Seth Rollins on Raw issued an Open Challenge for the World Heavyweight Championship. But to everyone’s surprise, Finn Balor ambushed Seth Rollins during his entrance and as a result, Rollins could not compete. However, the original plans for the Seth Rollins Open Challenge have finally been revealed. According to Fightful Select, The original plan for Seth Rollins was to defend his title against Tomasso Ciampa.
Yes, You heard it right. Seth Rollins was supposed to fight the returning Tomasso Ciampa. According to Fightful Select, there were plans for Ciampa to accept the Challenge and face Seth Rollins. But that never happened and Tomasso ended up wrestling The Miz and defeating him in the process.
According to Fightful Select, the match was supposed to last longer and be lengthy. It would have been a technical classic match that would have a ton of time given to wrestlers. It stated that the match was to end in a non-finish to showcase Ciampa strong and at the same time protect Rollins from taking the pin.
Fighful Report states that Vince McMahon was behind changing this RAW Segment. It mentions that Vince had a lot of control over previous segments and over this segment to be in particular. This again shows the growing influence of Vince in Creative. Vince’s involvement in changing original plans is very much visible, especially in the latest segment with Seth Rollins.
Tomasso and Gargano Reunion Rumor
After the return of Tomasso, there has been a rumor that he is going to reunite with his long-time arch-nemesis Gargano. Fightful Selects Report noted that there have been some internal discussions in WWE to reform the NXT Group DIY which consisted of the two on RAW.
Fighful states that Gargano was backstage when the RAW aired. But he was not planned for the show. It noted that Gargano being backstage and the Return of the Ciampa are definitely signs of the reunion of the two on WWE television.
It states that the higher-ups in the WWE have been thinking of reuniting both of them and making them challenge the team of KO and Zayn. There are also some rumors suggesting that it will be the team Gargano and Ciampa who would dethrone the current tag team champions.
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