Seth Rollins during Saturday Night’s Main Event and while many believe it could be really serious, it appears that might not be the case and he might return sooner than expected.
While speaking on Wrestling Observer Live, Bryan Alvarez provided an update on Seth Rollins’ injury situation, saying that Rollins definitely has a minor knee injury. Alvarez says WWE worked this into the storyline during Saturday Night’s Main Event.
While Rollins is getting the issue taken care of, WWE is going to push the idea that he’ll be out for nine months. The plan is to eventually have him make a surprise return, likely not as soon as SummerSlam but still significantly “ahead of schedule.”
“Seth Rollins 100% has a minor knee injury. They worked the knee injury on Saturday Night’s Main Event. He’s getting the minor knee injury taken care of, they’re gonna lead you to believe he’s gonna be out nine months, and he’s gonna make a surprise return — maybe not as early as SummerSlam but significantly ahead of schedule.”
Alvarez pointed out that the way WWE handled the segment made it obvious this was more storyline than serious injury. If Rollins had actually torn his ACL and everything else they were hinting at on Saturday, there wouldn’t have been immediate information by Monday.
Alvarez added that Paul Levesque isn’t hiding anything here; it’s clear this is meant to come across as part of an angle. Rollins is only mildly hurt and should be back sooner rather than later.
“The way they did the segment was like, if he was legitimately injured on Saturday night and tore his ACL and everything else they’re hinting that he did, I mean, they wouldn’t have no information by Monday. Paul isn’t keeping it a secret and making it come across as a total angle. He’s mildly hurt and will be back somewhat soon.”
This comes after we reported that Seth Rollins’ injury forced WWE to change the planned ending for Saturday Night’s Main Event last week. Nonetheless, we’ll have to see whether Rollins will actually end up returning sooner rather than later, as Bryan Alvarez definitely believes that will happen.
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