WWE Cruiserweights, Seth Rollins and More from the 205 Lb. Mailbag

The hits keep on coming with WWE pay-per-views. Next up is Raw's Clash of Champions, just two weeks after SmackDown's WWE Backlash pay-per-view. Backlash featured a babyface who gets cheered and a heel who gets cheered even louder.

Clash of Champions will feature a babyface who gets cheered and a heel who gets cheered even louder. Is WWE having an identity crisis?

Good Seth, Bad Seth?

WWE has been vague about Seth Rollins' babyface turn, which, in turn, has made him a vague babyface. Rollins has made no changes to his character whatsoever, but fans likely will cheer for him because Triple H screwed him out of his latest world championship opportunity. 

Rollins' next opportunity will come at Clash of Champions against Kevin Owens.

There's nothing to like about the Rollins character, but luckily, his high-flying, technical wrestling style is babyface friendly.

Rollins' crowd-pleasing leap from the top of the cage seemed like more of an official turn than anything else. But facing Owens, an ineffective heel who is constantly cheered despite his actions, will make for a confusing atmosphere. Fan ambiguity as to who should be cheered more will hurt this match, which is set to drown in its own shades of grey.

Double Beef?

Big-man tag teams typically don't work in WWE. The Natural Disasters are an exception to the rule, but the best tag teams are either polar opposites (Enzo and Cass) or a combination of undersized workers who would get lost in the shuffle on their own (The Revival).

Having two big men in a tag team may seem like a waste, especially since WWE typically sees more potential as singles competitors for these types of talent. However, WWE taking another serious stab at a big-man tag team wouldn't be so bad. It's one of the few areas in pro wrestling that hasn't been done to death in every era.

And while WWE history is starved of successful heavyweight duos, Braun Strowman and Baron Corbin aren't the answer. In addition to being big men, both are cut from the same cloth as big men of few words. Big Show and Kane had limited success in the past because Kane's persona as a supernatural monster meshed well with the Big Show as a human giant. When it comes to big-man tag teams, the money is in the contrast.

Cruiser-wait?

The cruiserweights put on a good showing, even through a somewhat botched rollout by Mick Foley, who has been struggling on the mic as of late. The cruiserweights will always have strong matches, but the characters are going to need to connect with the audience before there's any talk of giving them their own exclusive hour.

WWE was wise to book Brian Kendrick against T.J. Perkins. There is already familiarity with Kendrick. If Perkins, a relative unknown among casual viewers, defeats Kendrick at Clash of Champions, it will be a meaningful victory.

The cruiserweights are competing in the right era, as underground wrestlers have become a commodity to a WWE that is listening to its hardcore fans now more than ever before. The downside to that equation is this philosophy has corresponded to historically low ratings per ShowBuzzDaily (h/t WrestlingInc) as viewership continues to erode on a year-to-year basis.

There's a chance the cruiserweights can become a mainstream commodity, but there's an even greater chance the division simply becomes more comfort food for a small, but dedicated, demographic.

Alfred Konuwa is a Featured Columnist and on-air host for Bleacher Report and Forbes. Like him on Facebook.