WWE Raw star and a former four times WWE World champion Seth Rollins who is also a former two times WWE United States champion recently talked about his transition from being a hated heel to a beloved babyface. He also talked about his leadership role in WWE.
Seth Rollins has mostly earned his Fame as a villain. Throughout his WWE career he has mostly been portrayed as a heel. After The Shield broke, he was the one to turn on his best friends and turn heel. It made him one of the most hated heels in WWE during the time.
Seth Rollins Discusses His Recent Journey As A Babyface
Of course he played a babyface gimmick while having a feud with Triple H and he played a face for a number of years before turning heel once again. He remained a heel for quite a long time and he was one of the most hated heels during his time as a villain in WWE.
Recently he has turned babyface once again and from being one of the most hated heels of the promotion, he is now one of the most lovable wrestlers of the roster of WWE. Every time he entered the ring, the fans never get tired singing his song. We can definitely say that he is one of the most versatile workers in WWE today.
Seth Rollins who is also a former two times WWE United States champion recently spoke to the After The Bell podcast where he talked about his transition from being a hated heel to a beloved babyface. He also talked about his leadership role in WWE. He said;
“I’ve been so fortunate over the past year to be able to go from one of the most hated superstars on the roster to somehow, without skipping a beat, one of the most beloved superstars on the roster. You don’t see that very often and I credit it to the work ethic that you guys (Corey Graves & Kevin Patrick) kind of mentioned; the day-to-day, the being there, the grinding, just hanging around sometimes is the key, you know?
“Oh absolutely. I mean, being a human responsible for another human makes you grow up in a way that you never really — you guys know, you’re both dads (Kevin Patrick & Corey Graves), you get it. Soon as you get that kid, everything changes for you, priorities shift but yeah, just maturing as a performer, as a human.
“Everything all kind of comes together at the right time. It’s very much a perfect storm of events and so I’ve felt more comfortable in my leadership role backstage than I ever have. I think that translates as well to being able to — you have to lead by example, right?
“So you can’t be giving people advice and then not taking your own advice and so, being able to have that mental capacity to understand what I need to do to be a better leader for the locker room and for everybody else who might want the position I find myself in right now allows me to kind of take the blinders off a little bit.
“Not be so, like you said, how I was in NXT where I’m going, me, me, me, me, me, me all the time and that’s allowed a lot of these stories with (Matt) Riddle, with Cody (Rhodes), with Edge to grow and that’s allowed, I think, people to just attach themselves to me audience-wise in a way they never have really had the opportunity to.”
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