The Misunderstood Genius Of WWE’s Seth Rollins
He's all things to all fans and all bosses at this point. Both Vince McMahon and Triple H came to know what they had with Seth Rollins eventually.
He was selected to work Cody Rhodes in an immensely high-pressure WrestleMania re-debut for the 'American Nightmare'. He was trusted to protect the new golden goose when Rhodes stepped into Hell In A Cell with half a tiddy hanging off. He was speaking on behalf of the entire locker room as pertains to a return for perennial lightning rod CM Punk (regrettable choice of words, but few have been as definitive on 'The Voice Of The Voiceless') returning to the company. He was given midcard titles and celebrities with the assurance that everything would come out well.
He's walking, talking and acting like a man completely comfortable in his own skin, even if that skin is adorned multi-coloured layers, 16 pairs of sunglasses at the same time, and an uncontrollable cackle at the existence of its own shadow. He's earned people's love and wrestlers like that don't have to beg for it over social media. Or plead for it in promos. Or even, oddly enough, wrestle for it. "Monday Night Rollins" went through a marathon match period in 2018/2019 but hardly any of it resonated as much as 'The Visionary' does now. The whole package comes with respect baked in. He's a leader.
But it's even more than that. So much more. Bradshaw and Hardcore Holly and the rest of those mid-2000s (and mid, full stop) headcases were leaders too, but fans rarely reacted to them like they now do Seth 'Freakin' Rollins. He'll probably never get quite the scale of credit he deserves for that, but does he even look like he needs it at this point?
Is Seth Rollins all these things and actually...cool, too?!
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