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Seth Rollins “Breaking Under Pressure” In WWE?
Seth Rollins hasn’t had the best time as of late. Despite beating Brock Lesnar at both
WrestleMania 35 and Summerslam - oooh Beast Slayer. Twice - his Universal Championship
runs at the top of WWE this year have been mired by an awkward storyline pairing him
up with his real life fiance Becky Lynch, and a disastrous feud with Bray Wyatt’s
Fiend that still WON’T GO AWAY. And that’s just the stuff on WWE programming.
In the last few months Seth has flipped between tweeting how much money is in his bank account
MONEY! to deleting his Twitter entirely. It’s not been the most effective way to book a
babyface, and, as a result, has even led to some fans going too far: holding up signs
saying ‘Seth Rollins Is Not Cool’. Good gawd, almighty, they’ve killed him
And Seth’s new PR-slayer gimmick took another step this week, when he answered a Q&A question
about one day facing Kenny Omega, by taking a shot at AEW.
“When Kenny’s done playing in the minor leagues over there, Kenny can come and work
at the absolute top professional wrestling company in the world in front of the most
people and make the most money and have the best matches, which is with me at WrestleMania.”
Them’s be fighting words, sure, but it’s also the kind of bantery language you’d
expect in a wrestling war. Especially with Being the Elite jokingly calling NXT the ‘minor
leagues’ in a recent episode. Former WWE turned AEW commentator Jim Ross, however,
has taken great offence to Seth’s comments, saying he’s “pissed off” on the latest
episode of his Grilling JR podcast, and then shooting on Rollins himself:
“He's in a great spot, he's blessed, maybe someday he'll be as over as his girlfriend,
I don't know. Nonetheless, I've always liked his work. He's a solid guy, he's a solid guy,
but saying things like that make him look bad and for that, I feel badly for him. I
just do.” JR then interestingly went onto how Seth is
being perceived backstage due to his behaviour these last few months:
“Since this came out, I talked to two Hall of Fame guys off the record that were embarrassed
about those remarks as well. It doesn't do the business any good and one of these cats
even said to me that maybe Rollins is breaking under the pressure because he's getting a
lot of criticism." Seth’s position as WWE’s top champion
comes with considerable pressure to defend the brand. He’s the face of the company.
But he appears to be taking criticism of it personally - like when he stared down the
‘Not Cool’ sign guy. Even his Shield brother Roman Reigns has admitted Seth’s conduct
hasn’t had the babyface connection it should, telling Sports Illustrated:
"Seth loves the WWE. That's why some people misread some of the things he says or the
ways he delivers it, but he does mean well. He's a workhorse. Yeah, he's a little live
at the mouth sometimes, but he's got a heart of gold, trust me.”
I feel you, Big Dawg. We here at WrestleTalk are also trying to go babyface again. The
most important thing, Seth, is that you don’t crack under pressure. Let’s see how he’s
doing on Instagram with his most recent post: A picture of him dressed for pool time fun
with the caption ‘who said #sethrollinsisnotcool’. Yep, everything looks totally fine there!
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