Seth Rollins Opens Up How He Felt About The Decision On His Pulled WWE SummerSlam Match

WWE originally set up a match between Matt Riddle and Seth Rollins for the recent SummerSlam card, but the match was canceled a few days before the event. WWE did a storyline injury where Riddle suffered a stinger as a result of Rollins' attack on Raw.

WWE had a brawl clause at SummerSlam. The bout was being pulled because WWE wanted to save it for a later date, which is today's Clash in the Castle event.



Speaking with Ariel Helwani of BT Sport, Rollins explained how he felt about the decision.

“Okay, we could use a few more weeks to build this story as it was, but yeah, they made the choice to ax our match and make sure all the other matches were maximized with time and story and all that. Totally understood that and respected that. I was a little upset that we advertised the match and not given it to them. At the level I have been performing for the last year, I felt like a bit of a slap in the face as a performer that I wasn’t able to be on what is essentially the second biggest show of the year for us.”

Feeling insulted by the decision, Riddle was asked his thoughts about it.



He said, “Of course. I think anybody in my position who takes pride in what they do would think there’s gotta be a little bit of disrespect felt there. Did I go about it the right way? Maybe, maybe not…The tweet.”

He said that earlier he was not aware of this and when he got to know about the decision, he did not take it very politely and knew a few days before the announcement. Rollins later spoke about the statement that was not in character.

“I feel bad for people who wanted to see the match who had paid money to maybe to see that match, specifically that we had been building towards a few weeks and had been advertising it for a week or two. I felt the need to control my own narrative, so to speak, in that regard.”

"I was upset we advertised the match and not given it to them"

"At the level I have been performing for the last year It felt like a bit of a slap in the face as a performer"@WWERollins talks about his match with Matt Riddle being scrapped at SummerSlam.#WWECastle pic.twitter.com/sNFP44BILS

— WWE on BT Sport (@btsportwwe) September 3, 2022

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