7 Things We Learned From WWE Chronicle: Seth Rollins
The devil's in the itty bitty details.
It's certainly been an eventful year for Seth Rollins. After being designated the white knight of WWE by a certain subset of the fandom, WWE went with the populist opinion and built their Architect a huge WrestleMania programme, starting with victory at the Royal Rumble. Received wisdom dictated that it was the least Rollins deserved. It also said that his ultimate New Jersey triumph would kickstart a brand new era on Raw.
It, um, didn't happen. Five months on, and we're back where we started. In fact, we might be a few steps further back; Rollins' incurable foot-in-mouth disease on social media, combined with his underwhelming Universal title reign, has whittled away his increasingly unsure adherents. When you're on top, you're a target.
Obviously, this context is completely left out WWE's latest documentary, which follows Seth as he prepares to win back the red strap from Brock Lesnar at SummerSlam. It's nevertheless a typically intriguing affair, as we learn more about the ex-Shieldster's love for Becky Lynch, being a role model, and in particular, really pretentious coffee. Jon Moxley? Never heard of 'im.
7. His Recent Workload
At the top end of the doc, The Architect elaborates on the extravagant itinerary he's imported since becoming Universal Champion at WrestleMania. Echoing the Twitter sentiments which ultimately led to his unedifying war of words with Will Ospreay, Rollins describes it as "maybe the busiest stretch" of his career - even more so than his previous stint as WWE Champion back in 2015.
The jiggered champ notes that the combination of work and "navigating new things" - namely, his budding relationship with female equivalent Becky Lynch - have contributed to the period being more jam packed than a village country fête. Rollins admits that, although every wrestler dreams of that moment when they capture the big one, it's "hard to imagine" the realities that come with being champion. And unlike Brock Lesnar, so he tells us, he wants to work with the belt around his waist. No weekends off for him.