Bron Breakker has addressed his WWE Backlash match with Seth Rollins, framing it as the necessary next step before he can return to contention for the world title.
Speaking on ESPN SportsCenter ahead of the May 9 show in Tampa, Breakker explained the personal history that makes the match significant and why he believes he had no choice but to act first when it came to the Vision.
“I think this means everything, especially for me getting back into the world title picture. I think the first order of business is getting through Seth Rollins and sort of putting that story to bed, because we have a lot of history. Obviously, Seth took me under his wing a little bit over a year ago after WrestleMania to groom me as the next big thing in WWE, but things went a little astray along the way because I just had this feeling, at some point or another, Seth was either going to turn his back on me or pull the rug on me as soon as things maybe didn’t start going his way, along with his vision of how he saw the group going. So I just beat him to it, really,” Breakker said.
Rollins was written off television in October following an attack by Bronson Reed and Breakker before returning at Elimination Chamber in February to reignite his feud with the Vision, which now also includes Austin Theory and Logan Paul. Breakker speared Rollins on this week’s Raw following a Joe Hendry segment, adding further heat to the Backlash bout.
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