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Former WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins is one of the best in-ring performers on the WWE roster today. The SmackDown Savior has been a part of numerous WrestleMania moments throughout his WWE career to date.
Seth Rollins has a lengthy list of accomplishments in WWE, some of which were achieved at WrestleMania events through the years. The Messiah is a former WWE Champion, Universal Champion, Intercontinental Champion, United States Champion and Tag Team Champion. Rollins was also the winner of the 2019 Men's Royal Rumble match and the 2014 Money in the Bank ladder match.
During his WWE career, Seth Rollins has competed at seven WrestleMania events. The list of opponents that Rollins has squared off against on the grandest stage of them all reads as a who's who of WWE legends, icons and Hall of Famers.
Let's take a closer look at Seth Rollins 5 best WrestleMania matches.
#5 Seth Rollins vs Triple H (WWE WrestleMania 33)
Triple H took Seth Rollins under his wing in 2014 when The Architect betrayed Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose, turning on The Shield in the process. Triple H convinced Rollins to betray his friends and become the "golden child" of The Authority. The move was a success for Seth Rollins, who eventually became a two-time WWE World Heavyweight Champion.
However, all that changed in August 2016. During a Fatal-4 Way Elimination match for the WWE Universal Championship on Monday Night RAW, Triple H turned on his former protege. The Game pedigreed Seth Rollins and allowed Kevin Owens to become the Universal Champion. This led to a face turn for Rollins on WWE television for the first time since 2014.
After chasing The Game for months, Seth Rollins finally got the opportunity to face Triple H in a match at WrestleMania 33. However, due to a vicious attack by the debuting Samoa Joe, Rollins sustained a potentially serious knee injury.
In order to ensure WWE wasn't liable for any further injury to Rollins' knee, Seth Rollins agreed to make his match against Triple H at WrestleMania 33 a non-unsanctioned match. After an excellent back and forth encounter, Seth Rollins was able to defeat his former mentor and put his past sins as a member of The Authority to rest.
#4 Seth Rollins vs Randy Orton (WWE WrestleMania 31)
WWE WrestleMania 31 saw Seth Rollins face off against former Authority teammate Randy Orton.
After turning on The Shield and joining The Authority in 2014, tensions quickly began to build between the future of the faction, Seth Rollins, and the present of the faction, Randy Orton.
The Viper became increasingly upset at what he perceived as preferential treatment of Seth Rollins by The Authority. This all culminated with Seth Rollins attacking Randy Orton on Monday Night RAW in November, curb-stomping Orton's head onto the steel ring steps. The assault left The Viper kayfabe injured and off television for several months.
Randy Orton eventually returned to WWE at Fastlane 2015, attacking members of The Authority. Over the course of the next few weeks, Randy Orton continued to tease re-joining Seth Rollins and The Authority. However, Orton revealed his true intentions when he eventually attacked Rollins on RAW, setting up a showdown between the two at WrestleMania 31.
The match between Seth Rollins and Randy Orton at WWE WrestleMania 31 is best known for its spectacular finish. In the closing moments, Seth Rollins attempted to hit a Curbstomp on Orton but The Viper countered by sending his opponent high into the air and hitting Rollins with an incredible RKO for the victory.
The moment is often re-played to this day and referred to as one of the greatest RKOs of all time and an incredible WrestleMania moment.
#3 Seth Rollins vs Brock Lesnar (WWE WrestleMania 35)
WWE WrestleMania 35 saw Seth Rollins capture the WWE Universal Championship for the first time in a high octane, rapid fire opening match on the show.
Seth Rollins earned the opportunity to challenge Brock Lesnar for the Universal Championship by winning the 2019 Men's Royal Rumble match. After Rollins chose to face Lesnar at WrestleMania, the duo quickly engaged in a rivalry on WWE television.
Prior to the match, there was much speculation about Universal Champion Brock Lesnar's future with WWE. Lesnar's contract was set to expire after WrestleMania 35 and many expected The Beast to once again re-join the UFC.
Brock Lesnar even appeared at a UFC event in 2018. Lesnar entered the Octogon and confronted UFC Heavyweight Champion Daniel Cormier, fuelling rumors of a potential superfight between the two for the UFC Heavyweight Championship.
To kick off WrestleMania 35, host Alexa Bliss welcomed the WWE Universe to the event and brought out WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan to a thunderous ovation from the WWE Universe. However, Bliss and Hogan were quickly interrupted by Paul Heyman who stormed to the ring.
Heyman announced that as Brock Lesnar was not scheduled to be in the main event of WrestleMania 35, Lesnar had demanded that he defend his Universal Championship first on the show.
This led to Seth Rollins and Brock Lesnar's Universal Championship bout kicking off WrestleMania 35. The capacity crowd of 82,265 fans was white hot with excitement for this huge opening match of the show.
Shockingly, the match lasted all of 180 seconds. After Lesnar quickly gained control, Seth Rollins hit The Beast with a low blow. This was followed by 3 Curbstomps for an incredibly quick victory to by Seth Rollins to become the new WWE Universal Champion.
#2 Seth Rollins vs The Miz vs Finn Balor (WWE WrestleMania 34)
WWE WrestleMania 34 saw Seth Rollins capture the WWE Intercontinental Championship for the first time in his career. In turn, he became the 18th Grand Slam Champion in WWE history.
After Intercontinental Champion The Miz failed to win the Elimination Chamber match in February 2018, the champion demanded an opponent for WrestleMania 34. This led to Seth Rollins accepting the challenge and defeating The Miz on Monday Night RAW. Furthermore, this also led to Finn Balor accepting The Miz's challenge and also defeating him on Monday Night RAW.
RAW General Manager Kurt Angle then announced that The Miz would defend the WWE Intercontinental Championship at WrestleMania 34 against Seth Rollins and Finn Balor in a triple threat match.
The Miz vs Seth Rollins vs Finn Balor for the Intercontinental Championship opened the main card of WrestleMania 34. The match featured a tremendous amount of fast paced, high octane action, generating a terrific reaction and noise from the WWE Universe in attendance.
In the closing moments of the match, Finn Balor hit The Miz with his Coup de Grace finishing move. However, Seth Rollins quickly interjected and hit a Curbstomp on Balor on top of The Miz's brone body. This then allowed Rollins to hit The Miz with another Curbstomp to win the match and become WWE Intercontinental Champion for the first time in his career.
The match was widely praised by critics and members of the WWE Universe as being one of the best WrestleMania opening matches in the history of the event.
#1 Seth Rollins vs Brock Lesnar vs Roman Reigns (WWE World Heavyweight Championship)
WWE WrestleMania 31 saw Seth Rollins participate in one of the greatest WrestleMania moments in WWE history. He completed the "heist of the century" to become the WWE World Heavyweight Champion for the first time in his career.
After losing to Randy Orton earlier on during the WrestleMania 31 event, many members of the WWE Universe certainly didn't expect to see Seth Rollins again during the broadcast.
However, during the scheduled main event of Brock Lesnar defending the WWE World Heavyweight Championship against 2015 Royal Rumble winner Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins' music suddenly began to play.
The WWE Universe was shocked when Seth Rollins suddenly appeared and began to sprint to the ring. With both Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns down after a brutal match, Seth Rollins officially cashed in his Money in the Bank contract.
Rollins hit Roman Reigns with a brutal Curbstomp and pinned his former Shield partner to become the WWE World Heavyweight Champion for the first time. The new champion quickly escaped the ring and sprinted up to the top of the ramp, before celebrating with his new championship.
Seth Rollins had become the first superstar in WWE history to cash in his Money in the Bank briefcase at WrestleMania. WWE commentator Michael Cole iconically described Rollins' shocking championship victory as the "heist of the century."
