WWE RAW: 5 reasons why Seth Rollins and AoP assaulted Rey Mysterio

#3 To get heat

Seth Rollins got a lot of heat for the assault

CM Punk predicted on WWE Backstage last week that turned out to be true in the first segment - people will start cheering Seth Rollins now that he's turned heel. In the opening segment of the night, Rollins was cutting a scathing promo and to the most part, he got heavily cheered.

It just goes to show how easily the minds of the WWE Universe sways and assaulting a beloved legend in Rey Mysterio was a surefire way of getting heat for The Architect and AoP.

WWE possibly anticipated that this would happen, which is why they made sure to have the assault segment. Seth Rollins is being positioned as the top heel of the RAW brand at the moment and if he is, he can't be getting cheered week after week.

Rollins being a despicable heel against a babyface legend was a guaranteed way to get heat and to WWE's credit - it worked wonders. Rollins went from a loved to a hated man in 3 hours.