Seth Rollins Needs to Tone Down His In-Ring Style to Secure His Future in WWE

Seth Rollins made his name in WWE with his exciting, high-flying moves and willingness to take big and risky bumps, but now it’s time for him to tone down his in-ring style considerably in order to secure his future in the company.

After turning on Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns and aligning with Triple H and The Authority, Rollins is currently getting the biggest push of his career. He won the coveted Money in the Bank title shot at the pay-per-view, meaning a run with the WWE World Heavyweight Championship will likely be in his future.

The only thing stopping Rollins in his ascent to main event stardom is, well, himself.

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Continuing with his admittedly awe-inspiring yet risky in-ring work will only serve to hinder and sabotage his long-term career.

You want proof? Look at Daniel Bryan’s current situation. Bryan worked incredibly hard for well over a decade to reach the top of the wrestling business, eventually winning the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at this year’s WrestleMania XXX event.

Sadly, a serious neck injury forced him to vacate the title just two months later. The star is out indefinitely and, per reports from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter via WrestlingInc, is also battling shoulder problems.

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Bryan will presumably be back at some point, but it’s difficult to see him becoming the No. 1 guy in the company again. He’ll have lost a ton of momentum, and WWE management may also have second thoughts about pushing someone it sees as injury prone so strongly again.

All things considered, it’s a rather depressing story. The star finally accomplished his dream only to have it cruelly snatched away from him.

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Did Bryan’s brutal in-ring style finally take its toll on his body? I think so. He should have calmed down his in-ring technique significantly after leaving Ring of Honor and joining WWE in 2009, and he really didn’t.

And this should serve as a warning to Rollins.

The interesting thing is that both Bryan and Rollins are good enough wrestlers that they could tone down their styles and still be great. Big bumps and high-risk moves are not all that is needed to make a good wrestling match.

But guys on the roster seem to forget that now.

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Or, at the very least if you have to do it, save it for pay-per-view and other special events. Is there really much point in practically killing yourself for a Raw or SmackDown main event that will do (roughly) the same rating as it always does? Of course not. It’s completely counterproductive.

I understand that many fans love to witness crazy bumps and hard-hitting wrestling styles, and some of Rollins’ work over the past 18 months has been truly breathtaking.

But I would think those same people would like to see their favorite wrestlers have long and successful careers too. These big bumps don’t accomplish much in the long run, and they come at too steep a price.