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After Seth Rollins won the main event of night one of WrestleMania 41 by pinning Roman Reigns, it was quite clear that this was going to be the year of the Architect, and that is exactly what was happening. He won the Money in the Bank ladder match, which he cashed in on CM Punk at SummerSlam to win the World Heavyweight Championship.
He had been doing an amazing job on Monday night RAW as the World Champion of the brand, and even at the Crown Jewel event, he defeated Cody Rhodes to win the Crown Jewel Championship. But it was quite unfortunate that he suffered a legitimate injury during this match, which ruled him out of action for an indefinite period.
What was the original plan for Seth Rollins at WrestleMania 42?
But what were the original plans for Rollins for WWE WrestleMania 42 as the World Heavyweight Champion? Nothing had been officially confirmed, but the latest reports from Dave Meltzer of Wrestling Observer Newsletter recently confirmed that he would have faced Roman Reigns at the biggest event of 2026. While speaking on a recent edition of the "Wrestling Observer Newsletter," he said the following;
Seth Rollins suffered an unknown and legitimate injury at Crown Jewel last Saturday
"Within WWE among people who are not there, it's a shoulder injury they think. They don't trust it. Seth Rollins was tentatively scheduled to wrestle Roman Reigns at WrestleMania. I don't know this but I have been told enough things to where I expected that there would be a turn on Seth Rollins at some point because the whole thing with this faction was not about Seth Rollins, it was Bron Breakker and it was about making Bron Breakker into the next Roman Reigns ... I doubt it was going to be this early."
Rollins will remain out of action for an indefinite time
It was already heavily rumored that Roman Reigns is going to win the men's Royal Rumble match of 2026 to challenge Rollins for the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania 42. This was also supposed to be the main event of the show. But after the latest injury to Rollins, nothing is guaranteed now.
Rollins' injury status is also not confirmed, and it is really difficult to understand whether the World Heavyweight Championship will go along with him during this hiatus, or will it be vacated. Some reports are also claiming that the injury may need surgery, but nothing has been officially confirmed yet.
