10 Wrestling Facts We Didn’t Know Last Week (July 19)

6. Seth Rollins Views WWE As Wrestling's Patriots

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady celebrates with the Vince Lombardi Trophy after the NFL Super Bowl XLIX football game against the Seattle Seahawks Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015, in Glendale, Ariz. The Patriots won 28-24. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
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Before diving into this entry, let's give every WWE hater out there some time to grab their weapon of choice.

Seriously, Seth Rollins' comments in Yahoo! Sports this week will only fan the flames of discontent amongst those who view his employer as wrestling's version of the devil. During the interview, bonafide workhorse and former indy darling Seth compared WWE to the NFL's New England Patriots.

For anyone who dislikes WWE and Tom Brady's Pats, this is a nightmare. Rollins believes the company are an easy target because they're so successful, and he thinks WWE are "so far beyond being a wrestling company" that it's popular to hate on them. One can almost hear the blood boiling and teeth gnashing.

Some will be fuming that Seth, a great in-ring worker who has flown the flag for indy wrestling's importance in the past, is effectively saying WWE > wrestling. He has a point though. WWE are there to be shot at because they are the biggest organisation in the industry.

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