WWE Summerslam 2025 Night One ended with Seth Rollins breaking the dreams of CM Punk and becoming the new world heavyweight champion. The visionary collected his money in the banking contract and pinned the best in the world to emerge as a new champion.
Although the architect’s return and the subsequent victory generated a major buzz among the fans, here are three reasons why Rollins dethroning punk for the world title was a mistake.
# 3. Cm Punk deserved to have his moment Summerslam
CM Punk defeated Gunther after a hard game played and really deserved his moment of victory at Summerslam 2025. The voice of the voiceless is one of the biggest favorites of the fans of the company, and having held him the title for five minutes to lose him to his biggest rival seemed to be a blow at his time.
This ruined the moment of punk coronation, the veteran having waited 12 years to win a world title at WWE.
# 2. The return of Seth Rollins was predicted by fans
The return of Seth Rollins WWE was already predicted by fans. Many said that the angle of injury of the visionary was a cunning, and he would finally return to the biggest summer party to collect after the world title CM Punk against Gunther.
WWE could rather have made Rollins cash for the undisputed WWE championship, which will be defended at night two of the live premium event. They managed a similar angle by making naomi in cash for the women’s world championship while she was in a quarrel with Jade Cargill, who was to challenge Tiffany Stratton to Summerslam. Such an angle would have been a much greater shock for fans and would have given Rollins a much more important impact.
# 1. WWE should have been selling injuries from Seth Rollins a little longer
Seth Rollins’ injury angle took place during the main event on Saturday evening on July 12. Although the collection led to a massive reaction from the crowd, the promotion based in Stamford should have waited a little longer to execute its return.
Delivery cash-in from Rollins could have been a better option, not only to generate more anticipation around the return of the visionary, but also to make a much greater surprise.
The return of Visionary to Summerslam Night One has changed the whole landscape of Monday Night Raw, in particular the image of the world title. It remains to be seen what WWE plans now have that Seth Rollins is again a world champion.
Edited by Arsh Das
