WOR Video: Shinsuke Nakamura attacks Seth Rollins on WWE Raw

Shinsuke Nakamura ended Raw by becoming Seth Rollins’ next opponent for the World Heavyweight title.

On Monday’s Wrestling Observer Radio, Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer discussed the segment that set up the angle. Sami Zayn was attacked backstage by JD McDonagh, putting him out of the main evente teamign with Seth Rollins and Cody Rhodes against members of Judgment Day. Later, Nakamura offered to team with Rollins and Rhodes in the main event, which Rollins accepted.

“Man, there was no subtlety here whatsoever. Nakamura practically told you ‘I will be screwing these guys tonight,’ Alvarez said.

“That’s how I saw it. I thought it was very obvious. It made them, especially Seth, look very naive,” Meltzer said.

The three were eventually victorious, with Rhodes scoring the win on Finn Balor. After the match, there was dissension between Rollins and Rhodes, but they ended up celebrating on the turnbuckles. As Rollins jumped off the turnbuckle, Nakamura responded by laying out Rollins with the kinshasa, establishing himself as the next challenger for Rollins’ title.

“I’m not sure what’s going on here, but I thought when this was over that they wanted to do a tease of Cody vs. Seth. You kinda have to, as Cody just beat Brock [Lesnar],” Alvarez said.

“There’s a chance it turns into a three-way,” Meltzer said.

Alvarez thought that Rhodes shouldn’t challenge Rollins for the title unless it was eventually leading to a unification match down the line against Reigns, though that would risk setting up another unification match after having just unified the titles a couple of years ago.