WWE RAW: 5 major changes we will see after Seth Rollins' heel turn and alliance with AoP

It's official. Seth Rollins has finally turned heel and aligned with AoP. There were all the signs of it happening and tonight it was even more so after Seth Rollins ran away from a potential confrontation with AoP after Kevin Owens was waiting for the tag team in the ring.

That was certainly the biggest indicator and since you're reading this, we don't have to give you a spoiler warning. When Owens was looking for AoP backstage (in recurring segments through the night), he saw the car which AoP arrived in.

He smashed it with the steel pipe that Rey Mysterio gave him and when he opened the back door, he saw a figure in black. Right as he reached out for that figure, Akam and Razar beat him down.

They slammed Owens' face against the door and when the figure in black turned around and removed his hoodie, it was Seth Rollins. With Rollins' heel turn, here are five major changes we could see.

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#5 A version of The Shield

An alliance reminiscent of The Shield

Don't get us wrong. AoP and Seth Rollins will never be The Shield. The trio of Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose, and Seth Rollins will remain one of the greatest in WWE history, but with Ambrose now gone and under a different name in a different promotion, it's unlikely we'll ever see them reunite again.

With that being said, it makes storyline sense that Rollins would end up forming another 3-man faction with superstars who used to wear protective vests similar to The Shield. There's no denying that this alliance is the closest that we'll get to The Shield. It's a great part of Seth Rollins' character arc - one that we believe is possibly the best in WWE today.

#4 AoP possibly topples The Viking Raiders

AoP hounding Owens last week

The AoP are going to get the biggest push in their WWE careers to date now that they're aligned with one of the top stars of the company. While we may not see them actively compete as much now that they're with The Architect, we could see a few more weeks where they're squashing jobbers or low-card teams.

However, it will eventually lead AoP to the throne that they once held - the RAW Tag Team Championship. There's only one problem with that - it's currently held by the most dominant team we've seen on RAW in years.

The Viking Raiders essentially took AoP's spot as being the 'big monster team' of the tag team division, except they're babyfaces and not heels. That sets up a perfect dream clash between The Viking Raiders and AoP - a feud and match that we never saw in NXT since the teams never crossed paths.

We could see AoP end up dethroning The Viking Raiders and being the holders of the RAW Tag Team titles.

#3 RAW will become far more entertaining

A feud renewed after nearly three years

It's crazy to think that Kevin Owens and Seth Rollins are feuding again after nearly three years, with the roles being reversed this time around. Now, Rollins is the heel and Owens is the face.

RAW has been quite good this year as a whole, even if there have been dud episodes (and you can't expect there not to be when a show runs every week of the year). Paul Heyman taking over Monday Night RAW has made a big difference to the red brand and it's clear that the entire direction has changed.

If it weren't for Heyman, would we even see the Rollins heel turn? Or would we see a situation where WWE continued to push Rollins as a top babyface even with the unfavorable reactions he's getting?

With Owens as the leading star and Rollins being the villain, Monday Night RAW just got a whole lot more exciting and 2020 is going to be an incredible year for the brand. Expect a major improvement in programming.

#2 Kevin Owens will become the top face of RAW

Kevin Owens with his steel pipe

Kevin Owens has seemingly replaced Seth Rollins as the face of Monday Night RAW. It was clear that Rollins needed to be removed from that spot after the last few months have seen him get increasingly unfavorable reactions.

Kevin Owens has had a mixed bag of a year, returning as a face, losing his originally planned WWE title spot at WrestleMania 35 (to Kofi Kingston) and then turning heel to challenge Kofi Kingston at Money in the Bank.

The heel turn didn't last long and his run on SmackDown culminated with the ladder match where he ensured that Shane McMahon got fired from the company, ending the latter's run as an on-screen character.

Since then, he's had a lot of momentum and since Survivor Series, Owens has been presented as a top face, being the main character in his story with Seth Rollins and AoP.

From the look of things, WWE is going to experiment with Kevin Owens as the face of Monday Night RAW and we couldn't be more excited about it!

#1 Seth Rollins will regain momentum and prove why he's still among the best in the world

The Man's man!

Seth Rollins may not have had the best few months. We agree that his promos had gotten generic and he quickly lost a lot of steam as a babyface. It became clear that he's better suited to be a heel and 2014 and 2015 are the perfect examples of how Rollins is at his best character-wise when being a heel.

We take talents like him for granted and it's going to be clear in the coming months why Seth Rollins is still among the best wrestlers on the planet. He was the best in the world in 2015 and he's going to prove again why he still ranks among the top talents of wrestling.

He's going to end up regaining momentum in no time and we won't be surprised to see reactions towards him become more favorable in a matter of time. It's highly likely that we'll see fans react more positively to him as a heel than as a babyface.