WWE Rumors: Buying or Selling Buzz on Seth Rollins, Titus Worldwide and More

Just days before an explosive Elimination Chamber pay-per-view that figures to set the stage for WrestleMania 34, Seth Rollins captured the spotlight thanks to a superb performance Monday night in a Gauntlet match, in which he competed for 65 minutes before being eliminated by Elias.

The Architect is at the forefront of this week's most interesting rumor, but he is far from the only member of the flagship show to drum up speculation about their futures.

Titus Worldwide's winning streak over The Bar is not accidental, at least according to new reports. What could it mean for Titus O'Neil and Apollo as Sunday's Elimination Chamber approaches?

Find out the answer to that question as well as what may be happening to WWE pay-per-views in the near future with this week's recap of WWE rumors.

Major Plans for Seth Rollins

Two weeks in a row, Rollins has stolen the show on WWE Raw, and according to Wrestling Observer Radio, the emphasis on The Kingslayer can be attributed to plans for him to challenge for the Universal Championship after WrestleMania.

Such plans would represent the return of Rollins to the top of the Raw card after months spent in the tag team division, partnering with Dean Ambrose and Jason Jordan, respectively.

Buy or Sell?

Buy. Rollins has been among the best workers on the Raw brand for the better part of the last year. Following his career-defining victory over Triple H at last year's Showcase of the Immortals, management failed to utilize him in a manner that allowed him to build momentum for himself.

He was saddled in the midcard and eventually relegated to tag team action as the emphasis for The Shield's reunion.

Yet every time the opportunity presents itself, Rollins seizes it and delivers a performance that reminds fans why he is one of the best professional wrestlers in the world.

A string of championship matches with Roman Reigns or whoever exits WrestleMania with the title is a reward Rollins has earned—and one he will thrive with.

Once the centerpiece of Raw, Rollins has proved his worth as an elite star, and the more he continues to shine in the manner he did Monday night, the more fans will be behind him in his quest to dethrone his Shield teammate.

Titus Worldwide's Golden Opportunity

Joseph Currier of F4Wonline.com insinuates Titus Worldwide vs. The Bar for the Raw Tag Team Championships will be added to the Elimination Chamber card.

The report comes on the heels of O'Neil and Apollo's victory over Sheamus and Cesaro for the third straight time Monday night on Raw.

Buy or Sell?

Buy. With so many elite-level Superstars taken up by the Elimination Chamber main event, Raw needs to fill out the rest of the card with as many matches as possible.

Titus Worldwide has been garnering some attention and building momentum over the last few weeks, and Apollo has been fantastic in recent weeks, so the idea of them getting the high-profile opportunity makes sense.

The question is whether the bout will live up to The Bar's more recent pay-per-view offerings.

And will a strong performance from Apollo and Titus inspire a sustained push, or are they merely filler for the night?

Longer Pay-Per-View Run Times?

Randall Ortman of Cageside Seats reports WWE fans could be in store for even longer WWE presentations going forward: "There's some new speculation that with dual brand PPVs reportedly going to four hours as the standard, the big four shows will move to five hours as the standard, and possibly longer."

Four-hour pay-per-views would add even more wrestling to an already-bloated WWE television schedule.

Buy or Sell?

Sell. There is such a thing as overexposure. It would behoove WWE to familiarize itself with the concept because, at this point, its fans are already overwhelmed with original content on a weekly basis.

From Raw to SmackDown, NXT to 205 Live and the newly created Mixed Match Challenge, the schedule is overloaded with wrestling.

Throwing four more hours on the schedule, not to mention the proposed five for the bigger events, is a mistake that will make consuming that much content a chore rather than being fun and engaging.

The less, the better.

WWE has an embarrassment of riches on its hands with stars on Raw and SmackDown who are deserving of pay-per-view time. Rather than overexposing the same names every month, let some of them take the night off and spotlight others, thus ensuring fans do not get bored of or uninterested in the show.