WWE Edits Out Seth Rollins Curb Stomp From WrestleMania 31

No sign of Curb Stomp in WWE Network documentary.

The WWE Network aired an excellent 30 minute documentary in their WWE 24 series about Roman Reigns in the lead up to WrestleMania 31. It followed Roman around in the week leading up to the biggest match of his career while also showing members of his family, his peers and some great insight into the backstage atmosphere of WWE. The final ten minutes of the documentary focused on the main event of WrestleMania 31 as Reigns challenged Brock Lesnar for the WWE Title. It was great to re-watch the match again because they utilized some different camera angles that we don't get to see during a TV broadcast. As we all know, the finish of the WrestleMania main event also involved Seth Rollins, who came out to cash in his Money in the Bank contract. The match became a triple threat. Rollins nearly lost because Lesnar was going to drop him with a F5. Instead, Reigns hit Lesnar with a Spear to take out Lesnar. Rollins capitalized by hitting a Curb Stomp on Reigns and that led to Rollins pinning Reigns for the win and his first WWE World Heavyweight Title. That's what we remember from the ending of WrestleMania 31, but that's not what was shown on the documentary. WWE decided to edit out the Curb Stomp by Rollins. They showed Rollins about to hit the move, then cut away to a young fan reacting to it and then showed Rollins making the pin. http://i.imgur.com/yKRqcq1.gif Why did they edit it that way? Because a few weeks after WrestleMania, WWE banned the Curb Stomp. Of course they said that they didn't ban it, but Rollins has stopped using that move and nobody else is using it either. Now Rollins is suing a front facelock into a DDT as a finishing move. It was a noticeable edit if you were paying attention. While WWE probably doesn't think it's a big deal, it really is. That move led to the finish of the main event of WrestleMania and it was one of the most memorable endings in the history of WWE's biggest event, yet they just think they can edit out the move that led to the decisive pinfall? It just shows that they really don't want that move seen anymore.
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