10 Things We Learned From Seth Rollins On Stone Cold’s Broken Skull Sessions Podcast

10. He Signed A Verbal Deal With TNA

Joey Mercury once asked Tyler Black (Seth's old name in Ring Of Honor) if he'd been in touch with "anyone from New York". The then-ROH World Champion was taken aback by the former WWE star's question backstage, and didn't give him much of an answer.

He was interested though.

Mercury put the future Seth Rollins in touch with John Laurinaitis, but TNA were also interested in signing him to a contract and Rollins had agreed (verbally) to sign. Upon hearing that, none other than Jim Cornette called Seth up and said, "You ain't gonna go there and get over - you're gonna go there and go under"; he was horrified by the thought of Rollins under Dixie Carter's watch.

Corny aided Mercury in getting Seth to WWE instead. Terry Taylor, who was working for Impact at the time, was disappointed by the whole ordeal. Rollins kept TNA waiting whilst he himself waited to hear back from Johnny Ace.