Seth Rollins Admits He Didn’t Feel Guilty With Fake Knee Injury, Says John Cena Was Proud Of The Outcome
Seth Rollins pulled off what is described as the “Ruse of the Century” as he faked a knee injury at WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event in July, leading to a Money in the Bank cash in at WWE SummerSlam in August.
Speaking to Jimmy Traina on the SI Media podcast, Seth was asked how many people were in on the ruse.
“You can probably count on two hands,” he said.
Asked whose idea it was, Seth replied, “I’m not exactly sure where it was hatched. It was presented to me in advance, quite some time, which in our business is a few weeks. I thought the idea was brilliant when I first heard it. Obviously, the execution was going to be important, and the details were going to need to be ironed out. I felt the crux of the idea was brilliant. I was the guy to be able to pull that off. I was very excited at the prospect of it. My level of commitment to our industry is second to none. I was the guy for the job.”
Asked if it was difficult to pull off, Seth said, “I’m a professional, so I feel like I can do anything. All you need in our industry is a little shred of doubt, just a tiny bit of mystery and you get the magic. I thought as soon as Saturday Night’s Main Event went off the air, you saw everybody asking questions, ‘Oh, we’re in. It’s over.’ I don’t think it was too difficult. I think people are maybe smarter than they are sometimes.”
Finally, he was asked if he felt any guilt during or after the “injury.”
“I didn’t feel guilty. I let my wife [Becky Lynch] take all the guilt. She has the Irish guilt anyway. She steps on an ant and feels like she’s going to hell. If someone did this to me, I wouldn’t feel bad in the slightest. I would totally get it. Even my closest friends. Maybe John Cena. John reached out and I had to do my best to wiggle around it. John and I are cut from the same cloth, so when John saw the final outcome, he was very happy and proud,” said Seth.
Rollins will team with Becky at WWE Wrestlepalooza against CM Punk and his wife AJ Lee.
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