{"id":2463,"date":"2015-11-05T14:18:57","date_gmt":"2015-11-05T20:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/?p=2463"},"modified":"2015-11-05T15:21:17","modified_gmt":"2015-11-05T21:21:17","slug":"caldwell-now-what-for-the-wwe-title-after-rollinss-major-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2015\/11\/05\/caldwell-now-what-for-the-wwe-title-after-rollinss-major-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"CALDWELL: Now what for the WWE Title after Rollins&#8217;s major injury?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2785779999\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Staff12CaldwellJames_120.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-665\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Staff12CaldwellJames_120.jpg\" alt=\"CaldwellStaff_thumb\" width=\"120\" height=\"138\" \/><\/a>So now what? WWE&#8217;s World Hvt. champion, Seth Rollins, is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/index.php\/2015\/11\/05\/breaking-seth-rollins-out-6-9-months\/\">reportedly out 6-9 months<\/a>, essentially taking him out of WrestleMania Season barring a speedy recovery to return\u00a0in time. You feel for\u00a0Rollins, who has been working hard to try to deliver a solid WWE Title run despite Creative issues surrounding him.<\/p>\n<p>Will WWE put the title on Roman Reigns via a replacement tournament at Survivor Series? Should they have someone else win the tournament and put Reigns on the chase?<\/p>\n<p>Oh, by the way, John Cena&#8217;s phone is probably blowing up right now. So much for that vacay.<\/p>\n<p>To use Vince McMahon&#8217;s favorite phrase during past Draft seasons, I think it&#8217;s &#8220;time to shake things up again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Put the WWE Title on someone completely unconventional and give the audience someone else to see in the top spot. Immediately shifting to Reigns as WWE champion might create backlash, or it might just work depending on how the tournament unfolds. But, I still believe Reigns needs to chase whomever the champion is.<\/p>\n<p>I say put the WWE Title on IC champion Kevin Owens, making him dual champion. Owens and Reigns had such a\u00a0memorable conclusion to the fatal four-way #1 contender match last week on Raw that WWE\u00a0immediately created a fresh, main event match-up. Now WWE can turn that moment into a money match-up.<\/p>\n<p>Or, finally put the title on Dean Ambrose, forcing Reigns to watch his buddy and drinking pal walk around with the title that he feels he deserves.<\/p>\n<p>How about someone completely off the radar, like a Curtis Axel, or someone swimming in a sea of mid-card mediocrity, like a King Barrett? Or, Sheamus, whose MITB briefcase is suddenly quite intriguing.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-26500791\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Rollins&#8217;s injury really stinks for him, but it&#8217;s a chance for WWE to exit the current Road to WrestleMania, take a look at the road map, and find\u00a0a new path to AT&amp;T Stadium. It will be interesting to see if they simply put the title on Reigns, or try something completely different.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1965199101\"><div id=\"pwtor-2837818762\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>So now what? WWE&#8217;s World Hvt. champion, Seth Rollins, is reportedly out 6-9 months, essentially taking him out of WrestleMania Season barring a speedy recovery to return\u00a0in time. 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