WWE WrestleMania 36 will take place on April 5 at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT live on the WWE Network with a potential two-hour kickoff show beginning at 5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT. The following will address three potential opponents for Seth Rollins on the grandest stage of all.
Seth Rollins made 2019 his year to shine. Despite his unpopular match result with ‘The Fiend’ Bray Wyatt at WWE Hell in a Cell 2019, he became a Royal Rumble Winner, 2x Universal Champion, and the hottest thing going on Monday Night Raw to date.
Now that 2020 has come around, he created a new gimmick as the Monday Night Messiah and finds himself in a very compelling heel faction with his disciples, Buddy Murphy and the Authors of Pain. With the momentum he has consistently built up, he must have a match against one of the superstars at WWE WrestleMania 36.
Without further ado, the following will identify and explain three potential opponents for Seth Rollins on the grandest stage of them all.
3.) Rey Mysterio
Seth Rollins called out Rey Mysterio at the Town Hall Meeting in November for not defeating Brock Lesnar at WWE Survivor Series 2019 even with a lead pipe and his idiotic kid. Mysterio took to this heart and gave Kevin Owens a lead pipe to help him pummel Rollins and Authors of Pain.
Because Mysterio assisted Owens in this act, Rollins decided to have Authors of Pain impose his will onto Mysterio. Considering that there are rumors of Rey Mysterio having a retirement match at WWE WrestleMania 36, Rollins would be the perfect heel to end Mysterio’s career.
2.) Kevin Owens
At that same Town Hall Meeting, Seth Rollins not only called out Rey Mysterio but also called out Kevin Owens. He called Owens a lazy superstar who just shows up and does absolutely nothing but desperately wants Rollins’ main event spot.
Since Owens heard enough of Rollins’ backhanded insults, he delivered a Stunner to Rollins and their rivalry began. Thanks to Rollins’ condescending language, his beef with Owens led to a his pivotal heel turn and a new heel faction with Authors of Pain.
Originally, he was the top babyface on Raw, but Owens has now taken that spot, as Rollins coincidentally predicted. Since Rollins and Authors of Pain had continuously beaten down Owens in the main event week after week, Owens finally found help in Samoa Joe and Big Show to fend off the attacks.
However, Rollins seems to continue to build his stable as he now recently added Buddy Murphy as one of his disciples. It’ll be interesting to see if Rey Mysterio joins Owens’ stable to even the odds and avenge Rollins and AOP for what they did to him in recent months, especially in costing him the United States Championship.
Nonetheless, thanks to the consistent storytelling in the main event of Raw every Monday night, a match between the top heel on Raw, Seth Rollins, and the top face on Raw, Kevin Owens, at WWE WrestleMania 36 would be amazing because they will fight till they can’t fight anymore.
1.) CM Punk
‘Seth Rollins is not good at being a good guy.’ ‘Seth Rollins should stop tweeting.’ These sound bites were directly orated by CM Punk on two different weeks of WWE Backstage. It is clear that he is taking shots at his future opponent at WWE WrestleMania 36.
However, it takes two to tango because Seth Rollins has been taking some gimmicks from CM Punk’s playbook. Not only does he call himself the best wrestler on the planet but he also calls himself the Monday Night Messiah, which is very similar to CM Punk’s Christ-like gimmick as the Second City Saint back when he was the leader of the Straight Edge Society in 2009-2010.
Indeed, Punk held a Holy Trinity with his disciples, Luke Gallows and Selena, to lead a crusade and convert everyone into the Straight Edge lifestyle by shaving their heads. Every week, he made the WWE Universe pledge allegiance to the Straight Edge Society (in assimilation to the pledge of allegiance to the United States of America) and proclaimed villainously that he was the role model and leader the world needed. Sounds familiar?
Although Rollins did not attempt to fill any voids by dissuading anyone to drink, smoke, or do drugs like Punk did, he has been proclaiming his leadership and recruiting disciples (i.e. Buddy Murphy and Authors of Pain) to help him lead Monday Night Raw. Clearly, Mr. Cross Fit Jesus is trying to be CM Punk and a match between them in the main event of WrestleMania 36 could squash all beef and settle all scores. Amen.