WWE: Seth Rollins on Title Reigns Comparisons with Roman Reigns, More on Decision Process for PLEs, More News

Seth Rollins Comments on Loving People Comparing His & Roman Reigns Current Title Reigns in WWE

In a recent interview with the New York Post, Seth Rollins gave his thoughts about people comparing his reign as current WWE World Heavyweight Champion to Roman Reigns’ current reign as Undisputed WWE Universal Champion.

“Immediately people are going to compare whatever my title reign is gonna be to what his title reign is gonna be, my stories to his stories, my character to his character, my promo to his promo and it’s inevitable. It’s awesome. Great, I love it. Let’s talk about it. It’s only gonna make things more exciting. It’s only gonna polarize people more. It’s only gonna give people stronger opinions. Let’s go. I love it. Whatever you got to say, you think about, I’m excited to hear it. I’m excited that we are both in great positions in the prime of our careers. Two different titles. Two different approaches.

It’s always there and it’s always gonna be a matchup people are interested in seeing, and the further we get away from it I think the more people will want to see it when you start to touch on it again. I think that it’s just inevitable. We came up together. We grew into WWE together. We built the industry into what it is over the last decade. We are really going to make it in our image over the next decade and hopefully, we’ll leave the place better than we found it. That matchup is always gonna be huge. Whenever we get back to it, I hope it’s at the right place at the right time.”

Rollins also gave his thoughts about his belief that taking his WWE World Heavyweight Championship to WWE’s NXT brand helps make the belt feel special.

“Taking it down Florida and NXT I think makes it special. You just don’t see that very often. The last time I had a match on NXT was, God, over a decade ago (2013). Getting an opportunity to go down there to the place I really cut my teeth in WWE and bring a brand new world title there and defend it against someone like Bron Breakker, I think it’s gonna put more eyes on NXT, I hope, and bring some attention there.”

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More on WWE’s Decision Process for Announcements of Their PLE Events

As noted before, WWE has made changes over the past year to their decision making process when it comes to choosing locations for their Premium Live Events.

Fightful Select reported that their sources recently provided more details regarding WWE’s change in mentality towards their PLEs.

Those spoken to reportedly stated that the reason why WWE has not been announcing their PLEs as far out in advance compared to the past is due to the company wanting to be as strategic as possible for their event announcements. It was reported that this strategy includes economics, storyline, and audience growth all being a factor when it comes to making an official decision for these events.

Those spoken to reportedly also stated that WWE announcing their upcoming events individually allows each new PLE event announcement to have its own moment in the spotlight.

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WWE News & Notes

ESPN recently announced the official list of nominees and awards for this year’s upcoming ESPYs awards show. In an interesting note, no WWE-related awards or nominees were among ESPN’s announcement for this year’s show.

As noted before, this past Monday’s RAW show featured Logan Paul officially announcing himself as a competitor for this year’s Men’s Money in the Bank Ladder match. PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that his sources stated that WWE officials had always planned for Paul to be added to the match.

PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that his sources stated that several people within WWE have been pushing for LA Knight to win this year’s Men’s Money in the Bank Ladder match and have it be his “break out moment” as a star in the company. In regards to the Women’s Money in the Bank Ladder match, Johnson reported that those spoken to stated that IYO SKY remains the frontrunner choice for the winner of the match.

As noted before, WWE is currently facing a racial discrimination and wrongful termination lawsuit by a former WWE creative writer. PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that WWE, Vince McMahon, Stephanie McMahon and other WWE executives named had filed a motion this past Wednesday to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York requesting an extension of time for their official response to the lawsuit based on recent court documents. Johnson reported that this motion listed September 5th as the new deadline date that WWE and others were requesting to be approved for the extension.

Dana Brooke recently commented on Twitter about the negative reaction she had received from the live crowd during her match against Cora Jade at this past Tuesday’s NXT show. Brooke stated “Alright I get it, y’all think I suck…. —- Got it, NOTED, Awesome….. &…..“

In a recent interview with The Pat McAfee Show podcast, Paul Heyman gave his thoughts on why he feels that Roman Reigns’ current run as the “Tribal Chief” has been the best run of all-time in wrestling. Heyman stated “Undisputed. Steve Austin didn’t hold the title for 1,000 days. John Cena didn’t hold the title for 1,000 days. The Rock didn’t hold the title for 1,000 days. Come on. In this era, with this much pressure, with this level of competition, with a murderers’ row of heavyweights that have come after him? How many title defenses against Brock Lesnar? Defeating John Cena, stacking Edge and Daniel Bryan on top of each other in the main event of WrestleMania, admittedly just getting by Cody Rhodes? Come on. Look at the roster that has been defeated by Roman Reigns. It’s an all-time great, legendary roster.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)

In a recent interview with the Under The Ring podcast, Rhea Ripley gave her thoughts on her becoming the most followed active WWE star on TikTok and WWE making her get on the service despite her initial rejection over it. Ripley stated “Social media is a very interesting place. There is a lot of positivity, but there’s a lot of negativity. Obviously, my TikTok has been going absolutely wild, which is funny because I didn’t even want TikTok. Work made me get it because apparently, I was TikTok famous. They made me get it, and I guess they were right because it skyrocketed, and now I’m the most followed superstar in WWE, which is wild. I don’t really go on social media too much anymore because there is so much negativity. I don’t read as much as I used to read. Obviously, I try and see all the fan art and all the pictures of people doing my makeup, because I like to see that stuff. I like to see the lives that I’ve inspired and the people that I’ve brought the confidence out, in a good way. Most of the time, I’ll post something really cheeky and then get off the app.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)