"'Plenty' Of WWE Stars Don't Love Wrestling" - Seth Rollins (WWE News)
Seth Rollins shoots on just how passionate WWE's roster is about pro wrestling.
Injured WWE star Seth Rollins has sensationally claimed that some on the roster (including those on top shows like Raw and SmackDown) "don’t really have a love for [wrestling] necessarily". Rollins said this whilst speaking in a fresh interview with Bert Kreischer’s 'Something’s Burning' show, and he was happy to elaborate.
According to Seth, "It’s a paycheck, right? It’s a job. So there’s plenty of people that will do the job if they’re getting paid to do it". He didn't specifically name names, but said there are those on the payroll who might not look at wrestling the same way he does. What's more, Rollins doesn't seem to have a huge problem with that.
He added that "some people turn to it and they learn to love it after it becomes a love". The former World Champ also noted that he doesn't "think anybody stays in it for a career if they don’t love it, because it will wipe you out". In other words, if they come into the biz without being obsessed, then they either quickly become obsessed or find something else to do with their time.
Wrestling isn't easy. It's especially gruelling on the body physically, and injuries are part and parcel of such a rugged industry. Seth knows that better than anybody - he's currently on the sidelines rehabbing a serious shoulder injury which curtailed his most recent run as leader of The Vision on Monday nights.
Seth Pointed Out How WWE's Schedule Has Changed
During the interview, Rollins detailed how much things have changed within WWE since he started with the company way back in 2010. Even in developmental, Seth was still wrestling multiple matches per week, but that's rarely the case nowadays: "The schedule’s way lighter than it used to be. We still travel every week, but we’re not doing nearly as many shows".
WWE don't run as many non-televised live events as they once did. Pre-COVID in 2020, it wasn't uncommon for wrestlers to work as many as 3-4 bouts per week out on the road. In the 1980s, the roster infamously worked double shots. So, they'd maybe appear on a matinee show in one city earlier in the day, then jet off to another town for an evening card.
It was relentless and brutal, but it was taken for granted as 'just the way it is'.
Seth said that this rigorous schedule would "weed people out very quickly" if they weren't careful or didn't have the passion to drive them through. "They would just get exhausted, burn out so fast they’d quit".