Seth Rollins recently expressed a strong opinion about fans who constantly post their views on social media. Speaking on Bert Kreischer’s Something’s Burning show, Rollins stated that the general public and WWE talent do not care about the average fan’s social media take.
Blasting the ‘Opinion Junkies’
Rollins argued that people have a choice to remain silent or, at least, keep their complaints private rather than post them for public consumption. The star noted that this constant need to share negativity, or any opinion at all, is unnecessary. He was highly direct in his assessment of the situation.
“The fact that everybody feels like they need to have a f**king opinion about everything. That’s the thing that I go, well, what are we doing here? You don’t need to have an opinion. You can just say nothing. You can just say nothing. Or you can talk to your friend about how much you hated the latest Marvel movie. You don’t need to put that crap on social media. You don’t need to. Nobody gives a sh** about you and your opinion.”
Rollins believes that despite the constant noise, most of those opinions are ultimately ignored by the wider world. However, he admitted that some fans have come to believe they possess a measure of control over the product.
The R-Truth Example of Fan Power
Rollins acknowledged that, while he dismisses the majority of online commentary, there are times when the collective outcry of WWE fans is powerful enough to influence executive decisions genuinely. He cited a specific example involving R-Truth.
“Well, that’s the beautiful thing about our business, partially, is that you can pivot when things are wrong. A good example of this is, I would say, there’s a couple of them. One was the recent R-Truth situation, where R-Truth’s contract didn’t get negotiated and it got leaked online that he had been released. And the fans went, what the, we love R-Truth, what are we doing here? We need R-Truth. Everybody needs an R-Truth. And it got to the point where the executives in WWE said, they’re right, we do need R-Truth, we were wrong.”
The R-Truth situation that Rollins is referring to happened in late 2024, when the longtime WWE star had been released from his contract, leading to the swift public reaction from the WWE fans to see the popular comedy star remain with the company. WWE later bought R-Truth back.
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