History Wrestling / SethRollins

** Wrestling/RomanReigns. While they've never had a sustained feud and have seemingly buried the hatchet, there was always a tension between them. Subsequently, during their early 2022 feud, Reigns revealed that he has never been truly able to forgive Rollins for breaking up Wrestling/TheShield, something Rollins admitted he knew all along.

* BittersweetEnding: In Wrestlemania XL. He loses his title to Wrestling/DrewMcIntyre during Night 2 after trying to help Cody win the grueling main event last night against Roman and The Rock but failing to succeed at that, leaving him battered for his own match. However, he still has the last laugh, for he manages to provoke Roman in going for him in a key spot of his match against Cody Rhodes, meaning the American Nightmare had enough time to recover and counter the Spear to win the match and the title. At the end of the day, he once more was the bane of Roman's life. Also, almost five minutes after winning the match, Drew subsequently loses his title because he taunted Wrestling/CMPunk, which led to Damian Priest cashing in and winning the title - in other words, Drew lost his title [[Irony because he kept obsessing over something else.]]

* BittersweetEnding: For Seth Rollins in Wrestlemania XL. He loses his title to Wrestling/DrewMcIntyre during Night 2 after trying to help Cody win the grueling main event last night against Roman and The Rock but failing to succeed at that, leaving him battered for his own match. However, he still has the last laugh, for he manages to provoke Roman in going for him in a key spot of his match against Cody Rhodes, meaning the American Nightmare had enough time to recover and counter the Spear to win the match and the title. At the end of the day, he once more was the bane of Roman's life.

** For an example where Seth ''is'' the BerserkButton, Seth invoking Wrestling/TheShield serves as much for Wrestling/RomanReigns. When they faced each other at the 2023 Wrestling/RoyalRumble, Reigns was pushed to the point of getting himself disqualified for refusing to break a submission hold on Rollins, who had invoked the Shield by wrestling in his tactical gear and recreating the trio's entrance on his way to the ring.

** "I ''am'' a Revolutionary! I ''am'' a Visionary! I ''am'' SETH FREAKING ROLLINS!"

* CatchPhrase: "Burn it down." Overlaps with AudienceParticipation (when the crowd chants it during his match) and AudienceParticipationSong (when the crowd ''screams'' it during his entrance).

* RageInducingSight:

* RedBaron:

* PracticallyJoker: Seth's gimmicks following his FaceHeelTurn at the end of 2019 are considerably [[DarkerAndEdgier darker than his old Architect gimmick]]. While still acting like a ManChild, his new gimmicks are [[AxCrazy far more unhinged]], flamboyantly dressed in [[BrightIsNotGood brightly colored outfits]], [[LaughingMad laughing like a maniac at times]] and [[ChaosIsEvil savors in the chaos that he caused in his wake]]. During this period, he doesn't seem to care about winning titles and is more interested in getting under his enemies' skin. Case in point, his 2020 feud with the Mysterio Family has Seth trying to gouge Rey's eye out, beating Dominik to a pulp, ''and'' tormenting the women. Hilariously, Seth dresses as the [[Film/Joker2019 Arthur Fleck version of the Joker]] during a promo for ''[=WrestleMania=] 39''.

* EvilCostumeSwitch: It took awhile for this to kick in, as Seth continued wearing his Shield uniform (sometimes complete with the Shield patch!) even weeks after defecting. Eventually he switched to black tights that look like they could fit on an ''Franchise/XMen'' villain.

* LooksLikeJesus: Thanks to being a LongHairedPrettyBoy with a beard. Coincidentally, he [[JustForPun christened]] himself as the "[[Wrestling/WWERaw Monday Night]] Messiah" towards the end of 2019.

* TheHero: Since ''Wrestling/WrestleMania 35'', Seth has - with the exception of the lower points of his Universal Championship run in 2019 - been WWE's most popular and highest-profile standard-bearer and spokesperson, always positioned at a high level in the company even while out of title contention and rarely ever absent on the card of any major pay-per-view, in addition to being the de facto face of ''RAW'', which he calls ''Monday Night [[JustForPun Rollins]]''.

In WWE, he is a two-time WWE Champion, a two-time Universal Champion, the inaugural World Heavyweight Champion, a six-time (Raw) Tag Team Champion (once with Wrestling/RomanReigns, once with Wrestling/JasonJordan, twice with Wrestling/DeanAmbrose, once with Wrestling/BraunStrowman, and once with Buddy Murphy), a two-time Intercontinental Champion, a two-time United States Champion, and a two-time Wrestling/GrandSlamChampion. He also won the Wrestling/MoneyInTheBank contract in 2014, Superstar of the Year Slammy Award in 2015, and the 2019 Men's Wrestling/RoyalRumble. As of 2023 he has become only the second wrestler in history, after Wrestling/JohnCena , to be named PWI's #1 wrestler in the world in their annual PWI 500 for three separate years, in 2015, 2019, and 2023.

* {{Foil}}: Often cast as this to Wrestling/RomanReigns. The two will often be on opposite shows, opposite alignments, and play characters with opposing approaches. For example, most recently, Reigns has been the heel Universal champion on Smackdown keeping his title safe via the Bloodline stable and a very limited schedule that he's oft been criticized for both on- and off-screen. Conversely, Seth plays a babyface on RAW, taking on all comers and working physical matches through a known injury - sometimes against better judgment. Even in the past, Seth during his first world title run was the crafty heel with stable backup, while Reigns was the lone babyface that attempted to power his way through all of his problems.

** At ''Wrestling/ExtremeRules'' 2019, he wore gear inspired by ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}’s costumes in the ''Film/XMen'' films.

In WWE, he is a two-time WWE Champion, a two-time Universal Champion, the inaugural World Heavyweight Champion, a six-time (Raw) Tag Team Champion (once with Wrestling/RomanReigns, once with Wrestling/JasonJordan, twice with Wrestling/DeanAmbrose, once with Wrestling/BraunStrowman, and once with Buddy Murphy), a two-time Intercontinental Champion, a two-time United States Champion, and a two-time Wrestling/GrandSlamChampion. He also won the Wrestling/MoneyInTheBank contract in 2014, Superstar of the Year Slammy Award in 2015, and the 2019 Men's Wrestling/RoyalRumble.

** In the build-up of his Fight Pit Match against Wrestling/MattRiddle at ''Extreme Rules 2022'', he added a Peruvian Necktie to his finisher list, by choking out [[Wrestling/ReyMysterioJr Rey Mysterio]] with it. Time will tell if it will become a permanent part of his arsenal or just a one-off (or two) instead.