Seth Rollins made an appearance on the latest episode of Insight With Chris Van Vliet for a new interview, discussing his WWE career.
During it, Rollins was asked who came up with his “Freakin” moniker, something he started using a few years ago. Rollins credited “The Old Man,” which is commonly referred to when discussing Vince McMahon.
“I give that credit to the old man. The middle name was his idea back in the day. I don’t remember why. I don’t remember how it came about. I think he was bored, just bored with Seth Rollins. And he was like, Yeah, you’ll be Seth Freakin Rollins again. Okay, cool. We sold a lot of T-shirts when we did it. So whatever. The thing that killed me was, when we first did it, when we first brought the Freakin back in, because it was just like, you know, the Monday Night Messiah Seth Rollins or whatever, for a while, and then, like, you know, there was the Drip God, which is never my idea. I didn’t like that nickname at all. And, like, I tried to push The Visionary on him, and he didn’t get that character at all. And then added Freakin in there at some point. And then everybody had to say Freakin every single time they mentioned my name on commentary anywhere. And I was like, the first thing I did when I had the opportunity was let’s just pull back on that, you know. Like, how about I just say it? And like, if someone’s introducing me in a grandiose manner, they can say it. But like, if they’re just talking about me, like they could just say Seth Rollins. It’s okay, you know, like, you don’t have to say the Tribal Chief Roman Reigns all the time. You know, you no one said the Hit Man Bret Hart all the time.”
Rollins also discussed his future with WWE in this interview, noting he thinks WWE’s reduced schedule can help with his longevity.
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