Seth Rollins References Real-Life Beef With Riddle Ahead Of WWE SummerSlam 2022
There's more to Riddle vs. Seth Rollins than just a big WWE SummerSlam 2022 match.
Seth Rollins has referenced his real-life issues with Riddle ahead of SummerSlam 2022, where the duo will go one on one for only the second time on WWE programming.
Quote-tweeting the official @WWE account, which had posted a clip of Rollins attacking his 30 July opponent on this week's Raw, the former WWE Universal Champion stated that his animosity for the RK-Bro man goes back a long time:-
I’ve hated this guy for a long time. Nashville is gonna be a reckoning. #SummerSlam #RollinsvsRiddle https://t.co/Ey37VRsGDZ
Advertisement— Seth “TAMPA BAYIN” Rollins (@WWERollins) July 19, 2022
This appears to be a reference to apparent behind-the-scenes issues that first came to light in 2020. Riddle's then-wife, Lisa, penned a lengthy Instagram post criticising WWE's female wrestlers for being “straight skinny jiggly fat", using a picture of Seth's partner, Becky Lynch. Understandably, this didn't sit well with Rollins.
Interviewed by Alex McCarthy in June 2021, Riddle revealed that Lisa's post led to issues between him and his SummerSlam opponent:-
“I’ll be honest, I’ve met Seth multiple times and he’s met me and I don’t think we’ll ever be best friends (laughs). I don’t think we like one another, we’re just two different people. (Although) we both love wrestling. I know my significant other said something about Becky that they didn’t like and I also did not like or agree with. Seth didn’t like me after that and I don’t think Becky liked me or my wife either, which is understandable. It is what it is."
Whether or not the duo have buried the hatchet backstage is unknown. Nonetheless, they face each other at SummerSlam 2022 on 30 July.