Seth Rollins was recently a guest on the Sam Roberts’ Wrestling Podcast. During the podcast, he spoke on a wide variety of topics, including the addition of ‘Burn it Down’ to his entrance theme. Rollins revealed that it was Vince McMahon that decided to add that to his theme.
Rollins also revealed that it was Vince who decided that he couldn’t use the ‘Curbstomp’ anymore as his finisher. Seth shares the backstory of how the move got banned in WWE and his feelings on it.
“No more blonde and The Curbstomp is gone, guys. It’s not my fault. Trust me. It’s not like I was [saying], ‘oh yes, I want a new finisher.’ No, they snatched it from me. They took it from me. No, so this is what happened, okay? After WrestleMania, I had won the [WWE] title, and I flew across the country to do the Today Show. For the Today Show, they put together a package of all of Seth Rollins’ awesome maneuvers. At the time, my finish was The Curbstomp”
He continued, saying that Vince didn’t want his World Champion doing a move like the ‘Curbstomp’. Seth says that he hates the decision and thinks that it is silly:
“So Vince McMahon is sitting wherever Vince McMahon sits on a Monday morning and he’s seeing me on the Today Show and I look good in a suit. I’m representing the company. I look good in a suit. And I’m wearing the title and then he sees this package of me stomping another man’s head into the ground and it being called The Curbstomp on national television. And he thought to himself, ‘well, that’s not a good representation of what I want my top guy to do,’ so he just had a meeting with some of his people, and they decided, ‘well, we don’t need it – we can figure out another finish for you’ and the rest is history. I get it. I hate it. I think it’s silly, but it is what it is and it’s not my company. I’m doing the best I can with it.”
I think I speak for many fans when I say that we agree with you Seth.
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