Seth Rollins Talks Knee Injury That Cost Him WWE Title

Seth Rollins has conducted an interview with WWE.com to discuss the gruesome knee injury that resulted in a torn ACL/MCL that will keep him out of the ring for 6-9 months. It was announced on Thursday that Rollins will give up the WWE World Heavyweight Title with a tournament announced for Survivor Series to crown a new holder. Here's how Rollins described the injury as well as his immediate reaction to it;

We were in Dublin, Ireland, first night of the tour and I was in the main event. I was setting up to do something I€™ve done a million times €” flipping over my opponent while he was standing on the second . I landed underneath him and then picked him up for a Powerbomb. And for whatever reason, I just landed on the inside of my right foot, instead of flat with my feet and my knee gave. If you€™ve seen the video, you know it looks pretty graphic. It didn€™t feel as graphic though. It just felt like my knee dislocated and then kind of popped back in. So, I hustled back up and got underneath, made sure my feet were steady and delivered the Powerbomb. Then, I did a self-evaluation real quick to see what was going on. I realized my knee was pretty unstable and noticed that it felt like it was flopping around. I didn€™t feel like I had a lot of control under it. I was able to move around enough to finish the match, hit a Pedigree and get the win. Afterwards, I just laid there and figure out what was going on. Again, I wasn€™t in a whole bunch of pain, I just felt like my knee wasn€™t right. I wasn€™t really sure of the extent of the damage until the next morning when I got the MRI.

Rollins said that he'll fly to Birmingham, Alabama for a consultation on Monday and then have the surgery on Tuesday. That means he won't be on Monday's Raw in Manchester, England although they could do some sort pre-tape interview with him.

When asked if it was just a freak accident, Rollins said a physical therapist friend of his described it as a "complex accident" nothing there were a lot of factors leading up to it and is part of what they do in wrestling.

Rollins also thanked the fans for their support even though he was the top heel in the company for over a year: "I don€™t do this very often, but I would like to extend a thank you to them. Their support means a lot to me and it€™s going to go a long way in my recovery and help me mentally get back to where I was at. So yeah, it€™s very interesting to see how quickly people€™s minds can change when it comes to something like that €” it says a lot about the human condition."

To close out the interview, Rollins promised to come back stronger and better than before. It's expected that when he returns to the ring next summer, he'll be one of the biggest babyfaces in the company. https://twitter.com/WWERollins/status/663142526958723072