Between his rivalry with “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt and assorted social media controversies, Seth Rollins has had a very complicated month. It might be about to get a lot more complicated. Finding himself at a crossroads after losing the Universal Title to SmackDown — thereby negating everything he did to make the title a staple of Raw — Rollins was confronted by his onetime benefactor, Triple H, with an intriguing offer for how he could reboot himself: Come back to NXT and start fresh.

Triple H presents a choice to Seth Rollins as the black-and-gold brand attempts a Raw takeover.

Given that Triple H had guided Rollins to glory at each of his previous crossroads, the offer wasn’t without its temptations. And NXT’s involvement in Survivor Series would give The Beastslayer a chance to once again make history. Rollins didn’t get a chance to respond, but Triple H made things clear with an ominous declaration — “You are either with me or against me” — and a display of intimidation straight out of Rollins’ past, as NXT ringers The Undisputed ERA emerged from the crowd to stand firm on the ring apron.

After being swarmed by NXT Superstars, The Architect aims to prove himself by defeating Adam Cole and becoming the NXT Champion.

Rollins ended up with some unexpected equalizers in The O.C., but the good brothers were thwarted by NXT heavy-hitters Dominik Dijakovic and Damian Priest. A second wave of reinforcements — Zack Ryder, Curt Hawkins, R-Truth and Erick Rowan — drove the NXT Superstars away, a clear indicator that Raw won’t be caught as flatfooted as SmackDown was on Friday. As for Rollins, he cornered Triple H in the backstage area moments after the confrontation and gave The Game an ultimatum of his own. The only way Rollins would come back to NXT was as the "top guy." And to do that, he wanted to face Adam Cole for the NXT Championship later in the evening. The request was granted.