Seth Rollins Discusses “SummerSlam,” The Fan Incident, His Injury

WWE superstar Seth Rollins sat down with ESPN recently, in order to promote his match with Finn Bálor tonight at “SummerSlam.” He discussed a number of topics, including the match itself, the incident where the fan came into the ring on this past episode of “Monday Night Raw,” his leg injury, and more.

Below are some excerpts from the interview:

Ben Houser: SummerSlam, what are we going to see from Seth Rollins?

Seth Rollins: Mostly what you can expect — a big match, Seth Rollins, WWE Universal Championship, first time against Finn Balor. Aside from him being a tremendous opponent, I just think you’re going to see me go out there and deliver in big match situations, so I’m looking forward to the energy and the crowd and the match itself.

Houser: Monday Night Raw, you were in the middle of delivering a promo — what happened?

Rollins: Uh, well, delivering a promo, talking directly to Finn Balor, calling out the Demon King, and all of a sudden to my left I see a young man slide into the ring with a hard hat on — I had to give him a little push and make sure that he kept his distance and our security handled it. A guy who’s not supposed to be in the ring, it’s not his domain. He was a stagehand helping out with us that day and, you know, felt that the time was right to get his 15 seconds or whatever he wanted to do in that moment.

Obviously, if you’re a fan and you’re watching our show, please don’t get in the ring. It really doesn’t work out well for anybody. That guy’s probably going to see some jail time or some stiff consequences, and he’s lucky that it ended up as peacefully as it did, to be honest with you. Really, don’t try that when you come to the building. I urge it, it just doesn’t work out well for you or for me. So, you know, let’s just hope that’s not a recurring theme.

Houser: Take me back to the injury — what happened? What were you feeling?

Rollins: Mostly uncertainty — dread, if you will. Just feeling like I might have to vacate the title and kind of let the locker room down and take time off from a job that I love. It was a very strange feeling, you know. I’ve never had an injury put me out like that before. So to just kind of — it was almost like I was stepping outside myself watching and kind of almost emotionally distant from the whole thing. It was very, a very odd situation for me to be in.

You can find the entire interview at this link.

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