Saturday wasn’t the first time Seth Rollins stuck a landing and felt his knee buckle afterwards, signaling a serious injury. And according to the man himself, it probably won’t be the last.
Rollins was guest hosting the Rich Eisen Show on Wednesday when he spoke publicly for the first time since he suffered a knee injury during July 11th’s Saturday Night’s Main Event in a match against LA Knight. As Seth Rollins noted, the injury happened on a move he’s done tons of times, a moonsault or as he described for non-wrestling fans watching the show, a backflip.
“When I landed, I felt my knee kind of pop and buckle,” Rollins said adding that an attempt to fully diagnose his injury was unsuccessful as the knee was too swollen to get any sort of conclusive result. According to Rollins, doctors in LA are going to try again in another week or two to hopefully get a more firm diagnosis and timeline for recovery. When asked about the Seth Rollins injury in a press conference, Triple H acknowledged things didn’t look good.
While no official word has come medically, Seth Rollins stated that he knows his own body and this isn’t his first injury. “I’m not a doctor, I only know my body and what I feel,” he said. “What I feel is that this is going to be me out for an extended period of time.”
Seth Rollins said when he’s dealing with an injury, his initial thought is always will he make it back in time for WrestleMania season. Without a firm timeline it is hard to say but Rollins noted he feels good that he would be back by March/April, which would mark an approximate eight month absence. With past knee injuries, Rollins has never missed more than six consecutive months, which could serve as a decent baseline for a return timetable this time around. But Rollins is being cautious, admitting that he won’t know anything until the results come back from an MRI.
The Visionary went on to compare this injury to the one he suffered in 2015, noting it was the same knee but also felt he was in the same position of being at or near the top of the card. Of course in 2015, Seth Rollins needed to vacate the world championship due to his injury, something that does not appear will be the case this time around with his Money in the Bank briefcase. As Paul Heyman noted, he’s got a year to cash it in meaning should Rollins indeed be able to return by WrestleMania, he’ll still have plenty of time to cash in and potentially win another world title. Seth Rollins ended the clip noting he’s in good spirits about the injury and looking at the silver lining, namely being able to spend more time with his four year old daughter.
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