A legend dropping a younger guy with his finisher isn't a big deal. Both Austin and Rock did this plenty back in the day, and I never heard anyone (at least not anyone being rational) argue that it made them look bad. It's a segment, not a wrestling match. And what you're basically saying is that you have no issue with Rollins cheating to win 99% of his matches, but if HBK hits him with some Sweet Chin Music by surprise during a promo, it somehow makes him look bad. OK.
Comparing Rollins' run to Triple H's run in 2000/2001 is crazy. HHH didn't lose anywhere near the same amount of times as Seth has, and he won a shit ton more times cleanly as well. In fact, his run was notorious for being one of the strongest booked heel runs (in terms of clean wins) a world champion has ever received. Rollins loses what feels like 90-95% of his television matches. Heel or not, that's pathetic when you're the WORLD champion. Save the Honky Tonk Man-esque reigns for the midcard titles.
IMO Seth should be booked more like heel Kurt Angle used to be. Angle cheated and used nefarious tactics most of the time, but there were also a long string of matches (and I'm talking about big PPV matches here, too) that he won cleanly on his own and yet he still managed to maintain his heel heat all throughout. This cowardly chickenshit heel run feels more befitting of a heel like The Miz than it does Rollins.
I agree with this 100%.
If Shawn kicked Seth to just make a point, it doesn't mean Seth, the world champ, would all the sudden become health slater? Health was jobbing then already and was there to be a dummy for the legends. He played his part.
If Seth just ate some sweet chin music and was out for a bit, then let ryback come out... It would've been the perfect Segway for Shawn to leave and introduce his match with ryback. Seth still could've been won after recovering, too.
I know you and I see eye to eye on Seths run. And it's insane to compare him to triple h. Seth is always losing, having others be involved, or simply just getting lucky, probably more than any other world champion I can recall. It doesn't fit his body type, ability, or anything, and it's been utter bs. I'm glad he's still seen as the "top dog," but I also feel that this gimmick for his is bs and he should be seen as a real threat.
Brock should be able to beat Seth, but barely. Like, when they fought, Brock should've been pushed more than he has been since defeating the streak. But, Seth just gets killed like he does all the time. Same how he got the #cenawins treatment. It's all bs.
