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The match
Seth Rollins puts his WWE world heavyweight championship on the line against Sting at the WWE Night of Champions pay-per-view (PPV) tonight (Sun., Sept. 20, 2015) at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.
The players
Seth Rollins: WWE world heavyweight champion; United States champion; guy who can't decide what color his hair should be; man with annoying laugh; cheater; suffers from complete inability to pronounce the name "John"
Sting: Former WCW world heavyweight champion; old man; somehow still has hair; thief; knows he's in WWE just to put others over
The story
It's an ever shifting narrative, folks.
It started with Sting saying he does, in fact, want to complete his career by winning the one major title he never has, the WWE world heavyweight championship. Rollins is the guy who is holding it, so there you go. But he also bizarrely went out of his way to say he wants to prove that Seth isn't half the man Triple H is:
Mind games? That's probably the explanation. Right.
Then, Sting turned to a life of crime, stealing and destroying a statue The Authority had made for Rollins after he defeated John Cena to win the United States championship:
Not cool, Stinger.
Finally, they went with the ho hum booking of creating a tag team match from nothing so Sting could submit Rollins clean in the center leading into their singles match on PPV. It also gives Sting at least one win in WWE heading into his lone world title shot:
Pick your poison, folks. Whatever angle you like.
What to expect
It seems most likely Rollins will keep his title but it's always possible they decide to throw us a curve ball and put the title on Sting. They've also heavily teased that Sheamus will cash in his Money in the Bank briefcase and he does not currently have a match booked on the card.
Really, any outcome wouldn't be all that surprising, though the safe bet is probably the best one in this instance.
Make sure you follow along with all the action tonight right here.