Seth Rollins' performance has kept the excitement intact for Ambrose's return

Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose

Ever since the Shield split, Reigns is out there moving towards the main event, his well reported push is in motion. Seth Rollins is Mr. Money In The Bank and the solid reason for one of the most shocking moments in Raw history. And Dean Ambrose has become the most interesting character in the WWE and the closest to a Stone Cold Steve Austin-esque anti-hero for this era.

Rollins and Ambrose are currently involved in one of the feuds in the WWE and arguable the best this year. They have had put forth stellar performances in all their matches and their segments have been nothing short of enthralling. What sells this feud is the strong story behind it. But more often what has come to attention is the way Ambrose portrays his character, the way he talks etcetera. Rollins on the other hand is doing well as a heel, a role that was very much expected to be played by Ambrose whenever the eventual split happened. The 28 year old, former architect of the Shield has slipped into the shoes of a heel pretty well and not only are his performances improving each passing week, he continues to gives stellar performances in matches. Rollins hasn’t really had a bad match since the split.

The Redeeming Factor

One thing that has contributed to the excitement for this feud between the two 28 year olds is Rollins’ performance in the past three weeks while Ambrose has been busy shooting for a WWE film.

The past three weeks of Raw have seen some redundant moments and some repetitive moments, which have combined to give three weeks of very uninspiring programming.

But only a few people have stood out in that mess. Paul Heyman being one of them and Seth Rollins being the other. Though, he is nowhere in comparison to the masterful Heyman, I mean who is? But in three weeks, he has been in three matches and they haven’t disappointed at all. One of them being with his former partner Reigns. His presence will make people remember that Dean Ambrose is somewhere out there and he will return. It helps when that presence is only getting better each passing week.

Shield days and beyond

Even when he was a part of the Shield, everyone began talking about how eccentric Dean Ambrose is and how great his mic skills are. Then later, people moved on to talk about the dominating presence of Roman Reigns and how he is next in line for the throne and on his way to create a Roman Empire in the WWE. It was only later on that people got talking about Rollins and his high flying skills, he started receiving those pops that are only reserved for high fliers. There grew those comparisons with Jeff Hardy. And soon, he wasn’t the underrated member of the Shield. He was actually getting more pops than Reigns and Ambrose on the other hand had taken the position that Rollins was in since the beginning.

And to top it all, Rollins was the member who finally took the plunge and broke the Shield and became Triple H’s Plan B. The last part about his being is not really something that people will remember. The moment that people will remember who witnessed it was the moment he went on a chair hitting rampage on Ambrose and that was the first giant step in this feud.

Add to that Ambrose’s promo a week later, where we saw shades of his Jon Moxley, his former self in independent circuits, and the feud was more than on.

Seth Rollins’ high flying skills and the falls that he took highlighted their Money In The Bank match. He was tossed back and forth by Ambrose at Battleground following the cancellation of their match and at Summerslam, his heel tactics gave way to the best Lumberjack match in the history of the WWE.

At this point, he seems like he’s incapable of having a bad match.