The current WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins opened up about his iconic World Heavyweight title win this past Saturday where he defeated the former two times WWE World Champion AJ Styles and he also talked about his experience on wrestling “The Phenomenal One” is such a big occasion.
WWE fans had been begging to have a World title that would not be dominated by Roman Reigns and the title would give opportunities to the rest of the roster. Finally, WWE introduced the World Heavyweight title and Seth Rollins became the inaugural Champion. “The Visionary” recently talked about his epic title win when he spoke on WWE’s The Bump;
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On finally being a world champion again: “It has been a long road, it really has. Nearly four years since I’ve held a world heavyweight championship, and I said it on Raw a little bit, lots of ups, lots of downs. The audience, they love me, they hate me, they like me, they don’t like me. I’ve loved every second of it. It’s been a transformative four years.
“I’m a completely different person than I was the last time I held a world heavyweight championship. So this time, it really does feel right. I’m excited to bring a world title back to Raw, a show that has sorely missed a world champion in quite some time, and I plan on defending that title, being present, being the man on Monday nights like I have been, but this time with a title on my shoulder.”
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On wrestling AJ Styles for the inaugural title: “It’s special. Any time you’re able to do something for the first time, it’s special, and it feels special. This one was the biggest of the three, and I’ll tell you why. It’s because this was a culmination. This title doesn’t exist if our industry and our company isn’t so healthy with incredible talent across the board.
“There was a need for a title on Monday nights. There was a need for a new title because everybody is so good. You look across the board, myself, AJ Styles, all the SmackDown guys, really. Sheamus, Drew McIntyre, Gunther. You look at Raw, you got Cody Rhodes, you got Kevin, you got Sami.
“There’s just tons of guys, tons of competition at the top, and we needed a prize to fight for since our Universal Champion wants to keep his part-time schedule. So we gotta have a title. I was more than thrilled to have it. I’m more than thrilled to be the guy to usher in this new era, an era of change.” Concluded the World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins.
The title might have been addressed as a main event World title but it is nothing more than an upper mid card title so far. Most of the fans are disappointed with the way the title has been treated as of now but we expect it to be treated as strong as the Universal Champion soon.
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