Clash in Paris saw Seth Rollins survive with the World Heavyweight Championship after a four-way against arch-rival CM Punk, LA Knight, and Jey Uso in the main event – albeit with the help of his wife and Intercontinental Champion, Becky Lynch – to ensure his first PLE defense of the title ended in victory. 

Rollins captured the title mere moments after Punk had dethroned Gunther at SummerSlam, cashing in his Money in the Bank contract and ensuring that for the second ‘Big Four’ event in a row, he had been the architect of his nemeses’ demise — having previously aligned with Paul Heyman to defeat Punk and Reigns in the main event of WrestleMania 40. In the time that has passed since then, Rollins has grown his faction to include Bronson Reed, Bron Breakker, and now seemingly Lynch, though that doesn’t change the level of competition pursuing both him and the gold he carries. 

All three of his challengers in Paris have more than enough arguments to make as to why they should be stood opposite him in the foreseeable future, whether that be Uso as a former champion and arguably screwed over by Reed and Breakker’s attack earlier in the night, or Knight who has been trying and failing to get Rollins in a singles match for the past couple of months. 

Punk was pinned in the match, but he is almost certain to argue that fact considering he was only pinned after getting a low-blow from Lynch. There is also the small matter of the rest of the “WWE Raw” division, including the aforementioned Gunther who has been absent since SummerSlam, as well as the aforementioned Reigns — even if he was seemingly written off in Paris — just to name a couple. Dominik Mysterio has done some favors for Rollins by, presumably, whittling down the field of challengers as he feuds with AJ Styles for the Intercontinental Championship currently, and has also feuded with the likes of Penta and Dragon Lee over recent months. But coming out of Paris with the three top challengers available handed a technical defeat, the field is honestly wide open for anyone to step up. As such, only time will tell who that turns out to be. 

Written by Max Everett