Seth Rollins Gives Brutal Play-by-Play of Injury That Scrapped WrestleMania Plans

Seth Rollins is addressing the injury that derailed WWE’s WrestleMania 42 plans—and his own main event trajectory.

In an appearance on Games with Names hosted by Julian Edelman, Rollins laid out exactly how his torn rotator cuff went down. The former World Heavyweight Champion revealed that the damage occurred mid-match after a risky aerial spot went wrong.

“I did what we call a coast-to-coast headbutt. In the landing, I didn’t stick it. I did not stick the landing. I rotated a bit to my left, landed hard on my left elbow, and jolted it up into my shoulder. Felt it go right away,” Rollins explained.

From that point on, the pain became a factor in every move he made for the rest of the bout.

“I pinned him, he kicks out, I’m talking to the ref, ‘Oh, that wasn’t smart. That wasn’t good.’ ‘Are you hurt?’ ‘Yeah.’ ‘How bad?’ ‘I’m not sure.’ ‘Do you need to change something?’ ‘Let me think about it…Nah, we’re good.’”

Rollins went on to share how adrenaline kept him in the match, even as his left arm became practically unusable:

“I could feel it. It was hard for me to raise him. If you watch it back, is dangling at my side. I can’t throw punches or forearms correctly. It was hard to do what I needed to get done. It was really tender and it was starting to get worse as the match was going on. Is it stupidity or courageousness? I don’t know. Where is the line? My mindset is to finish.”

Now two weeks out from surgery, Rollins says the timeline for his recovery is about six months. His injury forced WWE to scrap their long-term creative arc—one that reportedly involved Roman Reigns steamrolling through Rollins’ faction, The Vision, before ultimately facing him at WrestleMania 42. That plan was thrown out, and Rollins’ role in WWE’s future is now up in the air.

“Two weeks out of surgery now, it’s about a six-month recovery. We’ll see how it goes,” he added.

Whether Rollins returns to reclaim control of The Vision—or watches Bron Breakker take the reins for good—remains to be seen. What’s certain is that The Architect’s injury didn’t just affect one match. It rewrote the main event picture.

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