Best Feuds and Predictions for Seth Rollins After WWE WrestleMania 33

Seth Rollins defeated Triple H in an unsanctioned match at WrestleMania 33, bringing an end to their three-yearlong story. Sunday's match and victory firmly established The Architect as one of the premier good guys on Raw.

By defeating The King of Kings, the self-proclaimed Kingslayer vanquished his past and may now look toward the future. But what does his future on Raw hold? Which potential feuds are best suited for the former WWE champion as he comes off his most significant match to date?

Monday night, Vince McMahon announced a Superstar reshuffle, suggesting top stars could be switching brands. What could that mean for Rollins? Might it open up fresh new matches and rivalries with other top names in WWE?

As Rollins embarks on a post-WrestleMania run, these are his best options for potential feuds, answering the above questions in the process.

Samoa Joe

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The most obvious option for a post-WrestleMania feud for Rollins is Samoa Joe.

The Right Hand of Destruction was responsible for injuring Rollins' knee and threatening his match against Triple H. Since then, Rollins has never gotten proper payback on Joe.

That he was involved in a tag team main event against the former NXT champion on the April 3 episode of Raw suggests a high-profile match between the two may be in the works.

Two of the better workers of their generation (and Ring of Honor alumni), the Superstars would likely bring the work rate to a series of matches against each other. Rollins would be the sympathetic underdog forced to protect his growing legacy and injured knee against a hired gun, while Joe would benefit from working with a character as established as Rollins is.

Do not forget, Joe may have name value, but to the masses, he is an undefined villain with a credible background who has done nothing on the big stage.

A program with Rollins could fix that.

The one issue with that prospective match is the fact that neither guy can really afford a loss. Rollins is fresh off his biggest victory and finally building momentum for himself as a hero. Joe has been presented as a badass. Losing his first major pay-per-view bout to a former WWE champion would lessen the impact he has in that role.

Still, of any potential program discussed within, this is the surefire option.

Finn Balor

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There was a very noticeable moment of uneasiness Monday night in the wake of Rollins and Finn Balor's victory over Samoa Joe and Kevin Owens. Rollins and Balor appeared untrusting of each other, with neither one taking their eyes off the other, despite a victory that should have had them celebrating.

It took The Architect making the first move and raising the arm of his partner in victory for them to relax their guards and take in the moment.

One brief reprieve from tension does not a friendship make.

No, Balor does not forget the most important run of his career was cut short by a vicious release powerbomb into the guardrail by Rollins that obliterated his shoulder and forced him to miss what would have been his first WrestleMania.

And Rollins would not forget that the loss to Balor created doubt in the minds of The Authority and led to his dismissal as Triple H's pet project. All of the pain and anguish endured by Rollins since last August can be traced back to his SummerSlam loss to The Demon.

While a heel turn is unlikely and would be ill-advised, Rollins has unfinished business with Balor, something that could (and should) rear its ugly head at some point this spring and summer.

Braun Strowman

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Earlier this year, Rollins found himself engaged in a few brawls with Braun Strowman that showcased a chemistry between the two of them that should be revisited by WWE management at some point in the near future.

Rollins, as the resilient babyface withstanding the oppressive power of Strowman, would make for an easy-to-follow story that would not need the bells and whistles of some of the other stories Raw has touted in the last year.

The will to win and advance toward a Universal Championship opportunity by defeating the most destructive force on Raw would be Rollins' strengths and lead to even more support as one of the brand's premier babyfaces.

Strowman would continue to learn to evolve as a performer by working with someone of Rollins' skill level, while Rollins would remain occupied by battling arguably the most over heel on the Raw roster right now.

It is a win-win scenario for all involved, and best of all, it does not even have to be an extended rivalry that stretches over a number of months. Instead, it can lead to a one-off match that serves as a setup to something bigger and better for both men—if played just right.

AJ Styles

In April 2006, a 19-year-old Seth Rollins (wrestling under the name Tyler Black) squared off against TNA Wrestling star AJ Styles during a local independent show. The match, discussed in the WWE 24 special entitled Seth Rollins: Rebuild, Redesign, Reclaim, was essential to the young competitor's growth early in his career.

Now one of the elite performers in the industry, the idea of Rollins revisiting that match with an older, smarter, better Styles than the one he met as a teenager is incredibly appealing.

Thanks to Vince McMahon announcing a talent reshuffling, with Raw and SmackDown swapping Superstars back and forth, the possibility of Rollins vs. Styles on the grand stage that WWE provides is greater than ever.

Imagine a series of matches built upon Styles' arrogance and his insistence that Rollins is an inferior competitor now just as he was 11 years ago. Suddenly, Rollins is forced to prove himself to a mentor and the only man whose opinion ever really mattered to him.

That is an engaging story WWE fans can invest and get behind Rollins in.

The in-ring work alone would be worth the headache of reshuffling rosters.

Raw's Biggest Babyface?

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Following his WrestleMania victory over Triple H, the biggest question that awaits Seth Rollins is whether or not he can finally grow and evolve into the role of Raw's top babyface.

His initial turn was so ridiculously mishandled that it is no wonder it took the unlikable Triple H and his grating wife Stephanie McMahon to convince fans to cheer for Rollins. After the betrayal he endured last August, he unsuccessfully wrestled the Universal Championship away from Kevin Owens in matches that fans were not the least bit interested in.

Why? Because Rollins was not a likable or engaging hero.

He whined and complained about his betrayal rather than doing anything about it. He made empty threats to Stephanie; threats that never came to fruition. He talked a big game but never backed it up.

Now that he has seemingly freed WWE from the oppressive of The Authority for the time being, strong rivalries against worthy opponents are key to Rollins maintaining the momentum he has built for himself.

Letting him fall into the trap of limited promo time and mediocre rivalries against other talented wrestlers, for the sake of having good matches with little character development, will be a damning mistake.

One WWE cannot afford to make, given the lack of depth the roster currently suffers from.