The Self-Destruction Of Seth Rollins
Rollins framed a bad take in the most obnoxious of language, unwittingly putting over Ospreay as a more beloved Internet darling. When a delighted Ospreay learned that he has in fact wrestled more matches in 2019 than his new quasi-rival, he took to Twitter. Rollins, by playing the money card in response, essentially became the establishment in one tweet. He joined the Authority in 240 characters.
Rollins could not have got it more wrong. Nobody resents WWE for its roster. The opposite is true. Or at least, it was.
In response to further criticism, Rollins, using more dorky language this time, language that echoed the lame babyface material that pervades WWE, “dialled up” his “double down”. “Nah dawg,” he wrote. “I’ve sat back and watched idiots with no clue talk poorly about the place I dedicate my life to EVERY HOUR OF EVERY DAY. The level I perform at on constant is untouchable. Time to let em know.”
Rollins, in under a year, has contested three very poorly-received feature WWE matches (Vs. Dolph Ziggler, Extreme Rules ’18, Vs. Dean Ambrose, TLC ’18, Vs. Baron Corbin. Stomping Grounds). All of this notwithstanding, a great storyteller doesn’t “let em know”; a great storyteller shows.
Again: backwards.
And was that idiot Jon Moxley?
Speaking to Jimmy Traina on the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast on June 25, Rollins expressed his “love” for his old Shield brother. He also expressed contempt for Moxley’s decision to sound off to both Chris Jericho and Wade Keller about his unhappy time in WWE.
“Ambrose can do what he wants. He’s a big boy, he’s got his big boy pants on. He can go out there and say whatever he wants, but the bottom line is not everybody’s equipped to handle the rigours of WWE and the schedule and how it affects you mentally and emotionally. And Ambrose gave everything he had to the company for the entire time he was there. He put his heart and soul into the travel, into the schedule, into the injuries, into the work in the ring and all that stuff. But at the end of the day, he took his ball and he went home.”
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