[2015-07-19-WWE-Battleground] Brock Lesnar vs Seth Rollins

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WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins vs Brock Lesnar - WWE Battleground 2015

We are at a decade of Seth Rollins being a WWE Main Event act. Wild. Has to go down as one of the weaker main event acts in history. Classic issue the move set of a babyface and the personality of a heel. But in this match he wrestles as a great heel. 
 

One of my favorite archetypes that is underutilized in pro wrestling: walking tall badass babyface average chump scum ball heel. Rollins stole the World Title from Brock in “Heist of Century” at WrestleMania. I hate Money In The Bank but I will say that was the best use of it and they did create a memorable angle that has stood out to the rest of time. This was the first experiment with Babyface Brock and it showed it could work. 
 

I really enjoyed this match because both wrestlers stayed true to their characters and delivered a match befitting of the story. Brock came out of the gates hot looking to destroy Seth. Rollins did the stick & move. Tried to make this a cat and mouse game. When he did get caught he used the ropes to get free. Like a good heel he was trying to use those boundary conditions of the environment like the ropes and apron. He paid lip service to trying to chop Brock down at the knees but it was too early tO do that so Brock was able to get back on offense. Rollins tried running away but Brock gets to show off his insane speed hurdling to the barricade and throwing Rollins back in. We get the suplex barrage, I have to say Rollins big stand is really well done. Everything he does is either head-rocking kicks or kicking out his legs. It is the perfect smaller man performance. Brock sells it well. Rollins starts hurling his body at Brock. This is really good small man offense. Brock destroyed J&J Security and Corporate Kane before the match. I would’ve like to seen more cheating from Rollins to gain the advantage. It was a little too babyface of a comeback. Especially the defiant slap at the end right before the F5 and the non-finish. I think there was some good heel selling early of him being in over his head but down the stretch it got a little too babyface vs babyface for my liking. 
 

The Undertaker non-finish was great. F-5 would he won the belt back or not but you won’t know because of Taker is a smart psychological moment. You knew Rollins had to escape somehow so Taker randomly showing up and kicking Brock in the nads and Tombstoning his ass as good of a finish as any.

Enjoyed Brock the Avenging Angel kicking Corporate Chump’s ass and Rollins has a strong individual performance. Enjoyable *** 3/4