Seth Rollins won the most coveted prize in sports entertainment in the form of the new WWE World Heavyweight Championship at Night of Champions 2023 in Saudi Arabia. A week later, he’s scheduled to put that coveted belt on the line against a top WWE Raw Superstar. The announcement falls in line with Triple H who previously promised that this championship belt will be defended at any time and in any place.
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According to a report by PWInsider, Seth Rollins will defend his WWE World Heavyweight Championship when WWE returns to Westchester County Center in White Plains, New York, this Saturday, June 3 for an untelevised live event. His opponent is going to be The Miz who previously experiences two world championship wins of his own.
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As noted above, Seth Rollins won the World Heavyweight Championship by defeating AJ Styles at Night of Champions. The two then teamed up this week on Raw against Damian Priest and Dominik Mysterio of The Judgment Day in the main event non-title tag team match. No hint was there about who Rollins’ first challenger was going to be for the world championship belt.
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Seth Rollins wants to be a fighting WWE World Heavyweight Champion
In the meantime, Seth Rollins appeared during the latest edition of WWE’s The Bump on YouTube and spoke about the future of the world title. He admittedly wants to defend the title across the globe irrespective of superstars from SmackDown, RAW, or NXT. He doesn’t care about defending the title in a stipulated environment, too.
“I want the competition,” Seth Rollins said. “I want anybody from any brand. I don’t care if it’s SmackDown, Raw, NXT. I don’t care if it’s from anywhere across the globe. I want people to come through that curtain.”
“I want them to challenge me, whether it’s a shot at the title, whether it’s the title itself, whether it’s a tag match, six-man, cage match, doesn’t matter to me. I want the fight, I want the excitement.”
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Seth Rollins’ movie schedule won’t affect his WWE appearances
In more news about Seth Rollins, he’s been roped in for a part in the new “Captain America: New World Order” movie which started speculations on his upcoming WWE schedule. However, reports from PWInsider also confirmed that the new world champion will appear regularly on Raw and won’t miss any TV time.