{"id":49343,"date":"2019-06-25T22:21:47","date_gmt":"2019-06-26T02:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=49343"},"modified":"2019-06-28T10:06:40","modified_gmt":"2019-06-28T14:06:40","slug":"seth-rollins-moxley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2019\/06\/25\/seth-rollins-moxley\/","title":{"rendered":"WarGames: Has Seth Rollins Fired Shots to AEW and NJPW?"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the hottest days of wrestling Social Media occurred on Tuesday afternoon when Sports Illustrated<\/strong> released an interview with WWE Universal Champion Seth Rollins<\/strong><\/a>. The hotly debated segment of the interview revolved around statements made by Rollins in regards to his former Shield<\/strong> running mate Dean Ambrose<\/strong>, now enjoying a personal renaissance in All Elite Wrestling (AEW)<\/strong><\/a> and New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW)<\/strong><\/a> under his original indie moniker, Jon Moxley<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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“Ambrose can do what he wants,” Rollins told SI. “He\u2019s a big boy. He’s got his big boy pants on, he can go out there and say whatever he wants, but the bottom line is not everyone is equipped to handle the riggers of the WWE and the schedule and how it affects you mentally and emotionally. Ambrose gave everything he had to the company for the entire time he was here. He put his heart and soul into the travel and the schedule and the injuries and the work in the ring and all that stuff, but at the end of the day, he took his ball and he went home…or he went elsewhere, at least.<\/p>\n

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“I think it\u2019s a little presumptuous of him to get on a podcast and talk down about the company that gave him such opportunities,” Rollins continued, “and he referenced some of those, he did talk about how he was thankful for the time he spent here and the fact that he was able to learn, meet his wife and all that good stuff. Like I said, I love the guy. I love him, I\u2019ll always love him, but at the end of the day, we share differing perspectives about what we want out of life and where we\u2019re at in our own lives. I hope he does well, I\u2019ve kept enough tabs on him to know he\u2019s doing super well for himself right now and I\u2019m happy for that, but I don\u2019t think there\u2019s any reason to hop on a soapbox and complain after the fact. You need to take the first step and that\u2019s looking in the mirror and asking yourself, did you do every single thing you possibly could to make yourself and your situation what you want it to be. If the answer is yes you did, then you can go elsewhere and complain, and if you feel good about it if that\u2019s where he\u2019s at mentally, then go right ahead, but if he hasn\u2019t done that and looked in the mirror and made that decision, maybe he should look think about that and that goes for any other disgruntled talent, past or present.”<\/p>\n

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It’s strange that on the day he seemingly took shots at arguably AEW’s most exciting star so far, that it came as Seth Rollins was in the midst of a Twitter feud<\/a> with probably New Japan’s hottest star right now, in UK star Will Ospreay<\/strong>. Seth Rollins is fighting back to anti-WWE naysayers and disgruntled former stars with an aggressive pro-WWE stance in a time when defending WWE isn’t all that “cool”. In many ways, he’s coming across like a more timid version of his “real life” girlfriend, Raw Women’s Champion Becky Lynch<\/strong>‘s “The Man” character on Social Media. But with the face of the current WWE landscape actively engaging and discussing on major media platforms – in Sports Illustrated and on Twitter – with and about stars of widely considered main competition, it almost seems like that Vince McMahon has pulled the trigger on firing the first shots in the impending Great War, and in doing so, unleashed his Universal Champion on both AEW and NJPW at the same time.<\/p>\n

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Ahhhh I\u2019m sorry little guy. We already have a better version of you here and he just won his first US Title tonight (Congrats @KingRicochet<\/a>). Keep working hard though buddy! https:\/\/t.co\/JwB36iWaIg<\/a><\/p>\n

— Seth Rollins (@WWERollins) June 24, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n