Seth Rollins Names CM Punk Among WWE Champions He Wants To Be Like

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Seth Rollins has named CM Punk among WWE Champions he wants to be like.

At WWE Night of Champions, Seth Rollins defeated AJ Styles to become the new WWE World Heavyweight Champion. Since then, Rollins has tried to establish the title as the workhorse championship in the company with open challenges and wanting to defend it anytime, anywhere.

Speaking with Alex McCarthy of Daily Mail, Rollins was asked what sort of champion he wants to be. He answered:

“Say what you will about Roman’s championship reign, it’s been chockful of incredible moments and great stories in the times he hasn’t defended the title, most of them have been memorable – and that’s fantastic. But for me, it’s not necessarily the way I want to be champion.”

“I was a fan of the old champions growing up, the NWA champions that took the title around all the towns and defended it in every city. That’s just what I grew up with and that’s what part of being a champion.”

“Guys like Ric Flair, Harley Race and even Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels and even if you [look] all the way to John Cena and CM Punk as the WWE Champion, these were guys who were my examples when I was growing up and what fixated in my mind.”

“I never really wanted to be a Brock Lesnar, that really wasn’t the type of champion I wanted to be, I saw what that did to us a roster and as a business and I didn’t like it, and if I ever was going to a champion and the guy at the top I wanted to be like the guys I idolised and not the guys I thought were not great for the business overall.”

CM Punk held the WWE Championship for 434 days from 2011 to 2013. Roman Reigns recently passed Punk’s number of days as WWE Champion to go along with his 1000-plus day reign as Universal Champion.

As previously reported, Seth Rollins has revealed the real reason for why he missed The Pat McAfee Show on June 20.

Rollins is set to defend the World Heavyweight Championship against Bron Breakker on the June 20 “Gold Rush” edition of WWE NXT.

If Rollins retains, he will go on to defend the title against Finn Balor at WWE Money In The Bank on July 1. For the full lineup for the event, click here.

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