WWE altered the plans for Seth Rollins’ World Heavyweight Championship open challenge this past Monday on RAW, and Fightful Select has provided some new details on the original script.
Rollins kicked off RAW and was supposed to defend the World Heavyweight Title in an open challenge. However, he was attacked by Finn Balor. The Miz then accepted Rollins’ challenge while offering his own open challenge, which led to Tommaso Ciampa’s return.
According to the report, the original plan was to have Ciampa answer Rollins’ open challenge, with the match scheduled to receive a lot of television time and a non-finish.
Those plans were changed several times over the weekend including a few hours before RAW went live. The title match was internally listed as “TBA vs. Seth Rollins.”
Vince McMahon is reportedly responsible for the change. Those originally planned for the match wished for things to go as planned and people backstage were “clearly frustrated” when the plans were changed.
In addition, there was a plan internally to reunite Ciampa and Johnny Gargano. Although Gargano was backstage, WWE didn’t include him in the plans for the show.
