My blog is back in action after nearly a month. Once again, a malicious virus had me on the ropes — this time brutally attacking my desktop computer and preventing me from accessing my blog site. After trying to fix it myself, I had the computer “reimaged” and all is well.
Another guy who was out for a while due to injury was Seth Rollins, but he is back in action now too.
At the Money in the Bank event on 6/19/16, Seth challenged his old friend/enemy/bromantic partner, Roman Reigns for the belt. From the moment the wrestlers entered the arena, it was clear that the crowd was in love with the shirtless Rollins (I guess he is playing Baby-Face since he returned to action) and spewing hate onto Reigns — a hot Heel if I’ve ever seen one.
So with Rollins in Baby-Face mode, Reigns proceeded to kick, slam, stomp, punch, and Headbutt the life out of him. It was very one-sided, which is why I enjoyed it, with the commentators repeatedly mentioning Roman’s tremendous strength and obvious power advantage. Schwing!
The slow-to-fast effect makes it hurt more.
For example, Reigns hoisted Rollins up by the armpits and held him aloft for a while, like Jesus on the cross, then proceeded to Powerbomb poor Rollins flat onto his back. WHAM!
This move further emphasized Roman’s strength advantage and highlighted Seth’s vulnerability. The new growth of body hair on Seth’s chest and stomach also adds to our perception of his humanity and fragility.
While he was off work, Seth perfected his suffering.
When Seth was portraying a Heel, he wore solid black pants and boots. Now we see some light gray on his legs, further proof of his Baby-Face status as he transitions to lighter, brighter colors.
More evidence that Seth is a Good Guy now can be found in his gorgeous suffering. Check out what he does with that powerful Suplex, curling up in the fetal position and clutching his ribs as if he was Suplexed onto hot lava. This is a good look for Seth.
Rollins does a ton of great suffering: laying on the mat broken, getting dragged around by the hair, looking like he’s about to cry. And you just know we’re going to see a lot of this because he appears on every episode (in fact, Reigns punished him like this again on Raw the very next night…)
Get the fuck outta my ring!
Seth and I may be back in action, but one wrestler who will be sitting out for a while is Roman Reigns. He recently violated the “Wellness Policy”, so they’ve suspended him f0r 30 days.
Hopefully he will come back next month more brutal and hard-assed than ever. And hopefully they’ll use this opportunity to dress him in some more appealing gear, like maybe some little red trunks.
Seth has no defense against that one!
Roman is not only stronger than Seth, we see that he also has better weapons — namely his deadly “Superman Punch.” This is where Roman soars through the air like the Man of Steel, then hauls off and blatantly jaw-jacks his opponent like he’s trying to knock out a moose. He just wastes everyone with this move, and the beauty is, he can inflict it whenever he wants — it is easy to set up.
That slug really looks devastating, check out Rollins dropping to the mat like a limp dishrag! He has zero chance against that Superman Punch — I love the sense of helplessness he must feel!
If he’s dumb enough to get up, hit him with it again!
Rollins foolishly gets up for more abuse, so Reigns simply Superman Punches him again. Rollins doesn’t even try to block it, his arms down by his sides, his face just floating there like a punching bag.
He flops again, this time sprawling on his back as the camera gets in there to show us that sexy beard and chest hair. Oh Seth — are you trying to make us fall in love with you?
Look out behind you, champ!
But in the end, Seth was actually able to rally and defeat Roman Reigns (who has to serve a suspension anyway, so that was convenient.) Seth proudly showed off his new championship belt for a few moments, only to be struck with a metal briefcase by Dean Ambrose.
That briefcase contains a contract which entitles Ambrose to a championship bout whenever he wants to cash it in. With Rollins still suffering from his beating, this is the perfect opportunity to take on the new champ! Of course our Baby-Face Hero can’t be successful and safe, not for more than a few minutes.
And so ends one of the shortest title reigns ever.
Once again Rollins is conked out as Ambrose inflicts his deadly “Dirty Deeds” maneuver on the helpless champ. This enables the opportunistic bastard to pin Rollins and strip him of the belt that he held for less than a minute.
We get the sense that, watching his old pals from ringside, Ambrose could not resist getting in the mix. He has been the number Trois in this Ménage ever since these three bros were known as the Shield and dominated all the shirtless dudes (especially Dolph Ziggler) three on one. Now that the three finally get to wrestle against each other (which we sensed they always wanted to do), of course Ambrose couldn’t resist getting involved in the fun.
Welcome back! I’ve been missing you. Great shots and GIFs of Seth, who looks better than ever. I’m happy the blond streak is gone. It put me off because, I think, it was such an affectation, and the rest of hairy chested and hairy bellied Rollins looks so very tough and authentic. It was like putting an Xmas sweater on a rottweiler.
Welcome back again, Arsenal!
Another malware attack, eh? Sorry to hear it … like these bot creators have nothing better to do with their time … I was thinking you may have just taken some time off instead of dealing with a hack (or whatever the heck it was).
Glad to have you back in the blogging saddle!
RayAtL
I’m so thrilled to see you posting sizzling recaps again. What’s funny is that Seth is supposed to be the heel here. But somehow the audience hate Roman so much that they start cheering for Seth.