Over the last few years, Seth Rollins has became one of WWE's biggest stars. This year, he's set to challenge Brock Lesnar for the Universal Championship at WrestleMania 35, four years after winning his first WWE World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania 31.

Little did we know, Rollins almost made a decision in 2010 that would have rendered all of this just a non-existent dream.

Rollins was a guest recently on Edge and Christian's podcast (E&C's Pod of Awesomeness) and recalled the story of how he was very close to signing with TNA (now Impact Wrestling) following a successful run with Ring of Honor that would have made him the face of the struggling company. At the time Rollins was wrestling as Tyler Black and had been a ROH World and Tag Team Champion and TNA was looking to build their company around him if they were able to get him to sign. The push to get him to sign the contract included a personal call from TNA President Dixie Carter that included some big promises.

"Terry (Taylor) calls me and offered me a three-year deal to come to TNA for substantially more money and far less dates than what I was having to do in ROH and a much easier style," Rollins remembered. "I was like, ‘Oh, this sounds fantastic.’ Dixie Carter is calling me and is like, ‘You know Tyler, we want to have you, we’re looking to revamp the whole division and the whole company and we want to make you the face of TNA.’ I’m like, ‘This might be okay. I have friends there and they are on TV.’ I get this contract from TNA and I basically agree to it verbally on the phone with Terry Taylor. They fax over the contract. Before I sign it, I call ROH and let them know what I’m interested in doing with TNA. ROH is being booked by Jim Cornette. He lost his mind when I told him I was going to sign with TNA. He was so irate. ‘Nobody gets over in TNA, they get under.’ He hated it. I sent him the contract to look over.