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Another wacky idea I had: After losing the Steel Cage US Title match to John Cena in Madison Square Garden, imagine if The Authority stripped Seth Rollins of the WWE World Title. You could have Kane be the one to do it, but even Triple H or Stephanie McMahon would make sense. Their reason being that the WWE Champion is meant to be the highest ranked wrestler in the world, but Rollins has not lost three straight times to John Cena, clearly making the US Title the #1 goal in WWE.
Sure, stripping the title off a guy that's perfectly healthy seems like a counter-productive move, but it might move fan sympathy behind Rollins more than anything else they are doing with him has been. Plus, he's pretty much heatless as a heel right now. Michael Cole, Byron Saxton and the face disposition announcers could get behind the idea of Rollins never actually losing the title -- with JBL being the guy who takes The Authority's "He had his chance and he kept losing" stance.
The Authority would go to hand John Cena the title belt, but he doesn't want to be handed anything (although Cena accepting it would be a huge dick move and a starting point to Rollins challenging Cena for the title at WrestleMania). The title would be held up (without the word "abeyance" thrown around so much), and Hell in a Cell sees Lesnar vs. Taker, a US Title match, Kane vs. Rollins and The Wyatt Family vs. The Shield & Randy Orton as the major attractions -- a pretty stacked card really. Maybe you can bring back the Deadly Games tournament for Survivor Series to crown the new champion? Or have tournament semi-finals and finals, with Triple H and Seth Rollins having a high-profile match of their own.
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