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124-651: Introduced on July 1, 2012, it was the first championship established for NXT, and the inaugural champion was Seth Rollins . In September 2019, WWE began promoting NXT as its " third brand " when the NXT television program was moved to the USA Network . The NXT Championship was referred to as a world championship during this time; however, this recognition was dropped when NXT reverted to its original function as WWE's developmental brand in September 2021. In September 2022,

248-615: A Curb Stomp on Ambrose through cinder blocks , giving him a kayfabe injury. On September 21, at Night of Champions , a scheduled match between Rollins and Reigns ended in Rollins being declared the winner via forfeit since Reigns developed a legitimate incarcerated hernia which required surgery prior to the event. He was then attacked by a returning Ambrose. Shortly after, Rollins adopted Jamie Noble and Joey Mercury as bodyguards, being named "J&J Security". The feud between Rollins and Ambrose culminated on October 26 at Hell in

372-467: A Winner Takes All Extreme Rules match mixed tag team match . Afterwards, Rollins lost the title to Lesnar, who cashed in his Money in the Bank contract, ending his reign at 98 days. The following night on Raw , Rollins won a ten-man battle royal for the right to face Lesnar for the championship at SummerSlam by last eliminating Randy Orton. At the event on August 11, Rollins defeated Lesnar to regain

496-882: A heel alongside Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns , attacking Ryback during the triple threat main event for the WWE Championship , allowing CM Punk to pin John Cena and retain the title. The trio declared themselves The Shield , vowed to rally against "injustice" and denied working for Punk, but routinely emerged from the crowd to attack Punk's adversaries. This led to a Tables, Ladders and Chairs match at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs on December 16, where The Shield defeated Team Hell No (Daniel Bryan and Kane ) and Ryback in their WWE debut match. The Shield continued to aid Punk after TLC, attacking both Ryback and The Rock (at Royal Rumble ) in January 2013. It

620-444: A lumberjack match between Damian Priest and The Miz . In August 2021, he appeared on an episode of NXT , portraying a security guard who was attacked by Samoa Joe . Rechsteiner wrestled his first match for WWE on the September 14, 2021, episode of NXT under the ring name Bron Breakker , defeating LA Knight ; he later had a staredown with new NXT Champion Tommaso Ciampa . Breakker unsuccessfully challenged Ciampa for

744-587: A sunset flip powerbomb . The injury required surgery and it was estimated it would take Rollins out of action for approximately six to nine months, therefore he was forced to vacate the WWE World Heavyweight Championship the next day, ending his reign at 220 days. WWE recognizes his reign as lasting 219 days. On the December 21 episode of Raw , Rollins made a special appearance to accept his Slammy Award for 2015 Superstar of

868-454: A tables match . On the January 5, 2015 episode of Raw , The Authority regained control over WWE. At Royal Rumble on January 25, Rollins failed to win a triple threat match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship against Cena and champion Brock Lesnar . At Fastlane on February 22, Rollins, Big Show and Kane defeated Ziggler, Erick Rowan and Ryback. After the match, Orton returned and attacked Noble, Mercury and Kane, while Rollins fled

992-581: A triple threat match , with Ziggler pinning Ciampa to end Breakker's first reign at 63 days. On April 1, Breakker inducted his father and uncle into the WWE Hall of Fame ; the following night at NXT Stand & Deliver , Breakker failed to regain the title from Ziggler after interference from Roode. On the April 4, 2022 episode of Raw , Breakker defeated Ziggler to win the NXT Championship for

1116-536: A 5-on-3 handicap Tables, Ladders and Chairs match, but Reigns was replaced over an illness concern by Kurt Angle and they won the match. Ambrose and Rollins lost the titles back to Cesaro and Sheamus on the November 6 episode of Raw due to SmackDown's The New Day distracting the champions, ending their reign at 78 days (WWE recognizes their reign as lasting 79 days). At Survivor Series on November 19, The Shield defeated The New Day. In December, Ambrose suffered

1240-425: A Cell , where Rollins defeated Ambrose in a Hell in a Cell match after Bray Wyatt interfered and attacked Ambrose. Following Hell in a Cell, tension began growing between Rollins and Randy Orton due to The Authority's preferential treatment of Rollins. After defeating Orton on the November 3 episode of Raw , Orton attacked The Authority but was overpowered, resulting in Rollins performing a Curb Stomp on Orton onto

1364-412: A No Disqualification match following interference from Big Show. At Hell in a Cell on October 27, Rollins and Reigns failed to regain the titles in a triple threat match also involving The Usos. At Survivor Series on November 24, The Shield teamed with Antonio Cesaro and Jack Swagger , facing Rey Mysterio , The Usos, Cody Rhodes and Goldust in a traditional Survivor Series match . Although Rollins

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1488-574: A No Holds Barred elimination match, in which no members of The Shield were eliminated. On the June 2 episode of Raw , Rollins turned on Ambrose and Reigns to rejoin The Authority, turning heel once again. On June 29, Rollins won the Money in the Bank ladder match at the titular event after interference from Kane. Rollins defeated Ambrose at Battleground on July 20 via forfeit after their match

1612-531: A brawl which saw Rollins come out on top. At Clash at the Castle on September 3, Rollins defeated Riddle. On the September 19 episode of Raw , it was announced that they would have a rematch in a Fight Pit match at Extreme Rules on October 8, where Rollins lost to Riddle by submission. Bron Breakker Bronson Rechsteiner (born October 24, 1997) is an American professional wrestler and former American football player. As of October 2024, he

1736-509: A decision which was negatively received by critics and fans. On October 31, at Crown Jewel , Rollins lost the Universal Championship to The Fiend in a falls count anywhere match , ending his second reign at 80 days. Rollins was selected as the captain for Team Raw against Team SmackDown and Team NXT on November 24 at Survivor Series , where Team SmackDown emerged victorious. The following night on Raw , Rollins berated

1860-474: A developmental contract with WWE and was assigned to their developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) in September. On September 14, Black made his WWE debut in a dark match prior to the SmackDown taping by defeating Trent Barreta . Lopez debuted for FCW on September 30 under the name Seth Rollins , in a loss to Michael McGillicutty . Rollins then faced Hunico on November 4 in

1984-414: A feud between the two and disbanding The Shield once again. Rollins and Ambrose lost the titles on the November 5 episode of Raw , when Rollins lost a handicap match to AOP ( Akam and Rezar ). On November 18, at Survivor Series , Rollins defeated United States Champion Shinsuke Nakamura in an interbrand champion vs. champion match. On December 16, at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs , Rollins lost

2108-476: A feud with Kane, turning face in the process. At WrestleMania XXX on April 6, The Shield defeated Kane and The New Age Outlaws ( Billy Gunn and Road Dogg ). The Shield then feuded with Triple H, the COO of WWE and leader of The Authority, who reformed Evolution with Batista and Randy Orton to take on The Shield. The Shield defeated Evolution at Extreme Rules on May 4, and again on June 1 at Payback in

2232-411: A feud with Triple H leading into WrestleMania. On January 28, Rollins appeared at NXT TakeOver: San Antonio , interrupting the show and demanding to confront Triple H, who came out only to order security to remove Rollins from the ring. On the January 30 episode of Raw , Rollins confronted Stephanie McMahon and once again called out Triple H, demanding answers for his betrayal. Later that night, Rollins

2356-548: A first-round match and then Claudio Castagnoli, Colt Cabana , Delirious , Chris Hero and Roderick Strong in the finals to win the 2009 Survival of the Fittest tournament , earning him a ROH World Championship match. On December 19, at ROH's first live pay-per-view, Final Battle , Black wrestled then ROH World Champion Austin Aries to a 60-minute time limit draw. Because of this draw, then ROH commissioner Jim Cornette booked

2480-728: A leading villain. Since then, he has headlined numerous major PPV and livestreaming events for WWE, including WrestleMania XL . Rollins is a five-time world champion in WWE, having won the WWE Championship twice, Universal Championship twice, and World Heavyweight Championship once, being the inaugural champion. He has also held the Intercontinental Championship and the United States Championship twice each, making him WWE's 29th Triple Crown Champion and 19th Grand Slam Champion , as well as

2604-819: A loss to The Latin American Xchange ( Homicide and Hernandez ) on Impact! in October 2006. On May 25, 2007, while in a match with then Full Impact Pro (FIP) Tag Team Champions The Briscoe Brothers ( Jay and Mark Briscoe ) in Melbourne, Florida , Black's tag team partner Marek Brave suffered a legitimate back injury, leading Black to pursue a singles career by competing in Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), where he defeated Joey Ryan in his debut on June 10. At PWG's Life During Wartime on July 6, 2008, Black and Jimmy Jacobs won

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2728-527: A new belt design; it was largely similar to the previous version (2017–2022), but the silver behind the logo was replaced by multi-colored paint (matching the NXT 2.0 colorscheme) and the letters "N" and "T" on the center plate were updated to the font style of the NXT 2.0 logo. The default side plates were also updated, replacing the WWE logo with the NXT 2.0 logo. The new title retained the black leather strap. When "NXT 2.0" went back to being called "NXT" in September,

2852-526: A rematch. On the following episode of Raw , Rollins attacked and laid out Rhodes during his match for the United States Championship against Theory . The following week, Rhodes challenged Rollins to a match at Hell in a Cell , inside the namesake structure, which Rollins accepted. At the event on June 5, Rollins lost to Rhodes, ending their feud. The match received a five-star rating by esteemed wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer of

2976-541: A second chance at the ROH World Championship at Death Before Dishonor VI in New York City , when he faced McGuinness, Danielson and Claudio Castagnoli in a four-way elimination match , but McGuinness retained the title. At Final Battle in December, after Black lost a number one contender match to Austin Aries, Jacobs turned on him, and Black was then attacked by Aries. At Full Circle, Black

3100-410: A second time. On the following episode of NXT , he retained the title against Gunther . Breakker subsequently began feuding with Joe Gacy after Gacy kidnapped Rick Steiner, leading to a match between the two at Spring Breakin' on May 3, where Breakker defeated Gacy to retain the title. At NXT In Your House on June 4, he defeated Gacy in a rematch, with the added stipulation that he would lose

3224-460: A six-man tag team match on the April 22 episode of Raw , which The Shield won. On the May 13 episode of Raw , The Shield's undefeated streak in televised six-man tag team matches ended in a disqualification loss in a six-man elimination tag team match against John Cena, Kane and Daniel Bryan. On May 19, at Extreme Rules , Rollins and Reigns defeated Team Hell No in a tornado tag team match to win

3348-559: A six-man tag team match. Two nights later on Raw , The Shield was defeated by the trio in a rematch, with Ambrose walking away from his teammates after their defeat. On the October 22 episode of Raw , Reigns took a hiatus due to his legitimate returning leukemia . Later that night, Rollins and Ambrose defeated Ziggler and McIntyre to win the Raw Tag Team Championship (making Rollins a double champion), only for Ambrose to turn on Rollins as he attacked him, igniting

3472-603: A six-man tag team qualifying match to enter the Elimination Chamber match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, but lost the match via disqualification after The Wyatt Family ( Bray Wyatt , Erick Rowan and Luke Harper ) interfered and attacked Cena, Bryan, and Sheamus. At Elimination Chamber on February 23, The Shield were defeated by the Wyatt Family in a rematch. Later in March, The Shield began

3596-493: A teenager, he was an introvert who lived a straight edge lifestyle and was a big fan of rock and heavy metal music. He trained at a wrestling school owned by Danny Daniels on the borders of Chicago and Oak Park . Lopez made his debut at the age of 19 on August 21, 2004, wrestling in the Iowa independent scene under the ring name Gixx. He then joined Ian Rotten 's Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South (IWA) under

3720-434: A title match. Rollins continued his feud with Orton after WrestleMania, which led to a steel cage match for the championship with Kane residing as special guest "gatekeeper" at Extreme Rules on April 26, where Rollins retained after interference from the latter. At Payback on May 17, Rollins successfully defended the title against Orton, Reigns, and Ambrose in a fatal-four-way match after pinning Orton. Rollins retained

3844-656: A torn biceps , sidelining him for approximately nine months, putting The Shield on hiatus. On the December 25 episode of Raw , Rollins and Jason Jordan won the Raw Tag Team Championship from Cesaro and Sheamus. At the Royal Rumble on January 28, 2018, Rollins entered at #18 in the Royal Rumble match, but was eliminated by Reigns. Right after the Royal Rumble match, they lost the titles back to Cesaro and Sheamus, ending their reign at 34 days. After their tag team dissolved due to Jordan having neck surgery, Rollins

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3968-628: Is signed to WWE , where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Bron Breakker and is the WWE Intercontinental Champion in his second reign . He is also a former two-time NXT Champion , and a one-time NXT Tag Team Champion . A second-generation professional wrestler, Rechsteiner is the son of Rick Steiner and the nephew of Scott Steiner (who performed together as the Steiner Brothers ). Rechsteiner

4092-475: Is the oldest champion, winning the title at 42. Trick Williams is the current champion in his second reign. He defeated Ethan Page with CM Punk as the special guest referee during NXT ' s debut on The CW on October 1, 2024, in Rosemont, Illinois . Seth Rollins Colby Daniel Lopez (born May 28, 1986) is an American professional wrestler . He is signed to WWE , where he performs on

4216-407: Is the shortest at 4 days (recognized as 3 days by WWE) as he had to relinquish the title due to a legitimate injury he suffered in winning it. Finn Bálor has the longest combined reign at 504 days. Bo Dallas holds the record as the youngest champion, winning the title two days before his 23rd birthday (although WWE recognizes it was 18 days after his 23rd birthday due to tape delay), while Samoa Joe

4340-639: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter , making it the first WWE main roster match to receive a five-star rating since 2011, and the first match of Rollins's career to receive such a rating. Rollins then began a feud with Matt Riddle , setting up a match between the two at SummerSlam . However, the match was postponed after Riddle suffered an injury following an attack by Rollins on the July 25 episode of Raw . Despite this, both Rollins and Riddle appeared at SummerSlam on July 30, engaging in

4464-563: The 2014 Money in the Bank ladder match , the 2015 Slammy Award for Superstar of the Year , and the 2019 Royal Rumble match . He is an overall nine-time Slammy Award winner. All totaled, he has won 16 championships in WWE (with all but one on the main roster). Praised for his in-ring skills and ability to reinvent his on-screen character, Rollins is regarded as one of the greatest wrestlers active today and of his generation. Rollins topped Pro Wrestling Illustrated ' s PWI 500 list of

4588-685: The FCW Florida Tag Team Championship , which they later dropped to Big E Langston and Calvin Raines. In July 2011, Rollins began a feud with Dean Ambrose . Ambrose and Rollins had their first match for the FCW 15 Championship in a 15-minute Iron Man match on the August 14 episode of FCW , which ended in a draw with neither men scoring a fall and, as a result, Rollins retained his title. A subsequent 20-minute rematch for

4712-485: The Gold Rush Tournament to crown the inaugural NXT Champion where he defeated Jinder Mahal in the tournament finals on the August 29 episode of NXT . On the October 10 episode of NXT , Rollins had his first successful defense of his title against Michael McGillicutty. On the January 2, 2013 episode of NXT , Rollins successfully defended the NXT Championship against Corey Graves , before losing it

4836-689: The Kennesaw State Owls . As a freshman in 2016 he played special teams and defense ; in 2017, he moved to offense as a running back . In February 2020, Rechsteiner entered the National Football League Draft but was not drafted. In April 2020, he was signed by the Baltimore Ravens as an undrafted free agent fullback . He was released in August 2020. Wrestling under his real name, Rechsteiner debuted in professional wrestling on October 8, 2020, at

4960-424: The Money in the Bank pre-show on July 14, and against The Prime Time Players ( Darren Young and Titus O'Neil) at Night of Champions on September 15. At Battleground on October 6, the recently ( kayfabe ) fired Cody Rhodes and Goldust reclaimed their jobs by defeating Rollins and Reigns in a non-title match. On the October 14 episode of Raw , Rollins and Reigns lost the titles to Rhodes and Goldust in

5084-528: The NXT program was moved to the USA Network . After Drew McIntyre won the NXT Championship in 2017, the match description for his win in the official title history referred to it as a world championship . In 2021, it was revealed that the NXT Championship was an option for the men's Royal Rumble match winner to challenge for at WrestleMania 37 , along with the WWE Championship and WWE Universal Championship . However, WWE revamped NXT in September 2021 and returned

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5208-598: The NXT Tag Team Championship . At NXT : Roadblock , the Wolf Dogs successfully defended their titles against Chase University ( Andre Chase and Duke Hudson ). On April 6 at NXT Stand & Deliver , the Wolf Dogs defeated Axiom and Nathan Frazer to retain the titles. In a rematch on the April 9 episode of NXT , the Wolf Dogs lost the titles to Axiom and Frazer, ending their reign at 57 days in what would be Breakker's last match in NXT. On

5332-559: The NXT United Kingdom Championship was unified into the NXT Championship. From 2010 to 2012, the American professional wrestling promotion WWE hosted a competition reality television series called NXT . In June 2012, WWE restructured the show and established the NXT brand as their developmental territory , replacing Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW). On July 1, the brand's first championship,

5456-851: The PWG World Tag Team Championship by defeating Roderick Strong and El Generico , a replacement for Jack Evans . At FIP's event on December 20, Black defeated Go Shiozaki to win the FIP World Heavyweight Championship . At FIP's event on May 2, 2009, Davey Richards was awarded the FIP World Heavyweight Championship by forfeit when Black was unable to compete. At the Ring of Honor (ROH) pay-per-view taping of Man Up on September 15, 2007, Black made his debut alongside Jimmy Jacobs and Necro Butcher , with

5580-816: The Raw brand under the ring name Seth "Freakin" Rollins . Prior to signing with WWE, he wrestled under the ring name Tyler Black for Ring of Honor (ROH) and was part of the Age of the Fall stable with Jimmy Jacobs . During his time in ROH, he held the ROH World Championship once and the ROH World Tag Team Championship twice (with Jacobs) and won the 2009 Survival of the Fittest tournament. He also wrestled for various independent promotions including Full Impact Pro , where he

5704-624: The Royal Rumble on January 26, as the final entrant, but was eliminated by eventual winner Drew McIntyre. Rollins and Murphy retained the titles against The Street Profits at Super ShowDown on February 27, but lost the titles to them on the March 2 episode of Raw . Rollins and Murphy failed to reclaim the championship from the Street Profits at Elimination Chamber six days later. At WrestleMania 36 on April 4, Rollins lost to Owens in No Disqualification match , ending

5828-652: The WWE Tag Team Championship . On the June 14 episode of SmackDown , The Shield suffered their first decisive loss in televised six-man tag team matches against Team Hell No and Randy Orton when Bryan made Rollins submit. Rollins and Reigns successfully retained the WWE Tag Team Championship against Bryan and Orton at Payback on June 13. In August, The Shield began working for Chief operating officer Triple H and The Authority . They retained their titles against The Usos at

5952-674: The "WrestleJam 8" event promoted by AWF/WOW in Ringgold, Georgia . He defeated Jamie Hall. In February 2021, WWE announced Rechsteiner had signed a developmental contract with the company. Later that month, he was assigned to the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida for training. At the WrestleMania Backlash pay-per-view on May 16, Rechsteiner and several other wrestlers portrayed "zombies" in

6076-443: The "X" was the WWE logo, while below the "X" was a banner that read "Champion". Simple ornamentation with some silver filled in the rest of the plate. Coming in line with WWE's other championships, the new design included side plates with a removable center section that could be customized with the champion's logo; the default plates featured the WWE logo. On the April 5, 2022, episode of NXT , reigning champion Bron Breakker debuted

6200-530: The 5-on-5 elimination match on Team Raw and won the match as the sole survivor after eliminating Jeff Hardy . On the October 25 episode of Raw , Rollins defeated Finn Bálor, Kevin Owens, and Rey Mysterio in a fatal four-way ladder match to become the #1 contender for the WWE Championship against Big E at Day 1 on January 1, 2022. Over the following weeks, Owens and Bobby Lashley were also added to

6324-599: The Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. The following night on Raw , Breakker made his second appearance on the main roster in a backstage segment with Imperium , debating whether he should sign to Raw or SmackDown . On the February 13 episode of NXT , Breakker and Corbin (now calling themselves the Wolf Dogs) defeated The D'Angelo Family ( Tony D'Angelo and Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo ) to win

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6448-477: The February 16, 2024 episode of SmackDown , Breakker joined the SmackDown brand. The next week, Breakker made his in-ring debut for SmackDown by defeating Dante Chen . In the 2024 WWE Draft that April, Breakker was drafted to the Raw brand. At Money in the Bank on July 6, Breakker unsuccessfully challenged Sami Zayn for the Intercontinental Championship , marking his first pinfall loss since joining

6572-675: The Intercontinental Championship after interference by The Bloodline . Breakker wrestles in a "powerhouse" style. His finishing moves are a camel clutch dubbed the Steiner Recliner (a move adopted from his uncle Scott Steiner ), a gorilla press powerslam , and a spear . Rechsteiner appeared as a playable character in the 2020 video game Madden NFL 21 as a full back for the Baltimore Ravens. He also appeared (as Bron Breakker) as

6696-500: The Intercontinental Championship to Ambrose, ending his reign at 119 days. Rollins failed to regain the championship from Ambrose on several occasions, including in a Falls Count Anywhere match when Lashley interfered, and in a triple threat match where Lashley won the championship after pinning Ambrose. At the Royal Rumble on January 27, 2019, Rollins won his first Royal Rumble match by lastly eliminating Braun Strowman. The following night on Raw , Rollins challenged Brock Lesnar for

6820-494: The NXT Championship and NXT United Kingdom Championship. However, he is not recognized as the final NXT United Kingdom Champion. At NXT Halloween Havoc on October 22, Breakker defeated McDonagh and Ilja Dragunov in a triple threat match to retain the NXT Championship. At NXT Deadline on December 10, Breakker successfully defended the NXT Championship against Apollo Crews . At NXT : New Year's Evil on January 10, 2023, Breakker defeated Grayson Waller via countout to retain

6944-448: The NXT Championship, the first title of his wrestling career. At NXT : Vengeance Day on February 15, he made his first successful title defense, defeating Santos Escobar . Breakker made his main roster debut on the March 7 episode of Raw , teaming with Ciampa to defeat Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode in a tag team match . At NXT : Roadblock the following day, Breakker defended the NXT Championship against Ciampa and Ziggler in

7068-411: The NXT Championship, was introduced as the top men's championship. NXT Commissioner Dusty Rhodes announced an eight-man single-elimination tournament , dubbed the "Gold Rush" tournament, involving four wrestlers from NXT and four wrestlers from WWE's main roster competing to be crowned the first NXT Champion. On the July 26 tapings of NXT ( aired August 29), Seth Rollins defeated Jinder Mahal in

7192-399: The NXT Championship. At NXT Vengeance Day on February 4, he defeated Waller once again, this time in a cage match . At NXT Stand & Deliver on April 1, Breakker lost the title to Carmelo Hayes, ending his second reign at 362 days. On the April 4, 2023 episode of NXT , Breakker attacked Hayes, turning heel for the first time in his career. He cemented his new villainous persona

7316-533: The NXT United Kingdom Championship into the NXT Championship. Bate was recognized as the final NXT UK Champion, while Breakker went forward as the unified NXT Champion. The original NXT Championship belt's design was simple: a large gold center plate shaped as the letter "X", with smaller letters "N" and "T" to the left and right of the center. The belt contained six total side plates on a large black strap, three sitting on either side of

7440-522: The October 5 episode of Raw , Murphy attacked Rollins after he refused to apologize to him, thus ending their alliance. As part of the 2020 WWE draft in October, Rollins was drafted to the SmackDown brand . On the November 20 episode of SmackDown , Rollins lost to Murphy to end the feud. At Survivor Series two days later, Rollins was a part of Team SmackDown, but was the first person eliminated by Sheamus after "sacrificing" himself and his team lost

7564-474: The ROH World Championship with him to WWE and refused to put the championship at stake in a match with Davey Richards on August 28, which he then lost by submission . On September 11, at Glory By Honor IX , in his final ROH appearance, Black lost the ROH World Championship to Roderick Strong in a no disqualification match with Terry Funk as a guest enforcer , ending his reign at 210 days after seven successful title defenses. On August 8, 2010, Lopez signed

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7688-485: The ROH World Championship. On April 3, Black retained the title in a three-way elimination match against Austin Aries and Roderick Strong at The Big Bang! pay-per-view. He also retained the title against Davey Richards on June 19 at Death Before Dishonor VIII . Black turned into a villain at the August 20 tapings of Ring of Honor Wrestling after news broke that he had signed a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). He threatened to take

7812-539: The September 6 episode of NXT , he bludgeoned Wagner with a set of steel steps. Later that month, Breakker took part in the Superstar Spectacle in Hyderabad , India, defeating Odyssey Jones . At NXT No Mercy on September 30, Breakker lost to Baron Corbin . On the October 10 episode of NXT , Breakker (with Paul Heyman in his corner) lost to Carmelo Hayes (with John Cena in his corner; following

7936-521: The United States Championship from Cena in a steel cage match. At Hell in a Cell on October 25, Rollins retained the WWE World Heavyweight Championship against Kane and per the match stipulation, Kane was fired as Director of Operations. On November 4, during a match against Kane at a WWE live event in Dublin, Ireland , Rollins tore the ACL , MCL and medial meniscus in his knee while attempting to execute

8060-484: The Universal Championship against him on May 19 at Money in the Bank . Rollins successfully defended the title against Corbin at Super ShowDown on June 7, and at Stomping Grounds on June 23; the latter title defense featured Lacey Evans as special guest referee . He won with assistance of his real-life wife and Raw Women's Champion Becky Lynch to overcome the biased refereeing from Evans. Rollins and Lynch defeated Corbin and Evans at Extreme Rules on July 14 in

8184-411: The Universal Championship at WrestleMania 35 . Soon after, Rollins reconciled with Ambrose and the recently returned Reigns to reform The Shield for the third time, defeating McIntyre, Lashley and Baron Corbin on March 10 at Fastlane . At WrestleMania 35 on April 7, Rollins defeated Lesnar to win the Universal Championship for the first time. Rollins then entered a feud with AJ Styles, retaining

8308-480: The WWE Championship inside the namesake structure after being eliminated by Lesnar. Rollins then unsuccessfully attempted to find a spot on the card at WrestleMania 38 , until Mr. McMahon announced that Rollins would face an opponent of his choosing on the March 28 episode of Raw . At Night 1 of WrestleMania on April 2, Rollins' opponent was unveiled as the returning Cody Rhodes , who defeated Rollins. At WrestleMania Backlash on May 8, Rollins lost to Rhodes in

8432-435: The WWE Championship match at Day 1, making it a fatal four-way match, which Rollins lost after Brock Lesnar was added to the match and won the title. That month, he began to work as Seth "Freakin" Rollins. At the Royal Rumble on January 29, Rollins faced SmackDown's Roman Reigns for the Universal Championship, winning the match by disqualification but not the title. On February 18, at Elimination Chamber , he failed to win

8556-609: The WWE World Heavyweight and the United States Championships after interference from Jon Stewart , making him the first and only wrestler to hold both championships simultaneously. At Night of Champions on September 20, Rollins lost the United States Championship back to Cena but was able to retain the WWE World Heavyweight Championship against Sting later that night. At Live from Madison Square Garden on October 3, Rollins failed to regain

8680-437: The Year . At Extreme Rules on May 22, 2016, Rollins returned from injury, attacking Roman Reigns with a Pedigree after his WWE World Heavyweight Championship defense against AJ Styles . The following night on Raw , Shane McMahon scheduled a match between Reigns and Rollins for the title at Money in the Bank . At the event on June 19, Rollins defeated Reigns to win his second WWE World Heavyweight Championship, becoming

8804-406: The arena. On March 29, at WrestleMania 31 , Rollins lost to Orton. Later that night, Rollins cashed in his Money in the Bank contract during Lesnar and Reigns' WWE World Heavyweight Championship match, turning it into a triple threat match and pinned Reigns to win the title for the first time in his career, making him the first man to cash in his Money in the Bank contract at WrestleMania and during

8928-594: The brand to its original function as a developmental territory, with it no longer referred to as a world championship and no longer an option for Royal Rumble match winners. In August 2022, WWE announced that the NXT UK brand would go on hiatus and would relaunch as NXT Europe at a later time. As such, NXT UK's championship's were unified into their respective NXT championship counterparts. On September 4, 2022, at Worlds Collide , reigning NXT Champion Bron Breakker defeated NXT United Kingdom Champion Tyler Bate to unify

9052-535: The brand's first draft pick. At Battleground on July 24, Rollins unsuccessfully competed in a triple threat match against Ambrose and Reigns for the newly renamed WWE World Championship, which became exclusive to the SmackDown brand . Because of this, the WWE Universal Championship was introduced the following night on Raw . Rollins lost the inaugural title match against Finn Bálor on August 21 at SummerSlam . After Bálor relinquished

9176-489: The center plate; each side plate only featured the WWE logo. When first introduced, the side plates had the WWE scratch logo but in August 2014, all of WWE's pre-existing championships at the time received a minor update, changing the scratch logo to WWE's current logo that was originally used for the WWE Network that launched earlier that year in February. During WrestleMania Weekend 2017, all existing NXT title belts at

9300-488: The championship after enlisting the help of a returning Dean Ambrose. The next night on Raw , Rollins reformed The Shield with Ambrose and Roman Reigns, preventing Strowman from cashing in his Money in the Bank contract for the Universal Championship against Reigns. At Hell in a Cell on September 16, Rollins and Ambrose failed to win the Raw Tag Team Championship from McIntyre and Ziggler. At Super Show-Down on October 6, The Shield defeated McIntyre, Ziggler and Strowman in

9424-422: The championship against Ambrose on May 31 at Elimination Chamber after getting himself disqualified, and in a ladder match at Money in the Bank on June 14. At Battleground on July 19, Rollins retained the title by disqualification against Brock Lesnar after The Undertaker attacked Lesnar. On August 23, Rollins defeated United States Champion John Cena in a Winner Takes All match at SummerSlam for both

9548-465: The championship against The Miz at Backlash on May 6 and Elias on June 17 at Money in the Bank , before losing it to Dolph Ziggler the following night on Raw after a distraction by Ziggler's ally, Drew McIntyre , ending his reign at 71 days. Rollins failed to regain the title from Ziggler in a 30-minute Iron Man match at Extreme Rules on July 15 after interference from McIntyre. On August 19, at SummerSlam , Rollins defeated Ziggler to regain

9672-436: The championship, making him the second wrestler to hold the Universal Championship more than once. He also became the first superstar to defeat Lesnar at both WrestleMania and SummerSlam. On the August 19 episode of Raw , Rollins won his record-tying fifth Raw Tag Team Championship along with Braun Strowman when they defeated Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows . At Clash of Champions on September 15, Rollins and Strowman lost

9796-416: The default side plates were updated with the new NXT logo. With NXT ' s move to The CW on October 1, 2024, the show got a new logo. As a result, both the men's and women's NXT championship belts received an update that same episode. They mostly have the same design as their respective previous version, but with The CW era NXT logo on the center plate and side plates, with more of a globe visible behind

9920-410: The entire Raw roster for "dropping the ball" and failing to win at the pay-per-view. These comments later drew the attention of Kevin Owens, who attacked Rollins and challenged him to a match, which ended in a disqualification after AOP (Akam and Rezar) attacked Owens. On the December 9 episode of Raw , despite earlier denying an alliance with AOP, Rollins joined them by attacking Owens, turning heel for

10044-516: The event on August 21, Rollins lost to Edge by submission, but won their rematch on the September 10 episode of SmackDown . As part of the 2021 Draft , Rollins was drafted to the Raw brand. On the October 8 episode of SmackDown , Edge demanded a Hell in a Cell match between them, which was made official for Crown Jewel . At the event on October 21, Rollins was defeated by Edge, ending their feud. At Survivor Series on November 21, Rollins took part in

10168-458: The feud. At Money in the Bank on May 10, Rollins unsuccessfully challenged McIntyre for the WWE Championship. The next night on Raw , Rollins attacked Rey Mysterio and injured his eye with the steel ring steps. On the May 18 episode of Raw , Rollins recruited Austin Theory as a member of his faction. Mysterio eventually returned and challenged Rollins to an Eye for an Eye match , where

10292-479: The first ever FCW 15 match under 15-minute Iron Man rules where they fought to a 1–1 draw. Following this, Rollins, along with Hunico, Richie Steamboat and Jinder Mahal , participated in the FCW 15 Jack Brisco Classic tournament. On January 13, 2011, Rollins defeated Hunico in the finals to win the tournament and became the inaugural FCW Jack Brisco 15 Champion . At a house show on March 25, Rollins and Steamboat defeated Damien Sandow and Titus O'Neil to win

10416-411: The first round and Axiom and Nathan Frazer in the semi-finals. Later that month, Breakker made his Royal Rumble match debut at the titular event , entering at number 20 and eliminating Jimmy Uso , Finn Bálor , Ivar , and Omos before being eliminated by "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio . At NXT Vengeance Day the following month, Breakker and Corbin defeated Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams to win

10540-414: The first time since 2016. After this, Rollins began calling himself the "Monday Night Messiah" while stating that he was "sacrificing" his opponents for "the greater good" and created a faction with AOP and Buddy Murphy . Rollins and Murphy defeated The Viking Raiders to win the Raw Tag Team Championship on the January 20, 2020 episode of Raw , becoming a record six-time champion. Rollins competed in

10664-454: The first wrestler to legitimately defeat Reigns in singles competition on the main roster, only to lose the title minutes later to Dean Ambrose, who cashed in the Money in the Bank contract he won earlier that night. In July, Rollins failed to regain the renamed WWE Championship from Ambrose on both Raw and SmackDown . During the 2016 WWE draft on July 19, Rollins was drafted to Raw as

10788-523: The inaugural NXT Champion . In November 2012, he debuted on the main roster as a member of The Shield alongside Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns . He won his first main roster championship, the WWE Raw Tag Team Championship , with Reigns in May 2013; he went on to hold the title a record six times with Ambrose and various partners. After leaving The Shield in 2014, he joined The Authority , establishing his on-screen character as

10912-503: The logo on the center plate. The multi-colored paint from the NXT 2.0 version (2022–2024) was also removed, and the plates are now primarily silver with gold accents. As of November 26, 2024, there have been 32 reigns among 24 different champions and three vacancies. The inaugural champion was Seth Rollins. Samoa Joe has the most reigns at three. Adam Cole 's reign is the longest singular reign at 396 days (recognized as 403 days by WWE due to tape delay ), while Karrion Kross ' first reign

11036-410: The main roster. In a rematch at SummerSlam the following month, Breakker defeated Zayn to win the title. On the August 12 episode of Raw, Breakker defeated Zayn to retain the title in a two out of three falls match , ending their feud. On the September 23 episode of Raw , Breakker lost the title to Jey Uso , ending his reign at 51 days. On the October 21 episode of Raw , he defeated Uso to regain

11160-655: The match, Breakker attacked Hayes, prompting The Undertaker to come to the ring and chokeslam Breakker. At NXT : Halloween Havoc later that month, Breakker defeated Mr. Stone . On the November 28 episode of NXT , Breakker defeated Eddy Thorpe to qualify for the Iron Survivor Challenge at NXT Deadline , which was won by Trick Williams . In January 2024, Breakker entered the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament pairing with Baron Corbin. The duo defeated Gallus in

11284-408: The match. At the Royal Rumble on January 31, 2021, Rollins entered at #29, but was eliminated by eventual winner Edge . On Night 1 of WrestleMania 37 on April 10, Rollins lost to Cesaro, but won a rematch at Hell in a Cell on June 20. On the July 9 episode of SmackDown , Rollins defeated Cesaro again to qualify for the Money in the Bank ladder match at the titular event on July 18, which

11408-410: The match. On February 23, 2012, Rollins defeated Leo Kruger to become the new FCW Florida Heavyweight Champion . Rollins lost the championship to Rick Victor at a house show on May 31. When WWE rebranded FCW into NXT in August 2012, Rollins' NXT TV debut took place on the second episode of the rebooted NXT at Full Sail University on June 27, when he defeated Jiro . Rollins entered

11532-898: The name Tyler Black, and entered the Ted Petty Invitational Tournament , defeating Sal Thomaselli before being eliminated by Matt Sydal in the quarterfinals in Hammond, Indiana on September 23, 2005. He soon joined NWA Midwest and won the promotion 's tag team championship with Marek Brave. The two retained the NWA Midwest Tag Team Championship against Ryan Boz and Danny Daniels, Brett Wayne and Hype Gotti and Jayson Reign and Marco Cordova several times in early 2006. He briefly appeared in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and teamed with Jeff Luxon in

11656-576: The next week by interrupting Chase University in the ring, verbally insulting the audience, and attacking Andre Chase . At Spring Breakin' on April 25, Breakker defeated Chase via submission. At NXT Battleground on May 28, Breakker failed to regain the NXT Championship from Hayes. At NXT : Gold Rush on June 20, Breakker unsuccessfully challenged Seth Rollins for the World Heavyweight Championship . At NXT : Heatwave on August 22, Breakker attacked Von Wagner ; on

11780-510: The next week on NXT to Big E Langston in a No Disqualification match. After losing the title, Rollins continued to feud with Graves and attacked him during his number one contender's match for the NXT Championship with Conor O'Brian. Rollins then accepted Graves' challenge and defeated him in a lumberjack match to end the feud. On November 18, 2012, at the Survivor Series pay-per-view , Seth Rollins made his main roster debut as

11904-655: The number one contender to the WWE Universal Championship also involving Bálor, Joe, Reigns and Wyatt, which Joe won. On the July 10 episode of Raw , Rollins saved Dean Ambrose from an attack by The Miz and the Miztourage (Curtis Axel and Bo Dallas ). After failing to gain Ambrose's trust for several weeks, the two argued in the ring on the August 14 episode of Raw and brawled with each other before fighting off Cesaro and Sheamus , reuniting

12028-469: The only way to win was to extract the opponent's eyeball. At The Horror Show at Extreme Rules on July 19, Rollins won the match after using the ring steps to remove Mysterio's eye. Over the following weeks, Rey's son Dominik Mysterio confronted Rollins about the attacks on both him and his father. At SummerSlam on August 23, Rollins defeated Dominik in a Street Fight . On August 30, Rollins and Murphy lost to Rey and Dominik Mysterio at Payback . On

12152-517: The same night. Colby Daniel Lopez was born in Davenport, Iowa , on May 28, 1986. He is of Armenian, German, and Irish descent. He gained the Lopez surname from his Mexican-American stepfather, whom he considers his true father. He has a brother and a sister, but did not know this until their existence was revealed by a DNA test in 2019. He graduated from Davenport West High School in 2004. As

12276-405: The second wrestler to accomplish the latter twice under the revised 2015 format . He is also the only wrestler to have won the WWE Championship, Universal Championship, World Heavyweight Championship, and NXT Championship, in addition to being the only wrestler to compete in the match to decide the inaugural champion of three WWE championships (NXT, Universal, and World Heavyweight). Rollins also won

12400-477: The show's history. Six days later, at Elimination Chamber , Rollins was the fifth man eliminated by Braun Strowman in the match. At WrestleMania 34 on April 8, Rollins defeated Finn Bálor and The Miz in a triple threat match to win the Intercontinental Championship for the first time in his career. With his win, Rollins became the twenty-ninth Triple Crown Champion and the eighteenth Grand Slam Champion in WWE history, respectively. He successfully defended

12524-409: The steel ring steps, kayfabe injuring him. At Survivor Series on November 23, Rollins captained Team Authority in a five-on-five elimination tag team match against Team Cena, in which he was the sole survivor for his team and the last man eliminated by Dolph Ziggler , resulting in The Authority being ousted from control of WWE. At TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs on December 14, he lost to Cena in

12648-453: The team in the process. At SummerSlam on August 20, Ambrose and Rollins defeated Cesaro and Sheamus to win the Raw Tag Team Championship, successfully defending the titles in a rematch at No Mercy on September 24. On the October 9 episode of Raw , Rollins and Ambrose reunited with Roman Reigns. The newly reformed Shield was due to face Braun Strowman, Cesaro, Kane, The Miz and Sheamus at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs on October 22 in

12772-455: The team of Austin Aries and Bryan Danielson . At Take No Prisoners on May 30, Black unsuccessfully challenged Nigel McGuinness for the ROH World Championship . At Up For Grabs, Black and Jacobs won an eight-team tournament to win their second ROH World Tag Team Championship. The two lost the championship at Driven on November 14 to the team of Kevin Steen and El Generico . Black had

12896-490: The three attacking The Briscoe Brothers, and hanging Jay Briscoe from light rigging fashioned as a noose. The three formed a stable called The Age of the Fall . The angle was so controversial that ROH decided to remove the footage from the pay-per-view that was being taped at the event. Black later made his ROH in-ring debut later that night in a dark match , wrestling Jack Evans to a no contest . At Glory by Honor VI in November, Black defeated Alex "Sugarfoot" Payne, but

13020-443: The time were redesigned. The new title belts were unveiled at TakeOver: Orlando that same night and given to the winners of their respective matches. Like the previous design, the plates were gold and on a black leather strap. The letter "X" again dominated the center plate with smaller letters "N" and "T" sitting on the left and right sides, respectively. On this new design, however, the letters were on an octagonal shaped plate. Above

13144-557: The title at NXT : Halloween Havoc on October 26. In November 2021, Breakker participated in WWE's tour of the United Kingdom. At NXT WarGames on December 5, Breakker teamed with Carmelo Hayes , Grayson Waller , and Tony D'Angelo (as "Team 2.0") to defeat Ciampa, Knight, Johnny Gargano , and Pete Dunne ("Team Black & Gold") in a WarGames match , with Breakker pinning Ciampa. At NXT : New Year's Evil on January 4, 2022, Breakker defeated Ciampa by submission to win

13268-465: The title from Owens at Clash of Champions on September 25 and Hell in a Cell on October 30 due to several interferences from Chris Jericho . At Survivor Series on November 20, Rollins formed part of Team Raw with Owens, Jericho, Braun Strowman and Reigns in a losing effort to Team SmackDown. At Roadblock: End of the Line on December 18, Rollins defeated Jericho. In January 2017, Rollins started

13392-432: The title if he got disqualified. At NXT : The Great American Bash on July 5, Breakker retained the title against Cameron Grimes , and was attacked by the debuting JD McDonagh after the match. At NXT : Heatwave on August 16, Breakker retained the title against McDonagh; after the match, he was confronted by NXT United Kingdom Champion Tyler Bate . At Worlds Collide on September 4, Breakker defeated Bate to unify

13516-448: The title the following night on Raw due to a legit shoulder injury sustained at SummerSlam, Rollins faced Big Cass , Kevin Owens and Roman Reigns in a four-way elimination match for the title, but Triple H interfered and attacked Rollins, allowing Owens to win the championship. On the September 5 episode of Raw , Rollins attacked Owens during his celebration ceremony, turning face for the first time since 2014. Rollins failed to win

13640-406: The title two weeks later resulted in a similar 0–0 draw. A second 30-minute rematch for the title on the September 18 episode of FCW went to a time limit 2–2 draw and the match was sent into sudden death overtime , where Rollins scored a pinfall to win the match 3–2. On September 22, Rollins lost the FCW 15 Championship to Damien Sandow by disqualification after Ambrose attacked Sandow late in

13764-415: The titles to Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode . Later that night, Rollins retained the Universal Championship against Strowman but was attacked by "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt after the match. At Hell in a Cell on October 6, Rollins defended his title against The Fiend in a Hell in a Cell match that ended in referee stoppage after The Fiend was buried under several weapons and hit with a sledgehammer by Rollins,

13888-485: The top 500 wrestlers in the world in 2015, 2019, and 2023, was voted as the PWI Wrestler of the Year in 2015 and 2023 and was named Wrestler of the Year by Sports Illustrated in 2022. He was the first wrestler to cash in a Money in the Bank contract at a WrestleMania event and holds the record for the longest televised match in WWE history, performing for 65 minutes whilst defeating Reigns and John Cena in

14012-431: The tournament final to become the inaugural champion. On November 19, 2016, at TakeOver: Toronto , Samoa Joe became the first performer to hold the championship on more than one occasion. The title was defended for the first time on the main roster on the June 4, 2015, episode of SmackDown , where Kevin Owens retained the title against Zack Ryder . In September 2019, the NXT brand became WWE's third major brand when

14136-422: The two in a rematch between February 13, 2010 for the company's Eighth Anniversary Show. The booking saw Cornette set up a judging panel with himself on and one person picked by each competitor, in order for there to be a decisive winner in case of another draw. Aries picked King while Black picked Strong, whom he guaranteed an ROH World Championship title shot should he win. At the event, Black pinned Aries to win

14260-443: Was a one-time FIP World Heavyweight Champion , as well as Pro Wrestling Guerrilla , where he was a one-time PWG World Tag Team Champion (also with Jacobs). Lopez signed with WWE in 2010 and was sent to its then-developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), where he was renamed Seth Rollins and became the inaugural FCW Grand Slam Champion . After WWE rebranded its developmental brand from FCW to NXT , he became

14384-494: Was ambushed from behind by the debuting Samoa Joe , who choked him out in the Coquina Clutch . Rollins signed a contract to compete against Triple H in a non-sanctioned match on April 2 at WrestleMania 33 , which he won. Rollins defeated Joe at Payback on April 30 to give Joe his first singles loss on the main roster. At Extreme Rules on June 4, Rollins competed in a fatal five-way Extreme Rules match to determine

14508-604: Was attacked by The Briscoe Brothers following the match. He appeared with The Age of the Fall in their match against The Briscoe Brothers during the main event. At Final Battle on December 30, Black and Jacobs defeated The Briscoe Brothers to win the ROH World Tag Team Championship . They lost the championship one month later on January 26, 2008, to the No Remorse Corps (Davey Richards and Rocky Romero ) when competing in an Ultimate Endurance match also involving The Hangmen 3 ( Brent Albright and B. J. Whitmer ), and

14632-414: Was called off by Triple H after a pre-match attack by Ambrose on Rollins backstage, as well as at SummerSlam on August 17 in a lumberjack match after hitting him with his Money in the Bank briefcase following interference from Kane. The following night on Raw , Rollins defeated Ambrose once again in a Falls Count Anywhere match by referee stoppage after Kane interfered again and helped Rollins execute

14756-481: Was eliminated by Mysterio, Reigns won the match for the team. At TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs on December 15, The Shield lost to CM Punk in 3-on-1 handicap match after Reigns accidentally speared Ambrose. On January 26, 2014, at the Royal Rumble , Rollins entered his first Royal Rumble match at #2, gaining three eliminations before he was eliminated by teammate Reigns. The next night on Raw , The Shield competed against Daniel Bryan, Sheamus and John Cena in

14880-459: Was given a non-title match against then-ROH World Champion Nigel McGuinness on January 16, 2009, where Black was victorious. The following night, Black faced McGuinness in a title match, which ended in a time limit draw . On June 26, at Violent Tendencies, Black defeated Jimmy Jacobs in a steel cage match to end their feud . In September 2009, Black took a hiatus after receiving surgery on his neck. On October 10, Black defeated Kenny King in

15004-494: Was named as a competitor in the Elimination Chamber match to determine the #1 contender for the Universal Championship. On the February 19 episode of Raw , Rollins competed in a seven-men gauntlet match to decide who would enter the Elimination Chamber match last, but was ultimately eliminated by Elias . Rollins wrestled for one hour and five minutes, marking the longest performance in a match by any wrestler in

15128-587: Was revealed on the January 28 episode of Raw that Punk and his manager Paul Heyman had been paying The Shield and Brad Maddox to work for them. The Shield then quietly ended their association with Punk while beginning a feud with John Cena, Ryback and Sheamus that led to a six-man tag match on February 17 at Elimination Chamber , which The Shield won. On April 7, they defeated Sheamus, Big Show and Randy Orton at WrestleMania 29 . The following night on Raw , The Shield attempted to attack The Undertaker , but were stopped by Team Hell No. This set up

15252-766: Was voted " Rookie of the Year " for 2022 by readers of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter . Rechsteiner was born in Woodstock, Georgia . He attended Etowah High School in Woodstock, where he played football , winning varsity letters in three years. He also participated in wrestling , winning the Georgia Class AAAAAA state championship (220 lb weight class) in 2016. After graduating from high school, Rechsteiner went on to study at Georgia's Kennesaw State University , majoring in criminal justice . While attending Kennesaw, Rechsteiner played football for

15376-405: Was won by Big E . Later that night, Rollins interfered in the main event where Roman Reigns was defending the Universal Championship against Edge, distracting the referee to cost Edge the match. Over the following weeks, Rollins and Edge confronted and attacked each other until the August 6 episode of SmackDown , where Edge challenged Rollins to a match at SummerSlam , which Rollins accepted. At

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