Seth Rollins planted subtle seed for CM Punk match on WWE RAW
Seth Rollins planted a subtle seed for a major match with CM Punk during their brawl last week on WWE RAW. The Visionary interrupted the former AEW World Champion's promo during last Monday's show and claimed that he rued the fact that he hadn't taken the latter out when he had returned to the company in 2023.
Rollins challenged Punk to a fight last week, but The Second City Saint wasn't interested. The 46-year-old noted that The Architect used to be the World Heavyweight Champion, but now had nothing that he wanted. Seth Rollins responded by shoving The Best In The World over and the two stars traded strikes on WWE RAW before Sami Zayn, Jey Uso, and eventually security broke it up.
During the brawl, the former World Heavyweight Champion could be heard telling Punk that he would not be going to WrestleMania without him, and you can check it out in the video below.
"You ain't ever going to WrestleMania without me! You know that," shouted Rollins. [From 00:13 - 00:17]
Seth Rollins and CM Punk were speculated to battle at WWE WrestleMania XL earlier this year, but injuries prevented the match from taking place. The 38-year-old was also rumored to continue his rivalry with Bronson Reed following Survivor Series, but the Australian star suffered a significant injury during the Men's WarGames Match and is currently out of action indefinitely.
Ex-WWE employee claims Seth Rollins is annoying
Wrestling veteran Vince Russo recently claimed that Seth Rollins was annoying and thought he was more popular than he actually was.
Speaking on Sportskeeda Wrestling's Writing with Russo, the veteran claimed that Rollins was annoying to a lot of wrestling fans. The former head writer for WWE added that the RAW Superstar carried himself in a manner that appeared he was too full of himself and there were plenty of reasons to dislike him. However, he did note that he does not know the 38-year-old on a personal level.
"I think first of all it was new. That was like the first time he had done it. And, bro, I just gotta tell you, man, I think Seth Rollins is annoying to a lot of people. I just really do, bro. That voice and that twang, the way he dresses. He carries himself, whether he is or not in real life I don't know, I don't know the dude, but he kinda carries himself like he's full of himself and he thinks he's more over than he really is. There's a lot of reasons not to like Seth Rollins," he said. [5:17 – 5:52]
You can check out the video below for his comments:
CM Punk joined Roman Reigns' WarGames team at WWE Survivor Series after Rollins refused the offer twice. It will be interesting to see what the company has planned for the major rivalry on RAW in the weeks ahead.