Seth Rollins is the Visionary of WWE and has done a lot for the business since his debut in the company more than a decade ago. After all, he has honed his craft all over the world before joining WWE. Now he made an interesting comment about CM Punk.
CM Punk’s run in WWE came to a shocking conclusion after the Royal Rumble in 2014 when he was frustrated with the company, leading him to simply walk out. Seth Rollins also called CM Punk cancer during Royal Rumble weekend which led to a lot of discussions as well.
While speaking with CBS Sports, the WWE World Heavyweight Champion talked about the game-show version of NXT, which was a thing during the early 2010s. Rollins stated that he believes he’d have been paired up with Punk at the time.
No, all we did was film the pre-tape stuff, like we filmed the packages, we went to Full Sail University, and they had the cameras set up and went around you, and you got all wet and shiny, did the poses and then talked about who we were and where we came from and all that. So all that pre-production type stuff, we did all that, and then they never did the season. I think we were supposed to be season four or five? Hard to remember. Because they did the all-female season, and they did maybe one after that, and weren’t on that. Maybe it was five. But yeah, never came to fruition. For the better, I would say. At the time, very disappointing. Obviously, we were all looking to get our feet wet in WWE. We thought NXT was gonna be the ticket, that pathway in NXT anyway, and thankfully for all of us, that didn’t happen because here we are. Now I’m sitting and talking to you [as] World Heavyweight Champion, may not be the case had it been that way, so I would say my introduction was a little bit better than that.
Oh man, that would have been like 2011, 2012. At that point in my career, gosh, I would have been very closely aligned with CM Punk at the time. He would have probably been the guy if he was going to be involved with NXT that they would have paired with me based on our personality types and our upbringing
WWE also has major plans for Seth Rollins as far as his SummerSlam opponent is concerned. Regardless, we will have to wait and see whether Rollins will end up winning the match this week.
What’s your take on what Seth Rollins said? Do you think he still has respect for CM Punk? Share your thoughts in the comments below!