What's REALLY Going On With Seth Rollins' Latest "Injury"? (WWE News)

The latest on possible Seth Rollins injury.

WWE Raw Seth Rollins Paul Heyman Bron Breakker The Vision
WWE

With Seth Rollins being attacked by his Vision stablemates on this week's Raw, that's led to plenty of speculation on whether WWE's Visionary may be dealing with an injury.

Per Fightful Select, it does indeed appear that Rollins suffered an injury in his WWE Crown Jewel match against Cody Rhodes.

For those who watched that match, there was a particular moment when Seth looked to have damaged his shoulder when landing from his coast-to-coast headbutt to Rhodes. While it's not outright confirmed that this spot was where Rollins got hurt, that's widely suspected to be the case, and this injury is being treated as a legitimate one internally.

Advertisement

Of course, this comes not too far removed from Seth Rollins suffering an "injury" at Saturday Night's Main Event back in July. In that instance, the injury was ultimately a ruse that led to Seth cashing in his Money in the Bank briefcase at SummerSlam to take the World Heavyweight Championship from CM Punk. As such, some fans may be tempted to take any new Rollins injury news with a pinch of salt, but, unfortunately, this injury is reportedly a very real one.

This Fightful report notes how the details around Seth's injury are "very speculative in nature" right now, with specifics being kept quiet. One WWE source told the outlet that an arm break would be better than any sort of shoulder injury, as an arm break could realistically have Rollins back in action by December. That said, it's seen as unlikely that the company could avoid a "drastic change" should this be a serious shoulder injury.

Advertisement

Seth Rollins has received heavy praise from those within WWE for not only finishing his Crown Jewel match, but for also remaining in Australia, working Raw, doing a show-opening promo, a backstage segment, and the physical finale of Raw where he was laid out by a Bron Breakker Spear and then hit with Bronson Reed's Tsunami Splash. Given how Rollins was medically cleared for that Vision attack segment, there's hope backstage that Seth's injury might not be as bad as feared.

It was hinted to Fightful that the events of Raw were a "heavy creative pivot", with a source noting how they'd heard that Bron Breakker splitting from the Vision was something loosely planned for some point next year.

Advertisement

As for Seth Rollins, he's expected to undergo further medical tests this week.

Get 76% off and three months for free when you sign up to NordVPN here: https://go.nordvpn.net/aff_c?offer_id=704&aff_id=3013&source=WCWRE

Senior Writer
Senior Writer

Once described as the Swiss Army Knife of WhatCulture, Andrew can usually be found writing, editing, or presenting on a wide range of topics. As a lifelong wrestling fan, horror obsessive, and comic book nerd, he's been covering those topics professionally as far back as 2010. In addition to his current WhatCulture role of Senior Content Producer, Andrew previously spent nearly a decade as Online Editor and Lead Writer for the world's longest-running genre publication, Starburst Magazine, and his work has also been featured on BBC, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, WhatToWatch, Sportkskeeda, and various other outlets, in addition to being a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic. Between his main day job, his role as the lead panel host of Wales Comic Con, and his gig as a pre-match host for Wrexham AFC games, Andrew has also carried out a hugely varied amount of interviews, from the likes of Robert Englund, Kane Hodder, Adrienne Barbeau, Rob Zombie, Katharine Isabelle, Leigh Whannell, Bruce Campbell, and Tony Todd, to Kevin Smith, Ron Perlman, Elijah Wood, Giancarlo Esposito, Simon Pegg, Charlie Cox, the Russo Brothers, and Brian Blessed, to Kevin Conroy, Paul Dini, Tara Strong, Will Friedle, Burt Ward, Andrea Romano, Frank Miller, and Rob Liefeld, to Bret Hart, Sting, Mick Foley, Ricky Starks/Saints, Jamie Hayter, Britt Baker, Eric Bischoff, and William Regal, to Mickey Thomas, Joey Jones, Phil Parkinson, Brian Flynn, Denis Smith, Gary Bennett, Karl Connolly, and Bryan Robson - and that's just the tip of an ever-expanding iceberg. Where his beloved Wrexham AFC is concerned, Andrew is co-host of the Fearless in Devotion podcast, which won the Club Podcast of the Year gong at the 2024 FSA Awards.