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WWE Superstar Seth Rollins celebrates becoming the new WWE World Heavyweight Champion at WrestleMania 31 at Levi's Stadium on Sunday, March 29, 2015 in Santa Clara, CA. WrestleMania broke the Levi’s Stadium attendance record at 76,976 fans from all 50 states and 40 countries. (Don Feria/AP Images for WWE)
WWE Superstar Seth Rollins celebrates becoming the new WWE World Heavyweight Champion at WrestleMania 31 at Levi's Stadium on Sunday, March 29, 2015 in Santa Clara, CA. WrestleMania broke the Levi’s Stadium attendance record at 76,976 fans from all 50 states and 40 countries. (Don Feria/AP Images for WWE)Don Feria/Associated Press

John Cena vs. Seth Rollins: Winner and Reaction from 2015 WWE SummerSlam

Mike ChiariAug 23, 2015

On the heels of breaking John Cena's nose a few weeks ago, Seth Rollins once again got one over on WWE's biggest star by winning the title versus title match against him Sunday night at SummerSlam with both the WWE World Heavyweight Championship and United States Championship on the line.

As WWE pointed out, former The Daily Show host Jon Stewart ended up assisting Rollins in the win: 

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WWE provided a Vine of Stewart's interference of the match: 

The Brooklyn crowd was in a frenzy when the final bell rang, per WWE:

Triple H praised Rollins and took a photo with the champion: 

WWE and the WWE Universe provided some of the best moments of what was a match that featured plenty of highlights: 

Rollins the athlete was really on full display with moves like this one, via WWE SummerSlam:

Cena and Rollins did battle several times last year, but they recently reprised their feud when the leader of the Cenation accused the face of The Authority of being a poor champion. That led to a U.S. title match between them on Raw that was won by Cena.

While The Face That Runs The Place was able to retain his belt in that match, Rollins may have been the true winner, as he broke Cena's nose with a brutal knee lift, as seen in this GIF courtesy of WWE Universe on Twitter:

That knocked Cena out of action for a few weeks, but Rollins still decided to issue a challenge for SummerSlam, and he did it in grand fashion by suggesting that both titles should be up for grabs.

The former architect of The Shield also took the incident as an opportunity to take shots at Cena while he was on the shelf:

Although the injury created some measure of doubt with regard to Cena's availability for SummerSlam, anyone who has followed his career was fairly confident he would be good to go by the time the pay-per-view rolled around.

Cena is known for being an extremely quick healer, and knowing that WWE needed him for a marquee match on a four-hour show likely motivated him to get back in the ring as soon as possible.

That is precisely what he did, and it didn't appear as though he missed a beat. Cena has been putting on some of the best in-ring performances of his career since winning the U.S. title, and it certainly wasn't surprising to see him and Rollins perform well together.

There was some apprehension among fans when it came to seeing Cena back in the world title scene in the midst of his great run with the United States Championship, but the match delivered and set the stage for myriad possibilities moving forward.

While Cena and Rollins could continue to feud and string their rivalry out across multiple pay-per-views, it could just as easily have been a one-time deal meant to help sell one of the biggest pay-per-views on the calendar.

Cena and Rollins are two of WWE's top stars from an overall perspective currently, and no matter what the company decides to do with them, they will continue to be a vital part of the card in the coming months. 

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