Seth Rollins Says He Wanted To Strangle Vince McMahon After 2019 HIAC Match

[Buffy]

Seth Rollins is the latest guest on Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Sessions, which is now available on Peacock/WWE Network.

During their near two-hour conversation, Austin brought up the infamous 2019 Hell in a Cell Match against “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt. Then-WWE Universal Champion Rollins used almost any weapon he could to keep Wyatt down, including a sledgehammer, which ultimately got the referee to stop the match.


Not only did Wyatt lose (a majority of fans wanted to see a victory) but a Hell in a Cell Match was stopped without a clear winner. Critics panned the match and it received “Worst Match of the Year” honors on some lists. Rollins said initially what he wanted to do ended up being very different from what he was told to do.


“My vision for what that was going to be was a lot different than what we had to go out there and do,” Rollins recalled. “We went out there, and did what we were told to do, to the best of our ability.”

Rollins continued that as the boos picked up from the crowd and then got louder with the finish — it wasn’t a fun at all in that moment. Rollins has since been able to put a positive spin on the match, but at that moment, he was so enraged that strangling Vince McMahon came to mind when he got to the backstage area.

“I put a positive spin on it now that I can look back at it a year and a half later, but at the time — I came through that curtain and I was ready to strangle Vince McMahon,” Rollins said. “I’m not kidding you. I’m not kidding you, TJ Willson was there to hold me back. I stared right into Vince’s eyes — you know where he sits in that chair over there [in Gorilla] — I look at him, he looked at me, we didn’t say a single word to each other and he walked out.

“I sat there with Paul Heyman — and also, he was Creative Director at the time of RAW — so I sat down there with him and we had a conversation. He was ‘Paul Heyman’ing’ me, if you will. Then, the next day I went into Vince’s office — much calmer — and I said, ‘Let’s talk about this. We need to figure out what we’re doing here, because that can’t happen again.’ It was civil, but it took me a night [to calm down], but I was ready to go. Man, if somebody wasn’t there making sure I was okay — my temper, I mean, the adrenaline. In my head, if you go back to that match, I’m convinced if it would have went our way, this wouldn’t be on that [worst matches] list.”

You can check out a clip below and the full interview on Peacock/WWE Network.

Source: https://www.wrestlinginc.com/news/2...strangle-vince-mcmahon-after-2019-hiac-match/

 

[Hidden Blaze]

I think most fans were wanting to after that one.

 

[Cwalker]

Yeah I’m not even a Bray Wyatt guy but I would’ve probably strangled Vince too

 

[Deezy]

Vince still would've kicked his ass.

 

[Chris]

I think this is one of my favorite quotes of all time lmao

 

[Marty McFourth]

This was the peroid when The Fiend had red lights in his matches, you couldn't see shit

 

[Dale]

Which in itself, probably isn't a bad thing.

 

[Bobby Barrows]

That was without a doubt one of the most baffling matches I had ever witnessed in my entire life and I'm absolutely not surprised everyone fucking hated that match, even the people in it.

 

[Hoss]

Can't say I'm surprised to hear that but also the ensuing months of the feud sucked just as bad as the HIAC match with Seth burning down the fucking Funhouse and shit. That feud right there absolutely tanked Rollins as a face, which is shit because he was enjoying a decent run up to that point, even if the Corbin feud earlier in the year wasn't the best TV either.

 

[Cwalker]

Seth killed himself by talking shit on Twitter. That’s actually what killed his babyface run(along with the HITC match)

 

[Hoss]

Seth killed himself by talking shit on Twitter. That’s actually what killed his babyface run(along with the HITC match)

Well that is true, it really exacerbated the issue once fans had already started to turn on him.

 

[Marty McFourth]

Yea, it was crazy how quickly the tide changed with Seth. When Monday Night Rollins was at its peak he was getting some of the biggest pops on the show. I do think it worked out for him though in the end, he's much better as a heel, his heel work has been fantastic and breathed some life in to his character.

 

[Deezy]

Seth speaking buried him more than the stupid fiend shit.

 

[Sabretooth]

that's still one of the stupidest match endings of all fucking time lmao so can you blame him

 

[InSaNe]

Vince still would've kicked his ass.

That's not the issue. That's his boss.

But I wouldn't blame him to be so angry. Hopefully, Vince learns from this, but I don't think so. I think he'll pull similar stunt, and the person will be pushed to quit.