Seth Rollins

On September 14, 2010, Rollins, as **Tyler Black**, made his WWE debut in a dark match prior to that night's *SmackDown* taping by defeating Trent Barreta.

When WWE re-branded *NXT* into their developmental system in August 2012, Rollins' *NXT* television debut took place on the second episode of the rebooted *NXT* at Full Sail University on June 27, when he defeated Jiro. Rollins entered the Gold Rush Tournament to crown the inaugural NXT Champion where he defeated Jinder Mahal in the tournament finals on the August 29 episode of *NXT*. Rollins earlier defeated Drew McIntyre in the quarter-finals and Michael McGillicutty in the semi-finals. On the October 10 episode of *NXT*, Rollins had his first successful defense of his title after he beat McGillicutty.

On the January 2, 2013 episode of *NXT*, Rollins successfully defended the NXT Championship against Corey Graves, before losing it the next week on *NXT* to Big E Langston in a No Disqualification match. After losing the title, Rollins continued to feud with Graves and attacked him during his number one contender's match for the NXT Championship with Conor O'Brian. Rollins then accepted Graves' challenge and defeated him in a lumberjack match to end the feud.

On November 18, 2012 at Survivor Series, Rollins made his main roster debut alongside Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns, attacking Ryback during the triple threat main event for the WWE Championship, allowing CM Punk to pin John Cena and retain the title. The trio declared themselves The Shield, vowed to rally against "injustice" and would deny working for Punk, but they routinely emerged from the crowd to attack Punk's adversaries. This led to a Tables, Ladders and Chairs match being set up for the TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs pay-per-view event, where Ambrose, Rollins and Reigns defeated Team Hell No (Daniel Bryan and Kane) and Ryback in their WWE debut match. The Shield continued to aid Punk after TLC, attacking both Ryback and The Rock in January 2013. It was revealed on the January 28 episode of *Raw* that Punk and his manager Paul Heyman had been paying The Shield and Brad Maddox to work for them all along.

The Shield then quietly ended their association with Punk while beginning a feud with John Cena, Ryback and Sheamus that led to a six-man tag match on February 17 at Elimination Chamber, which The Shield won. The Shield then faced Sheamus, Big Show and Randy Orton at WrestleMania 29, where The Shield emerged victorious in their first WrestleMania match. The following night on *Raw*, The Shield attempted to attack The Undertaker, but were stopped by Team Hell No. This set up a six-man tag team match on the April 22 episode of *Raw*, which The Shield won. On the May 13 episode of *Raw*, The Shield's undefeated streak in televised six-man tag team matches ended in a disqualification loss in a six-man elimination tag team match against John Cena, Kane and Daniel Bryan.

On May 19 at Extreme Rules, Rollins and Reigns defeated Team Hell No in a tornado tag team match to win the WWE Tag Team Championship. On the June 14 episode of *SmackDown*, The Shield suffered their first decisive loss in televised six-man tag team matches against Team Hell No and Randy Orton when Bryan made Rollins submit. Rollins and Reigns then successfully retained the WWE Tag Team Championship against Bryan and Orton at Payback on June 13. In August, The Shield began working for chief operating officer Triple H and The Authority. Rollins and Reigns would also perform successful title defenses against The Usos during the Money in the Bank pre-show and The Prime Time Players (Darren Young and Titus O'Neil) at Night of Champions.

At Battleground in October, the recently (kayfabe) fired Cody Rhodes and Goldust reclaimed their jobs back by beating Rollins and Reigns in a non-title match. On the October 14 episode of *Raw*, Rollins and Reigns lost the WWE Tag Team Championship to Cody Rhodes and Goldust in a No Disqualification match following interference from Big Show. At Hell in a Cell on October 27, Rollins and Reigns failed to regain the titles in a triple threat match also involving The Usos. Tension was then sown in The Shield while their recent lack of success continued with a loss to CM Punk in a handicap match at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs on December 15, after Regins accidentally speared Ambrose. At the Royal Rumble on January 26, 2014, Rollins entered his first Royal Rumble match at number 2, had three eliminations and spent the second longest time in the match at 48 minutes before being eliminated by teammate Reigns. The next night on *Raw*, The Shield competed against Daniel Bryan, Sheamus and John Cena in a six-man tag team qualifying match to enter the Elimination Chamber match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, but lost the match via disqualification after The Wyatt Family interfered and attacked Cena, Bryan, and Sheamus. The Shield wanted revenge and a six-man tag team match against The Wyatt Family at Elimination Chamber on February 23 was arranged, in which The Shield lost.

Later in March, The Shield began a feud with Kane, turning all of the members of The Shield face in the process. At WrestleMania XXX on April 6, The Shield defeated Kane and The New Age Outlaws (Billy Gunn and Road Dogg), thus winning their second WrestleMania match as a group. The Shield then feuded with Triple H, the COO of WWE and leader of The Authority, who then reformed Evolution with Batista and Randy Orton to take on The Shield. The Shield defeated Evolution at Extreme Rules and again at Payback in a No Holds Barred elimination match, in which no members of The Shield were eliminated.

On the June 2 episode of *Raw*, Rollins betrayed Ambrose and Reigns to rejoin The Authority and turn heel. He then entered himself into the Money in the Bank ladder match at the titular event, which he won after Kane interfered. Rollins defeated Ambrose twice, the first being at Battleground in July via forfeit after their match was called off by Triple H after a pre-match attack by Ambrose on Rollins backstage and the second in August at SummerSlam in a lumberjack match after hitting him with his Money in the Bank briefcase following interference from Kane. The following night on *Raw*, Rollins defeated Ambrose once again in a Falls Count Anywhere match by referee stoppage after Kane interfered again and helped Rollins execute a *Curb Stomp* on Ambrose through cinder blocks, giving him a kayfabe injury. In September, Rollins began feuding with Roman Reigns and a match between the two was set up for Night of Champions, but Reigns developed a legitimate incarcerated hernia which required surgery prior to the event, resulting in Rollins being declared the winner via forfeit, before being attacked by a returning Ambrose. Shortly after, Rollins adopted Jamie Noble and Joey Mercury as bodyguards, later being named "J&J Security". The feud between Rollins and Ambrose culminated at Hell in a Cell where Rollins defeated Ambrose in a Hell in a Cell match after Bray Wyatt interfered and attacked Ambrose. Following Hell in a Cell, tension began growing between Rollins and Randy Orton due to The Authority's preferential treatment of Rollins, leading to a singles match between the two on the November 3 episode of *Raw*, which Rollins won. After the match, Orton attacked The Authority but was overpowered, resulting in Rollins performing a *Curb Stomp* on Orton onto the steel ring steps, kayfabe injuring him. At Survivor Series on November 23, Rollins captained Team Authority in a five-on-five elimination tag team match against Team Cena, in which Rollins was the sole survivor for his team and the last man eliminated by Dolph Ziggler, resulting in The Authority being ousted from control of WWE. Rollins continued his feud with Cena in December at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs in a tables match, which was won by Cena.

On January 25, 2015, Rollins competed in a triple-threat match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship against Cena and champion Brock Lesnar at the Royal Rumble, which Lesnar won after pinning Rollins. At Fastlane, Rollins, Big Show and Kane defeated the team of Dolph Ziggler, Erick Rowan and Ryback; however after the match Randy Orton returned and attacked Noble, Mercury and Kane, while Rollins fled the arena. After weeks of teasing a reunion with The Authority, Orton eventually attacked Rollins, which led to a match between the two at WrestleMania 31 on March 29, which Rollins lost. Later that night, Rollins cashed in his Money in the Bank contract during Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns' WWE World Heavyweight Championship match, turning it into a triple threat match and pinned Reigns to win the title for the first time in his career. This made Rollins the first man to cash in his Money in the Bank contract at WrestleMania and during a title match. Rollins continued his feud with Orton after WrestleMania 31, which led to a steel cage match for the championship with Orton's *RKO* banned and with Kane residing as special guest "gatekeeper" at Extreme Rules on April 26, where Rollins retained after interference from the latter. In May, tension rose between Rollins and Kane after the latter announced Rollins' title defense against Orton and Reigns at Payback. When Ambrose defeated Rollins in a non-title match on the May 4 episode of *Raw*, he was added to the match, therefore making it a fatal-four-way match which Rollins won after performing a *Pedigree* on Orton. Rollins then retained the championship against Ambrose on May 31 at Elimination Chamber after getting himself disqualified and on June 14 at Money in the Bank in a ladder match.

At Battleground on July 19, Rollins retained the championship by disqualification against Lesnar after The Undertaker interfered and attacked Lesnar. Rollins then re-ignited his feud with United States Champion John Cena defeated him in a Winner Takes All match at SummerSlam on August 23 for both the WWE World Heavyweight and the United States Championships after interference from Jon Stewart. With the win, Rollins became the first and only wrestler to hold both championships simultaneously until he went on to lose the United States Championship back to Cena at Night of Champions on September 20, but was able to retain the WWE World Heavyweight Championship against Sting later that night. On October 25 at Hell in a Cell, Rollins successfully defended the championship against Kane and per the match stipulation, Kane was fired as Director of Operations.

On November 4 during a match against Kane at a WWE live event in Dublin, Ireland, Rollins tore the ACL, MCL and medial meniscus in his knee while attempting to execute a sunset flip powerbomb. The injury required surgery and it was estimated it would take Rollins out of action for approximately six to nine months, therefore he was forced to vacate the WWE World Heavyweight Championship the next day, ending his reign at 220 days. On the December 21 episode of *Raw*, Rollins made a special appearance to accept his Slammy Award for 2015 Superstar of the Year.

At Extreme Rules on May 22, 2016, Rollins returned from injury to attack Roman Reigns with a *Pedigree* after his WWE World Heavyweight Championship defense against AJ Styles. The following night on *Raw*, Shane McMahon announced a match between Reigns and Rollins for the title at Money in the Bank. At Money in the Bank on June 19, Rollins defeated Reigns to win his second WWE World Heavyweight Championship, thus also becoming the first wrestler to legitimately defeat Reigns in singles competition on the main roster, only to lose the championship minutes later to Dean Ambrose, who cashed in the Money in the Bank contract he won earlier that night. In July, Rollins failed to regain the renamed WWE Championship He would fail to regain the championship from Ambrose multiple times on both *Raw* and *SmackDown*. In the 2016 WWE draft on July 19, Rollins was drafted to Raw as the brand's first draft pick. At Battleground on July 24, Rollins lost the triple threat match against Ambrose and Reigns for the newly renamed WWE World Championship, which became exclusive of SmackDown. Because of this, the WWE Universal Championship was introduced the following night on *Raw*. Rollins competed in the inaugural title match against Finn Bálor at SummerSlam on August 21, in which he was defeated by Bálor.

After Bálor relinquished the title the following night on *Raw* due to a legit shoulder injury sustained at SummerSlam, Rollins faced Big Cass, Kevin Owens and Roman Reigns in a four-way elimination match for the title; but Triple H interfered and hit him with a *Pedigree* and allowed Owens to win the championship, turning Rollins face. Rollins started a feud with Owens, facing him at Clash of Champions and Hell in a Cell, failing both times due to several interferences from Chris Jericho. At Survivor Series in November, Rollins formed part of Team Raw with Owens, Jericho, Braun Strowman and Roman Reigns in a losing effort to Team SmackDown. The next month at Roadblock: End of the Line, Rollins defeated Jericho.

In January 2017, Rollins started a feud with Triple H leading into WrestleMania. On January 28, Rollins appeared at NXT TakeOver: San Antonio, interrupting the show and demanding to confront Triple H, who came out only to order security to remove Rollins from the ring. On the January 30 episode of *Raw*, Rollins (who had been banned from the Royal Rumble the night before) confronted Stephanie McMahon and once again called out Triple H, demanding answers. Later that night, Triple H came out explaining that he betrayed Rollins because he felt that he was "a failure on his own" and before Rollins could confront Triple H he was ambushed from behind by the debuting Samoa Joe, who choked him out in the *Coquina Clutch.* Due to the possibility of re-injuring his knee if he was to return to in-ring competition, Rollins later signed a contract to compete against Triple H in a non-sanctioned match at WrestleMania 33. Rollins emerged victorious at the event.

After WrestleMania 33, Rollins began a feud with Samoa Joe, whom he defeated at Payback on April 30 to give Joe his first singles loss on the main roster. At Extreme Rules on June 4, Rollins competed in a fatal five-way Extreme Rules match to determine the number one contender to the WWE Universal Championship also involving Bálor, Joe, Reigns and Wyatt, which was won by Joe.

On the July 10 episode of *Raw*, Rollins saved former stablemate and long-time rival Dean Ambrose from an attack by The Miz and the Miztourage (Curtis Axel and Bo Dallas). After failing to gain Ambrose's trust for several weeks, the two argued in the ring on the August 14 episode of *Raw* and eventually brawled with each other before fighting off Cesaro and Sheamus, reuniting the team in the process. At SummerSlam on August 20, Ambrose and Rollins defeated Cesaro and Sheamus to win the Raw Tag Team Championship.

Rollins and Ambrose successfully defended the titles against Cesaro and Sheamus at No Mercy in September. On the October 9 of *Raw*, the whole Shield officially reunited to battle The Miz and Miztourage, Cesaro and Sheamus and Braun Strowman, all of whom were common enemies amongst the members. The Shield was then scheduled to compete in their first match as a unit since June 2014, against the team of Strowman, Cesaro, Kane, The Miz and Sheamus on October 22 at TLC in a 5-on-3 handicap Tables, Ladders and Chairs match, but health issues kept Reigns out of action. He was replaced by Kurt Angle. Ambrose, Rollins and Angle went on to win the match. Ambrose and Rollins were scheduled to face SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Usos in a non-title match at Survivor Series, but they lost the title back to Cesaro and Sheamus on the November 6 episode of *Raw* due to SmackDown's The New Day distracting the champions, ending their reign at 78 days. This led to a match between The Shield and The New Day at Survivor Series on November 19, which The Shield won. In December, Ambrose would suffer a torn biceps, sidelining him for approximately nine months.

On the December 25 episode of *Raw*, Rollins teamed with Jason Jordan and defeated Cesaro and Sheamus to become the new Raw Tag Team Champions. At the Royal Rumble on January 28, Rollins entered at No. 18 in the Royal Rumble match, but he was eliminated by Reigns. Right after the Royal Rumble match, Rollins and Jordan lost the tag team titles to Cesaro and Sheamus, ending their reign at 34 days. Rollins and Jordan's tag team dissolved on February 6 after Jordan had neck surgery.

On the February 19 episode of *Raw*, Rollins competed in a seven-men gauntlet match, where he eliminated Roman Reigns in the first and then John Cena in the second fall, before he was eliminated by Elias. Rollins wrestled for one hour and five minutes, which is the longest performance in a match by any wrestler in the show's history. Six days later, at the Elimination Chamber, Rollins was the fifth man eliminated by Braun Strowman in the Elimination Chamber match.

On April 8, at WrestleMania 34, Rollins defeated Finn Bálor and The Miz in a triple threat match to win the Intercontinental Championship for the first time in his career. With his win, Rollins became the twenty-ninth Triple Crown Champion and the eighteenth Grand Slam Champion in WWE history, respectively. After he defeated The Miz in the latter's rematch clause at Backlash on May 6, Rollins would go on to defend the title on numerous occasions, including several open challenges. In the end of May, Rollins started a feud with Elias, who attacked him with his guitar after Rollins interrupted his performance. The two eventually faced off for the Intercontinental Championship at Money in the Bank on June 17, where Rollins prevailed. The following night on *Raw*, Rollins dropped the championship to Dolph Ziggler, after a distraction by Ziggler's ally Drew McIntyre, ending his reign at 71 days. Ziggler would retain against Rollins on several occasions, however, on August 19, at the SummerSlam pay-per-view, Rollins defeated Ziggler to win the championship for a second time, after enlisting the help of a returning Dean Ambrose. The next on *Raw*, Rollins reformed The Shield with Ambrose and Roman Reigns, preventing Braun Strowman from cashing in his Money in the Bank contract against Reigns, the Universal Champion. At Hell in a Cell in September, Rollins and Ambrose failed to win the Raw Tag Team Championship from McIntyre and Ziggler. At Super Show-Down on October 6, The Shield defeated McIntyre, Ziggler and Strowman in a six-man tag team match. However, two nights later on *Raw*, The Shield was defeated by the same trio in a rematch, with Ambrose walking away from his teammates after their defeat.

On the October 22 episode of *Raw*, Reigns announced that he would be taking a hiatus due to his returning leukemia. Later that night, Rollins and Ambrose defeated Ziggler and McIntyre to win the Raw Tag Team Championship, only for Ambrose to turn on Rollins as he attacked him, igniting a feud between the two and disbanding The Shield once again. Rollins and Ambrose's reign as Raw Tag Team Champions ended on the November 5 episode of *Raw*, when Rollins lost a handicap match to AOP (Akam and Rezar). Two weeks later, on November 18, at Survivor Series, Rollins defeated United States Champion Shinsuke Nakamura in an interbrand champion vs. champion match. Towards the end of the year, Rollins continued feuding with Ambrose, which led to a title match on December 16 at TLC, where Ambrose defeated Rollins and ended his reign at 119 days. Going into 2019, Rollins would fail to regain the championship from Ambrose on several occasions, including in a falls count anywhere match when Bobby Lashley interfered, and in a triple threat match in which Lashley won the championship after pinning Ambrose.

On January 27 at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view, Rollins won his first Royal Rumble match by lastly eliminating Braun Strowman. The following night on *Raw*, Rollins challenged Brock Lesnar for the Universal Championship at WrestleMania 35. Soon after, Rollins reconciled with Ambrose and the recently returned Reigns to reform The Shield for the third time. The trio defeated the team of Drew McIntyre, Bobby Lashley and Baron Corbin at Fastlane. At WrestleMania in April, Rollins defeated Lesnar to win the Universal Championship for the first time.

Rollins then entered a feud with AJ Styles, facing him in a match for the Universal Championship at Money in the Bank in May, in which Rollins retained. Rollins successfully defended the title against Corbin at Super Showdown and Stomping Grounds in June; the latter title defense featured Lacey Evans as special guest referee. He won with assistance of his real life girlfriend and Raw Women's Champion Becky Lynch to overcome Evans' biased refereeing. Rollins teamed up with Lynch and defeated Corbin and Evans at Extreme Rules in a Winner Takes All Mixed Tag Team match. On the same night, Rollins lost the title to Lesnar who cashed in his Money in the Bank contract, ending his reign at 98 days. The following night on *Raw*, Rollins won a ten-man battle royal for the right to face Lesnar for the championship at SummerSlam by last eliminating Randy Orton. At the event, Rollins defeated Lesnar after three *Stomps* to become a two-time Universal Champion. On the August 19 edition of *Raw*, Rollins won his record tying fifth Raw Tag Team Championship along with Braun Strowman when they defeated Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows. This marks the third time Rollins has been a double champion in WWE. At Clash of Champions, Rollins and Strowman lost the tag titles to the team of Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode. On the same night, Rollins successfully defended the Universal Championship against Strowman. At Hell in a Cell, Rollins and “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt fought to a no contest in a match for the Universal Title after Rollins used a sledgehammer. After that, Rollins was then made captain for Team Hogan at Crown Jewel. However, he was removed when he was then scheduled in a rematch against Wyatt for the Universal Championship in a Falls count anywhere match. At the event, Rollins lost the title to The Fiend.

In November, Rollins was selected as the captain for Team Raw's Survivor Series team. Throughout the next few weeks, Rollins and other *Raw* wrestlers would fend off attacks from both *SmackDown* and *NXT*, with Rollins eventually invading the final moments of the November 20 episode of *NXT* and brawling with Tommaso Ciampa. Four days later at the pay-per-view, Rollins captained Team Raw in a Survivor Series triple threat elimination match against Team SmackDown (Roman Reigns, King Corbin, Mustafa Ali, Shorty G, and Braun Strowman), and Team NXT (Ciampa, Damian Priest, Keith Lee, Walter, and Matt Riddle), but was the final member of Team Raw eliminated by Lee. Team SmackDown would go onto win. The following night on *Raw*, Rollins berated the entire *Raw* roster for "dropping the ball" and failing to defeat NXT at the pay-per-view. These comments later drew the attention of Kevin Owens, who attacked Rollins and challenged him to a match, which ended in a disqualification after AOP (Akam and Rezar) attacked Owens. Two weeks later on *Raw*, after again denying an alliance with AOP, Rollins commanded an attack on Owens from AOP backstage and stomped Owens on the floor, then subsequently bashed the fans for turning their backs on him despite claiming he'd done everything for them, effectively turning Rollins heel for the first time since 2016.

By the end of 2019, Rollins began proclaiming himself as the "Monday Night Messiah". Throughout the next several weeks, Rollins and AOP would attack and brutalize the likes of Rey Mysterio, Samoa Joe, and Owens, with the latter receiving the worst of it until Joe and a returning Big Show came to Owens' aid. On the January 13, 2020 episode of *Raw*, Rollins and AOP were assisted by Buddy Murphy in their match against Owens, Big Show and Samoa Joe, thereby adding Murphy to their faction. The following week on *Raw*, Rollins and Murphy defeated The Viking Raiders (Erik and Ivar) to win the WWE Raw Tag Team Championship, becoming a record six-time reign for Rollins individually. Rollins and Murphy successfully defended the tag titles against The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) at Super ShowDown on February 27, but lost the titles to them on the March 2 episode of *Raw*, ending their reign at 42 days. Rollins and Murphy failed to reclaim the championship from the Street Profits at Elimination Chamber six days later. At WrestleMania 36 on April 5, Rollins faced Kevin Owens, where he lost via disqualification after hitting Owens with the ring bell. However the match was restarted as a no disqualification match, which Owens won by pinfall.

Following this, Rollins began a rivalry with Drew McIntyre over the WWE Championship, leading to a match between the two at Money in the Bank in May, which Rollins lost. The next night on *Raw*, Rollins attacked Rey Mysterio and injured his eye with the steel ring steps. On the May 18 episode of Raw, Rollins recruited Austin Theory as a new member of his faction. Mysterio eventually returned and challenged Rollins to an "Eye for an Eye Match" where the only way to win was to extract the opponent's eyeball. The match would take place at The Horror Show at Extreme Rules on July 19, where Rollins was victorious after using the ring steps to remove Mysterio's eye. Over the next coming weeks, Dominik Mysterio would confront Rollins about the attacks on both him and his father. A match was then made official for Rollins and Mysterio at SummerSlam, which was revealed as a street fight. At the event, Rollins defeated Mysterio. The following night on *Raw*, a tag team match was set up between Rollins and Murphy against Rey and Dominik Mysterio at Payback. At the event, Rollins and Murphy were defeated by Rey and Dominik.

As part of the 2020 WWE draft in October, Rollins was drafted to the *SmackDown* brand. On the November 20 episode of *SmackDown*, Rollins was defeated by Murphy to end the feud. At Survivor Series, Rollins competed in the Survivor Series match as part of Team *SmackDown*, but he was the first person eliminated by Sheamus after "sacrificing" himself. His team would also go on to lose the match. Following this, Rollins would go on paternity leave.

After a two month hiatus, Rollins returned at the Royal Rumble, entering at the number twenty-nine spot, where he lasted until the final three before getting eliminated by the eventual winner, Edge. Rollins made his return to *SmackDown* on the February 12 episode, cutting a promo on how he was the leader that *SmackDown* needed and that the *SmackDown* roster needed to "embrace the vision", which prompted the locker room to walk out on him. Rollins would then attack Cesaro, who was the only one that stayed behind, beginning a feud with him. At Fastlane on March 21, Rollins defeated Cesaro's former tag team partner, Shinsuke Nakamura. Rollins would then challenge Cesaro to a match at WrestleMania 37 on the March 26 episode, to which Cesaro accepted. At the event, Rollins would be defeated by Cesaro.

On the April 23 episode of *SmackDown*, Rollins teamed up with Jey Uso to face Cesaro and Daniel Bryan. At the end of the match, Rollins walked out of the ring, giving Cesaro and Bryan the victory. On the May 7 episode episode of *SmackDown*, Rollins and Cesaro faced each other again in a WrestleMania rematch, which Rollins lost to Cesaro again. At WrestleMania Backlash, Rollins made an appearance and attacked Cesaro by breaking his arm with a steel chair. On the May 21 episode of *SmackDown*, Rollins attacked Cesaro and his injured arm again. A match was then made for Rollins and Cesaro at Hell in a Cell, where Rollins defeated Cesaro. On the following *SmackDown*, Rollins defeated Cesaro, this time in a mixed tag team match involving Bayley and Bianca Belair. The following week, Rollins defeated Cesaro once again to qualify for the titular match at Money in the Bank. At Money in the Bank, Rollins was unsuccessful in winning the contract, as the match was won by Big E.

On the same night, Rollins would interfere in the main event where Roman Reigns was defending the Universal Championship against Edge. Rollins would distract the referee to cost Edge the match. Over the following weeks, Rollins and Edge kept confronting and attacking each other until the August 6 episode of *SmackDown*, where Edge would challenge Rollins to a match at SummerSlam, which Rollins accepted. At the event, Edge defeated Rollins by submission. As part of the 2021 Draft, Rollins was drafted to the *Raw* brand. On the October 8 episode of *SmackDown*, Edge demanded a Hell in a Cell match between them, which was made official for Crown Jewel. At the event, Rollins lost to Edge. At Survivor Series, Rollins took part in the five-on-five elimination match as part of Team *Raw* and won the match as the sole survivor after eliminating Jeff Hardy.

On the October 25 episode of *Raw*, Rollins defeated Finn Bálor, Kevin Owens, and Rey Mysterio in a fatal four-way ladder match to become the number one contender for the WWE Championship against Big E at the Day 1 pay-per-view. However, in the following weeks on *Raw*, Kevin Owens and Bobby Lashley were also added to the WWE Championship match at Day 1, thus making it a fatal four-way match. At Day 1, Rollins was unsuccessful in capturing the title as Brock Lesnar was also added to the match and won the title. On January 29, at the Royal Rumble, Rollins defeated Roman Reigns via disqualification in a Universal Championship match. Following this, Rollins kept trying to find a match at WrestleMania 38, but was unsuccessful at every attempt. On the March 28 episode of *Raw*, Rollins was called into Mr. McMahon's office and he gave Rollins a match at the event, but McMahon would chose his opponent. On the first night of the event, Rollins would face a returning Cody Rhodes, but would go on to lose the match.

Following this, Rollins would challenge Rhodes to a rematch at WrestleMania Backlash, which Rhodes accepted. At the event, Rhodes defeated Rollins for a second time. On the following episode of *Raw* on May 9, Rollins attacked and laid out Rhodes during his match for the United States Championship against Theory. The following week, Rhodes challenged Rollins to a match at Hell in a Cell, inside the namesake structure, which Rollins accepted. At the event, Rhodes defeated Rollins for a third time. Rollins would then go on to defeat AJ Styles in a match on *Raw* to qualify for the titular match at Money in the Bank. At the event, Rollins would fail to win the briefcase, as the match was won by Theory. Following this, Rollins would start attacking Riddle over the next couple weeks until a match was made between them at SummerSlam. However, the match was postponed by WWE after Riddle suffered an injury following an attack by Rollins on the July 25 episode of *Raw*. Despite the injury, Riddle appeared at SummerSlam and called out Rollins, leading to a brawl which saw Rollins come out on top. At Clash at the Castle in September, Rollins defeated Riddle. Over the next following weeks, Rollins and Riddle would continue attacking each other until when on the September 19 episode of *Raw*, it was announced at Extreme Rules, they would have a rematch in a Fight Pit match. At the event on October 8, Rollins lost to Riddle by submission.

On the October 10 episode of *Raw*, Rollins won the United States Championship for a second time after the returning Brock Lesnar attacked Bobby Lashley before the match. This made him the second person to become a two-time WWE Grand Slam Champion. The following week on *Raw*, Rollins successfully defended the title against Riddle to end their feud. Following Crown Jewel in November, Rollins issued an open challange on *Raw*, and it was answered by Bobby Lashley. Before the bell rang, Lashley beat down Rollins at ringside. As a result, Mr. Money in the Bank Austin Theory cashed in his contract. However, due to interference from Lashley, Rollins was able to recover and successfully defended the title. At Survivor Series WarGames on November 26, Rollins lost the United States Championship to Theory in a triple threat match that also involved Lashley, ending his reign at 47 days. On the December 12 episode of *Raw*, Rollins defeated Lashley to earn another United States Championship match against Theory. On the January 2, 2023 episode of *Raw*, Rollins failed to regain the title from Theory. On January 28, Rollins entered the Royal Rumble at number number fifteen, but was eliminated by Logan Paul. On the January 30 episode of *Raw*, Rollins defeated Chad Gable in a qualifying match for the Elimination Chamber match for Theory's United States Championship. At Elimination Chamber on February 18, Rollins failed to win the title when he was the last person eliminated by Theory after interference from Logan Paul. On WrestleMania 39 Night One of the event, Rollins defeated Paul. At Backlash, Rollins defeated Omos.

On the May 8 episode of *Raw*, Rollins won the right to compete for the newly established World Heavyweight Championship at Night of Champions by first defeating Damian Priest and Shinsuke Nakamura in a triple threat match, and then defeating Finn Bálor, who had won a similar triple threat match. At Night of Champions, Rollins defeated AJ Styles in the tournament final to become the inaugural champion. Two days later on *Raw*, Rollins was interrupted by Styles, who congratulated Rollins on the win, and the two would go on to face Finn Bálor and Damian Priest of The Judgment Day in the main event in a winning effort. The following week on the June 5 episode of *Raw*, Rollins defeated Priest in an open challenge to retain the title. On the June 6 episode of *NXT*, Bron Breakker challenged Rollins for the World Heavyweight Championship, which he accepted. Rollins would go on to defeat Breakker and retain the championship. At Money in the Bank, Rollins would successfully defend the title against Bálor after an unintended distraction by Priest, who seemingly had intentions of cashing in his newly-won Money in the Bank briefcase, would cause the latter to lose the match. At SummerSlam on August 5, Rollins defeated Bálor once again to retain the title despite interference from Priest, Dominik Mysterio and Rhea Ripley. At Payback on September 2, Rollins defeated Shinsuke Nakamura to retain the title. The next month at Fastlane, Rollins defeated Nakamura in a Last Man Standing match. On November 4, Rollins successfully defended the title against Drew McIntyre at Crown Jewel. On the November 6 episode of *Raw*, Rollins would once again defend the World Heavyweight Championship, against Sami Zayn, where Rollins would retain. After the match, a brawl would ensue between Rollins, Zayn, Cody Rhodes, Jey Uso and The Judgment Day (Balor, Priest, Mysterio and JD McDonagh). Adam Pearce would later come out and declare a WarGames match between the eight men at Survivor Series. Drew McIntyre would later be added to the match, joining forces with The Judgment Day, while a returning Randy Orton would join the babyface team, making the match five-on-five. After the babyface team won the WarGames match at the event, CM Punk would make his return to the company after nine years, which drew the ire of Rollins. On the December 5 episode of *Raw*, Rollins would once again successfully defend the World Heavyweight Championship, this time against Jey Uso in the main event. On January 1, 2024, during Day 1 *Raw*, Rollins successfully defended the title against Drew McIntyre.