Seth Rollins believes his SummerSlam match with Roman Reigns was a defining moment in his career, but he isn’t ruling out another. In the headliner of the second night of the event, Reigns went over Rollins to retain the World Title.
Speaking with ESPN New York, Rollins said the match carried a lot of weight and that he sees it as a core moment of his career.
“I think it was a core moment in my career. I think it really put a stamp on the last decade or more of what WWE has become, from when The Shield came in in 2012 to now as we’re starting to transition out of our era into whatever the next generation is going to be. I think it really kind of put a stamp on that. That was a lot of pressure going in, you know? We’re missing one of our core guys in Mox, who’s over in AEW. I think that when it’s just the two of you who’ve been here and not left and kind of went through all of the bad times to get to the good times, there’s a lot of pressure to do that story,” Rollins said.
“I felt really proud of the fact that we were able to do that and I think deliver what our audience really enjoyed. I appreciate the kind words, I had a lot of fun. Roman is one of the best there is and we’ve always had tremendous chemistry, whether we’re on the same side or against each other. I came out of it feeling really really good. Happy to have that one done. We started with a bang, we had a lot of great moments in the middle and that felt like a nice kind of closing chapter to sort of see what the next one is going to be,” he added.
Asked whether SummerSlam was his last major singles match with Reigns, Rollins said he doesn’t think so. He said the match did close the story that began when he turned on The Shield in 2014.
“I don’t know that that’s the case. I think it closed the loop on The Shield, the betrayal story. I think it closed the loop on that, I felt it allowed both of our characters to move in different directions so that we’re not tethered to that chair shot from 12 years ago. We can kind of take the characters, and we have over the years, but there’s always been that through line. Now, it feels like that’s sort of, for better or for worse, complete,” Rollins said.
“I’m 40, Roman is 41. We still got time. We’re still in the prime of our careers, so never say never. I think you could always come back to it, I don’t think either of us are going anywhere from the top of the card anytime soon. As long as there are titles to be won and legacies to be made, I can see it happening again,” he added.
Reigns is set to defend the World Heavyweight Championship against LA Knight at Money in the Bank on October 10. Rollins is reportedly being kept off television due to creative, and there’s no word on his return.
