WWE Higher Ups Comment On Rumors About Hesitancy With Seth Rollins’ Movie Role

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WWE management has commented on rumors about hesitancy with Seth Rollins’ movie role.

As previously reported, Seth Rollins recently filmed his role in the upcoming “Captain America: New World Order” film.

With Rollins away from WWE TV to film the spot, the company set up some sitdown interview with “The Visionary” to make up for his absence ahead of his showdown with AJ Styles for the World Heavyweight Championship at Night of Champions.

Following the news of his movie role, there were rumors emerging online that Rollins’ presence in the movie would cause some hesitation on WWE’s part to put the World Heavyweight Championship on him.

WRKD Wrestling originally reported:

Seth Rollins #WWERaw segment last night was pretaped due to filming @Marvel’s “Captain America: New World Order.”

While many backstage are very happy for him, there is hesitancy when it comes to putting the new title on him should these roles continue.

However, they than added a clarification:

Clarifying a prior report: we’d said that there was “hesitancy” to put the new title on Seth Rollins, due to his role in the new Captain America film.

However, its been made clear this isn’t an immediate fear, but for the future, should he & Becky Lynch further pursue Hollywood

Now, Fightful Select (subscription required) has provided an update, noting that WWE higher ups “vehemently denied” the initial rumors. One higher up stated:

“I’m not saying who is going to win this weekend, but the idea that this is anything but a positive is an unrealistic way of thinking. I can’t speak to how those in charge a year ago would have felt, but now it’s seen as a positive, especially with Endeavor aboard.” 

“It also wasn’t a surprise. Colby (Lopez, Seth Rollins) is an exceptional talent and we expect these opportunities to come his way.”

“We were made aware that the situation was happening, and he’s already done filming. We had planned out the sit-down interviews to make up for his absence and it’s full speed ahead.”

In the past, WWE has been very hit or miss when it comes to promoting the outside projects of their stars. However, as of late, the company has done well to promote the likes of John Cena in “Fast X” and Batista in “Guardians of the Galaxy 3.”

Rollins’ Night of Champions opponent AJ Styles recently made headlines by stating his belief that it can’t be argued that the World Heavyweight Championship isn’t secondary.

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