’s roll-up, and Ziggler made the critical mistake of trying to get to his feet on all fours. If you give up your head like that to Rollins, you are just asking to be stomped.

The Third And Fourth Falls

At this point, Rollins is absolutely feeling it, and why wouldn’t he be? He’s up 2-0 within the first ten minutes, and even Corey Graves thinks this match is in the books. So he starts bragging, playing into the crowd, and stomping away, tuning up the band for a second “Stomp”. The problem is that he literally turned his back on Drew McIntyre, somehow forgetting that McIntyre is at ringside (he lost to Drew on the episode of Raw before Extreme Rules).

McIntyre, naturally, gets involved, sacrificing a fall in order to do lasting damage to Rollins, which includes a repaid fall after a Claymore Kick. This is critical, because he sees that Ziggler is absolutely dead. Without this bit of interference, Ziggler might have lost like 5-0. Dolph is gassed, he’s been stomped, and Rollins is rolling. McIntyre cannot have this, so he takes matters into his own hands.

This was the time to do it, since the match was going the worst possible way for Ziggler. I mean, this could have easily been the Seattle Seahawks vs. Denver Broncos Super Bowl for Dolph and Drew.

Instead, it’s more like the Atlanta Falcons vs. New England Patriots (as Graves would later point out on commentary). Rollins is up 3-1, but you get the feeling that this relentless beatdown from McIntyre will inevitably lead to Seth pulling a Golden State Warriors-esque blown lead.