Seth Rollins did not hold back when discussing Roman Reigns’ claims about elevating the status of the World Heavyweight Championship.
In an interview with Big Nick Turturro on Delivering Happiness Rollins hyped his unfinished rivalry with Reigns and his shortened World Heavyweight Championship reign.
“So, now Roman Reigns is walking around with my title, right? Talking about how he made the title relevant, which is bullsh*t. I’ll just say it. It’s complete bullsh*t. He knows it. I know it. Everybody else knows it. He sounds like an idiot when he says it.”
He also discussed the formula that worked and currently works with top WWE stars
“I think one of the things that’s really underrated in top talent and you kind of look at it through the history is there’s a level, there’s an intelligence that exists. There’s an understanding of people and how to read people, how to read a room, and how to kind of manipulate that reaction and that feeling.”
“You look at guys from all different eras and they have it and they may not be traditionally the smartest guys in the world, like, you know, math scientists type things, right? Like Dusty Roads was incredible at it, the American Dream. You look at Ric Flair, you look at Bruno Sammartino, you look at Stone Cold Steve Austin, you look at The Rock, you look at all these generations, Triple H, these guys, John Cena, myself, Roman Reigns, the common denominator, aside from the desire for greatness, there’s a hunger to be at a level above other people, right? There’s an intelligence. There’s a knowhow with a way to get people to do what you want them to do.”
“And I don’t mean that in a negative manipulative way. I’m not trying to trick you or anything like that, but I understand what you want and what you don’t want and how to make those things work in conjunction with each other in the context of a story. And I think that’s the big thing that really, I think separates kind of that upper level from like the elite.”
Rollins was forced to vacate the World Title in October 2025 due to a shoulder injury that required surgery. He was the inaugural winner of the championship when it was re-introduced in 2023, and has had two reigns with it.
Following his injury, CM Punk won the championship in his absence at SNME in November. At WrestleMania, Reigns defeated him for the title at the Night 2 main event.
Following his injury, CM Punk won the championship in his absence at SNME in November. At WrestleMania, Reigns defeated Punk for the title in the Night Two main event.
