Double Down or Destroy, What Should WWE Do With The Vision?
What started as an exciting and promising storyline in The Vision has gradually become a creative crutch for WWE.
One injury after another has derailed major plans for the group as far back as the fall. Additionally, the faction's takeover of Raw for the better part of 2025 never lived up to its full potential because of subpar booking.
Despite being prominently positioned on WWE TV over the last year, The Vision—what's left of it, anyway—doesn't have a stable direction going into WrestleMania 42.
All signs point to the group walking out of Monday's Raw in Madison Square Garden, and former leader Seth Rollins' return has already lost a lot of steam because of the uncertain status the stable finds itself in at the moment.
Ahead of WrestleMania, the crucial question WWE must answer is: Does it double down on The Vision or destroy it altogether?
Unavoidable Injuries and the Drawbacks of Long-Term Storytelling
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No one could have predicted the focal point of The Vision and Raw as a whole getting hurt at the peak of their dominance.
Seth Rollins suffering a torn rotator cuff in his Crown Jewel clash with Cody Rhodes last October forced WWE to pivot quickly and considerably.
Instead of waiting until The Visionary was ready to return to resume his run as world heavyweight champion and as the group's leader, the creative team had him exiled by Bron Breakker and the rest of The Vision two days later on Raw.
It was a thrilling turn of events, except WWE failed to follow up on it accordingly. Breakker's momentum should have been immediately capitalized on with him winning the World Heavyweight Championship soon after, not getting "suspended" in storyline and becoming a background player again.
The Badass also failed to win the title on the first Raw of 2026, and although the idea may have been for him to finally win it soon after WrestleMania 42, his own injury (emergency hernia surgery) likely delayed those plans.
Bronson Reed quietly transitioned into the leader role when he too suffered a freak injury (a torn distal biceps) in mid-February, leaving The Vision with only Logan Paul, Austin Theory and Paul Heyman.
Triple H's obsession with constantly telling long-term stories backfired in this case. It's cost the fans multiple marquee matches we could have had by now if he wasn't so adamant about saving them for WrestleMania.
Seth Rollins Seeking Revenge Has Already Lost Its Luster
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Rollins getting hurt when he did could have been a blessing in disguise. The Vision never truly found its footing with him as the leader, so switching it up could have helped everyone involved.
Breakker and Reed could have been elevated, while Rollins would return from his long layoff feeling fresh as a character. Evidently, neither of those things happened.
Rollins was brought back to WWE TV at the Royal Rumble via a masked-man mystery, a tired trope the company used to introduce Austin Theory as the newest member of the group mere months earlier.
By the time Rollins unveiled himself at Elimination Chamber, the payoff didn't pack the punch it should have.
Worse yet, he's largely stayed silent in his weekly appearances on Raw and continues to associate with the masked-man gimmick. It's clear WWE doesn't know what his character's motivations are supposed to be at this point other than wanting revenge on The Vision.
With Breakker and Reed out injured, Rollins has had to settle for targeting Theory and Logan Paul instead, and that hasn't exactly made for riveting television.
The Vision not having a worthy rival in Rollins makes the stable even less of a priority.
Winning the Tag Titles Doesn't Guarantee WrestleMania Match
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Seth Rollins has thwarted Logan Paul, Austin Theory and especially Paul Heyman on countless occasions since returning. There's no story in Rollins giving them their comeuppance at WrestleMania because that's already been accomplished.
The Visionary has attacked Heyman twice in the last month, and there's nothing remotely interesting about him facing either Theory or Paul one-on-one (or both in a Handicap match).
If The Vision gets a match at WrestleMania, it will be for something involving the World Tag Team Championship.
Theory and Paul are confirmed to be facing The Usos for the tag titles on Monday's Raw in Madison Square Garden. Even if they emerge with the gold in their grasp, there's no guarantee they'll have a match at 'Mania now that WWE has booked them against The Usos twice on television.
The Raw tag team division has been depleted for some time now, and adding Theory and Paul to the ranks won't make much of a difference. At that point, they aren't a threat to anyone and would be better off going their separate ways.
WWE clearing Breakker in time to battle Rollins at WrestleMania on April 18-19 runs the risk of injuring him further. Consequently, The Vision may not have a meaningful presence at the event, a strong indicator that its collapse is indeed imminent.
Adding New Members Isn't the Answer
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When Rollins went down with his injury, WWE was quick to reboot The Vision by making Heyman the new face of the faction while also adding Logan Paul and Austin Theory. They flanked Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed but were still protected and pushed.
Breakker and Reed were subsequently sidelined with injuries of their own, and none of the remaining members have been compelling enough to carry the group in their absence.
There's been nothing to suggest WWE is about to add even more members to The Vision. NXT stars such as Ethan Page and Ricky Saints could work well in that role, but recruiting them won't fix the problems the stable has been facing since the start.
WWE relies too often and too heavily on forming factions because The Bloodline was so successful. Doing so prevents it from fully fleshing out characters, which is what Theory and Paul have become victims of.
Bolstering The Vision isn't the solution. Rather, it would be an excuse to drag out the storyline for many more months. After WrestleMania 42, WWE must pull the plug.
How WWE Can Cut Bait and Move On
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With WrestleMania right around the corner, it's too late to do anything drastic with The Vision. Regardless of whether the group competes at the event or not, the post-WrestleMania Raw would be the perfect place for it to meet its demise.
That night also marks the exact one-year anniversary of when The Vision first formed.
Theory can still be salvaged by trying him out as a fan favorite. Fans were anxiously waiting for him to sever ties with Grayson Waller when they were teaming for longer than necessary, and Paul is hated enough by the audience that having Theory turn on him and embrace being a babyface would be worth a shot.
Heyman can continue managing Paul for a short time, but otherwise he doesn't need to have as important of a role on Raw as he once did. The WWE Hall of Famer can be exclusive to Brock Lesnar up until SummerSlam when The Beast Incarnate ideally has his final match in Minnesota and calls it a career.
Rollins can feud with Breakker as well as with Reed when both are back, but those stories can be completely separate from The Vision. The group has been snakebitten with injuries and bad booking for most of its run, but keeping it going well past its expiration date benefits no one.
Graham Mirmina, aka Graham "GSM" Matthews, has specialized in sports and entertainment writing since 2010. Visit his website, WrestleRant, and subscribe to his YouTube channel for more wrestling-related content.
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