Seth Rollins Opens Up About Concerns With ‘Physicality’ Of GUNTHER WWE WrestleMania Match After Returning From Injury, ‘It’s So Hard, Because When You Go Into A Match Like That, You Can’t Be Hyper-Focused On Taking Care Of Yourself’

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Seth Rollins has opened up about concerns he had with facing GUNTHER at WWE WrestleMania 42 after his return from injury.

Rollins vs GUNTHER at Mania was Rollins’ first match since he suffered an injury in the Crown Jewel Championship match against Cody Rhodes in October.

In a new official WWE interview ahead of his match against Bron Breakker at Backlash, Rollins has commented on his in-ring return and his overall recovery from injury, which he described as the hardest recovery he’s ever had.

He said:

“Being in the ring with someone like GUNTHER is an experience unto itself. First match back after six months on the shelf, so the physical side of things was a bit of a trial.

“I don’t recover like I used to. When I was in my 20s I felt like I could just reset every day, it didn’t matter what came before. Now, it’s just a different animal.

“And this recovery from this surgery was I think the hardest recovery I’ve ever had. Even with the full knee that I did in 2015, I was just a young man, nothing bothered me. This was hard. This was a very difficult recovery. It was painful, it was slow.

“I think I’m getting better every day. I was really happy to get through WrestleMania and not have what I felt was a regression.

“I was concerned that just the physicality of the match with GUNTHER would cause some sort of regression or re-injury.

“It’s so hard, because when you go into a match like that, you can’t be hyper-focused on taking care of yourself. You’ve kinda got to let it all go and just hope that your preparation has got you where you need to be.

“So I was very happy to come through that physically relatively unscathed.”

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The Emotional Side Of Seth Rollins’ Return

Six-time WWE World Champion Seth Rollins went on to discuss what his injury and return were like for him emotionally, saying:

“I think the emotional side of me, I think it was bittersweet coming into WrestleMania not with the World Heavyweight Championship, not in line for a main event.

“At this stage of my career, those are what I’m chasing. And to know that I had it in the palm of my hand, lost it, and had to come back in a different role, was tough.

“But at the same time, there’s nothing like hearing the crowd sing the song, come back, 50,000 plus, you get to go in there and do the thing that you love to do, and show the world that you can still do that.

“Any time you come back off an injury – and I know, I’ve had a bunch of them – any time you come off an injury, you get a little bit older, there’s always that worry that you’re not gonna be able to measure up to the version of yourself from before.

“So, all things told, I thought it was a really good experience. Obviously didn’t get the outcome I wanted, but it was a really incredible feeling to be able to get back out there after six months and do the damn thing.”

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