Seth Rollins recently spoke with Brian Fritz for Sporting News and confirmed recent reports that he was dealing with a minor back injury. Last month, it was reported that Rollins was dealing with a bad back; it was never said that it would threaten his WrestleMania match, but it did require some rest. Rollins says he’s been cleared for competition and he’s feeling good heading into WrestleMania 35 next weekend:
“Yeah, I did have a lingering back issue that I was dealing with. At the end of the day, I’m able to compete. I’ve been cleared by our doctors. I had to take a few weeks to rest but it looks like I’ll be fine moving forward. I feel good. I’ve ramped up training in the gym and at my school (Black and Brave Wrestling Academy). I feel really good. I feel healthy and, hopefully, I’ll be able to pick that guy up and throw him around a little bit so I’m not the only one getting tossed around.”
Rollins also talked about finally getting a one-on-one shot against Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania, a match that seems like it should have gone down already:
“Yeah. You mentioned the Battleground singles match but I was a different person. I was a different performer. You had that match being marred by The Undertaker coming back to seek some revenge from the streak ending so we never really, Brock and I, got to get back in the ring after I cashed in the Money in the Bank and took the title from him at WrestleMania. That was four years ago. We haven’t really had any interaction since then and this is the moment for me that everything has been building to. The whole “Redesign, Rebuild, Reclaim,” this is the moment. This is what I’m talking about. I’ve put a lot of pressure on myself to get back to this level. A lot of things happened this year that put me in this position. I had an incredible 2018; 2019 started off awesome. It feels like this is destiny, in a way.”
Rollins added:
“It feels a lot like destiny and it feels like every single piece of my career — every single step in a way — has been leading to this moment. If I lose the match, then maybe I won’t say that in retrospect. I’ve got all the confidence in the world going in that I’m going to win this thing. It feels like everything is aligning and everything has come together to get me ready for this moment and this night, WrestleMania, coming up. It’s definitely a special feeling to be a part of something like this, a match of this magnitude that means so much not just to me but to so many other people. It’s very humbling and I’m really looking forward to seeing how it all plays out.”
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