Seth Rollins On WWE World Heavyweight Championship: ‘We’re Not Naïve’

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Seth Rollins says neither he nor WWE are ‘naïve’ about this aspect of the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.

Seth Rollins has commented on the WWE World Heavyweight Championship and noted that neither he nor the company are naïve about the work that needs to be done to build the title in prestige.

While Rollins has appreciated the spirit of calling the title a ‘work rate title’ however believes that doesn’t quite capture the point of the new belt.

Noting that he isn’t naïve to the work that will need to go into establishing this title as the top of the industry, Rollins said:

“I think just kind of calling it the work rate title is a little bit underselling it. At the end of the day, the title exists because our roster is so chock full of talent. There’s just too much to have one champion that’s not around very much.

“I think the fact that we had so many worthy contenders, people that could hold this championship, I think that is the reason the title exists. If we had a weak roster and things weren’t good and stuff wasn’t hot, it might be a different story, it might be fine just to have one champion who wasn’t around, didn’t want to make live events, but that’s just not the case.

“We’re selling out left and right, we’re hot, from here to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Paris, France, Mexico City, it doesn’t matter. We’re just selling out left and right. We need to have a World Heavyweight Champion on the men’s side to represent that level of competition.

“I think we’re going to put in the work to build this title to be as big as any championship in wrestling. And we’re not naive and think that we don’t need to put in that work. We know that it needs to happen, but we’ve got the roster, and the guys and the crew who are willing to put in the time to make it feel as big as it is.”

Seth Rollins beat AJ Styles at the WWE premium live event, Night of Champions in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to become the inaugural Champion.

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