There's more interesting stories to tell with the World Heavyweight Championship away from Seth Rollins. Seth doesn't need the title for his feud with Punk to work, in fact it might be better without the title. Think we can all agree that Triple H's biggest weakness with his booking is long title reigns and missing perfect opportunities to take a title off someone. Gunther is the only one I don't mind since his reign doesn't feel forced as compared to Roman and Seth.
- Seth losing to Finn at Summerslam was perfect. Finn gets his revenge, Finn also becomes paranoid wondering if Priest would cash in on him.
- Seth losing to Nakamura would have been fine too, Nakamura is long overdue for a World Title in WWE.
- Seth losing to Drew in any of their matches also would have worked well. As of now, the Royal Rumble is either Punk or Cody. If Drew is Champion, you can at least sell the fans on Jey Uso or Sami Zayn winning the Rumble, guys who have had issues with Drew in recent months.
Anyhow... all of that might be for nothing because it seems Seth did legit get hurt in his match against Jinder. No report on how severe the injury is yet but they should have Priest cash in, take the title off Rollins and let him heal up for Mania season.