Seth Rollins has mixed views on “WWE: Unreal” despite being one of the show’s stars.
The Netflix behind-the-scenes docuseries returns with season two premiering on Tuesday, January 20. Rollins, his wife Becky Lynch, and their daughter Roux will be featured in the season as it documents Rollins’ worked knee injury and the lengths they went to trying to maintain kayfabe.
To promote the show, Rollins and Lynch stopped by Busted Open Radio on Tuesday. Rollins admitted they he has a “really difficult relationship” with the concept of the series. He does not want to expose all of the secrets of the industry. Rollins made some of his boundaries clear with the producers, and they were respectful of that. He hopes the show will help new viewers find a deeper respect for the job that wrestlers have.
“I’m younger, I’m under 40 still. But I have kind of an old-school mentality. So for me to be pushed to the point of having to really break kayfabe, it hurts me a bit,” Rollins said. “So it was difficult. But I will say, look, there are some things that I want to protect because I do believe that the gray area in our business is what makes things special, that believability. The nice thing about the ‘Unreal’ show is that it airs after the fact, right? It’s not in real time like a live Monday where, you know, we’re not giving the secrets away as they’re happening. We’re kind of peeling back the curtain a little bit on the back end of it. So I feel a little bit better about that.
“But, yeah, there are some things that I still want to keep private. And I made that very clear with the producers. I’m like, ‘Look, there’s going to be moments where I’m going to tell you to shut it down. And if you don’t respect that, then we’ll walk.’ And so they were very cool about that. I think what they got, again, I haven’t seen it. They haven’t shown me too much. i’ve only seen the previews. But it does seem like they did a really good job of covering that story and showing kind of all the things that go into our business that if you are a new fan or a new viewer tuning into Netflix, I think there’s a deeper respect that you’re going to get for our business and the performers and the effort and time and intelligence it takes to go through this process of trying to constantly tell stories.”
The docuseries will cover Rollins cashing in his Money in the Bank briefcase to win the World Heavyweight Championship at SummerSlam 2025. His reign ended up being cut short due to an actual injury, with Rollins hurting his shoulder in October and needing to undergo surgery. Rollins, who is targeting WrestleMania season for his return, told Busted Open that he’s attempting to make the most of his time on the sidelines.
“I’m great. I’m wonderful. I’m enjoying the time off to an extent,” he said. “It took a couple of weeks to kind of wrap my head around having to forfeit my World Heavyweight Championship, but it’s been good. The time off has been nice. Get to spend time with the daughter, get to talk American football, watch my wife be the greatest of all time.
“It’s not been too bad. Looking forward to getting back whenever that happens, but trying to make the most of it.”
