Rollins Stripped; Jey Uso To Face Punk

Seth Rollins suffered a shoulder injury during his match with Cody Rhodes at Crown Jewel, has undergone surgery, and was stripped of the World Heavyweight Championship and placed on the shelf for an extended, currently unknown period. On television Rollins was written off after a betrayal by his Vision teammates Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed — with Paul Heyman involved — and those wrestlers were removed from Battle Royal contention. Raw general manager Adam Pearce held a 30‑man Battle Royal to determine the challenger for the vacant title, and Jey Uso won the match, eliminating LA Knight and Jimmy Uso among others. Jey Uso will challenge CM Punk for the World Heavyweight Championship at Saturday Night’s Main Event on Nov. 1. Wrestling Observer Radio reporter Dave Meltzer reported that original plans did not have Punk winning at SNME and that Rollins had been slated for future high‑profile defenses (including plans toward WrestleMania 42), but Rollins’ surgery has put those timelines in flux.