WWE Intercontinental Champion Seth Rollins recently did an interview with Newsweek ahead of the Greatest Royal Rumble where he talked about the possibility of a feud with Roman Reigns, his thoughts on the recent Shield reunion, him being allowed to use the Curb Stomp finisher move and more. Below are a few highlights from the interview.
‘The Architect’ is asked how he would feel if he defends his Intercontinental Championship successfully and former Shield member Roman Reigns wins the Universal Championship from Brock Lesnar on the same night.
I would love to see Roman take down Brock Lesnar and bring the Universal Championship to RAW. It would be a huge coup for our television show, the live events, for everything. I’m team Roman 100 percent. I’m not worried about my position or the Intercontinental championship. I know what I bring to the table and what the Intercontinental title brings to the table. I think having Roman with the Universal title on RAW every week will only add to the show and the prestige we do every week.
Seth then gives his thoughts on if he would like to be part of a ‘Champion vs Champion’ storyline with Roman Reigns if they both win at GRR:
I’d absolutely love to get into the ring again with Roman. Without a doubt, he’s one of the top competitors in the entire world and being in the ring with him, whenever any of the SHIELD guys are in the ring at the same time, there’s a special feeling involved. We’ve had some very classic matchups in the past and we’ve gone back and forth before. I think it would be a great time and I’m certainly up for the challenge and I’m certain he would be too.
Seth Rollins was asked about the reunion of the Shield and how his journey with Dean Ambrose was as the WWE RAW Tag Team Champion.
Getting back with Dean and Roman was incredible in itself. We had the band back together and we were ready for a few months run, and then things happen. That’s just the nature of the business and life, really. You can’t plan for those things. We had that six-man tag match against The New Day at Survivor Series, which was a lot of fun. I think all three of us would like to have another opportunity to have that classic six-man, but at the end of the day it afforded us some crazy opportunities. We teamed with Kurt Angle in that wild TLC match, and then teaming with Triple H on the European tour. Who would have thought you’d see those guys in SHIELD gear? It’s a super interesting situation that didn’t start the way we wanted, but it ended up pretty cool and had some cool moments.
The Grand Slam Champion was asked to reveal the details behind bringing back the Curb Stomp but Seth says that he can’t disclose the information yet.
You know, I can’t divulge the entire story. Maybe some other time. It’ll be good for a DVD or a Network special or something like that. I will say that I was very happy to see it come back. It wasn’t a long-term plan, I knew way in advance, but I was happy to get it back. That is another thing this year that really put me on a very good trajectory. It felt good, man. The surprise in the audience and the reaction I got online was really cool, too. I’m glad to take it around the world now, it’s been a good experience.
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