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Current WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth ‘Freakin’ Rollins has sent his apologies to current AEW star Buddy Matthews following this week’s Raw.

On the show, during the tag team main event pitting Rollins and AJ Styles against Finn Balor and Damian Priest of the Judgment Day, Rollins slid out of the ring and put his arm around Rhea Ripley at ringside while Rhea was distracted.

The spot was a callback to a spot between Shawn Michaels and Melina at Survivor Series in 2006, where Michaels did the same to the former Divas Champion.

Rollins was a guest on WWE’s The Bump today, where he discussed the spot, saying that the spot was right there for the taking.

Rollins went on to say he hopes that Rhea and Dominik Mysterio weren’t too offended, before hoping the same for his former protégé Murphy (current AEW Trios Champion Buddy Matthews).

He said:

“I saw an opening, I had to take it. I don’t know what else to tell you. It was right there for the picking, and it made for good television and a lot of fun.

“I hope Rhea wasn’t too offended, I hope Dom-Dom wasn’t too offended. I hope my old protege Murphy wasn’t too offended. I don’t know, I’m just pissing everybody off, I guess.”

Matthews and Ripley are in a real-life relationship, which prompted the comment from Rollins.

Matthews is currently a member of the House of Black in AEW, where he reigns as a current AEW Trios Champion.

Here are full results from WWE Night of Champions 2023:

World Heavyweight Championship – Seth ‘Freakin’ Rollins def. AJ Styles

Trish Stratus def. Becky Lynch after interference from Zoey Stark

Intercontinental Championship – Gunther (c) def. Mustafa Ali

Raw Women’s Championship – Asuka def. Bianca Belair (c)

SmackDown Women’s Championship – Rhea Ripley (c) def. Natalya

Brock Lesnar def. Cody Rhodes

Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship – Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn (c) def. Roman Reigns & Solo Sikoa after the Usos accidentally superkicked Sikoa, and Jimmy Uso purposely superkicked Reigns

Seth Rollins/Rhea did the Shawn Michaels/Melina spot I'm crying 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/8GsMzLjMJ9

— Wrestling Pics & Clips (@WrestleClips) May 30, 2023

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