Seth Rollins spoke to Ryan Satin on a recent episode of the Out of Character podcast, and talked about a variety of topics including comments regarding the World Heavyweight Championship and its status, in the eyes of some, as a ‘consolation prize’ compared to the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship held by Roman Reigns.
Of the function the new title holds within WWE, Rollins stated it was a “necessity” due to the schedule Reigns has had and what his title reign has looked like:
“I just believe it was a necessity so I wasn’t offended, I wasn’t annoyed or anything like that. If you watched and followed and saw how Roman has built up the title that he has, it only makes sense, I guess, for you to use the word consolation prize but for me, again, it didn’t feel that way, it felt like a big deal. Like I said, it felt like a big deal because there are so many guys who are able to be in the shoes that I’m in right now and the fact that it’s me makes it feel like a big deal to me and I feel a lot of responsibility to represent them and the industry as well as I can.”
“It feels sometimes with Roman’s title reign because there really is only one challenger at a time and often every few months that we’re in a bit of a holding pattern, a lot of guys are in a holding pattern.”
Since winning the World Heavyweight Championship at Night of Champions, Rollins has defended it three times on WWE programming, retaining it against Damian Priest on the 6/5 edition of RAW, Bron Breakker on the 6/20 NXT Gold Rush show, and at Money in the Bank against Finn Balor, along with seven times at non-televised live events including wins over Priest and The Miz.
Source: Wrestling Observer