World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins sues a fan for calling him a ‘fake a** champion’ during the WWE Live event
World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins sues a fan for calling him a ‘fake a** champion’ during the WWE Live event
- Rollins won the newly restored heavyweight title 65 days ago in Saudi Arabia
- The reference was probably made in comparison to fellow superstar Roman Reigns
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WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins has gone viral on social media for calling out a fan at a WWE Live event in Miami, Florida.
Rollins is used to making waves on the internet for his wrestling or even ringside antics as fans sing his song during his latest championship run, but this time the heavyweight champion called a fan into the crowd.
While taking the mic after his victory over Finn Balor, Rollins took the time to air his grievances with a fan sitting ringside after the spectator allegedly called him a “fake champion.”
“Being a fighting champion takes its toll on me. Got a man here, that man over there calls me a fake champion,” Rollins said before pausing and allowing the crowd to unleash a chant of “beat his a**.”
“I’m here in your city, sweating buckets, bleeding my own blood. I am far from a fake champion. I’m a fighting champion because you deserve a champion who shows up, a champion who sweats buckets, a champion who sheds his own blood.”
WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins called out a fan after a recent live event
Rollins recently appeared on Good Morning America with his wife and fellow star Becky Lynch
Rollins and Lynch also appeared on the ESPY awards to present the Best Play award
“You deserve The Visionary, you deserve The Revolutionary, you deserve the World Champion Seth (Freakin Rollins).”
Rollins referring to himself as a “fighting champion” could be interpreted as a shot at WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns, who has held the company’s most prestigious belts hostage for the past three years while working only a part-time schedule.
Since re-restoring the Heavyweight Championship 65 days ago at WWE’s Night of Champions premium live event in Saudi Arabia in a match against “The Phenomenal One” AJ Styles, Rollins has defended the title a total of 17 times in various WWE tournaments. events.
While it remains unknown the exact reasons why the fan referred to Rollins as a “fake a** champion,” it could have been a dig at WWE to create a new “main title” after getting himself into a corner had pushed by allowing Reigns to hold the previous one. two ‘main titles’ as previously mentioned.
Reigns’ belts were eventually unified into the new Undisputed WWE Universal Championship as a way to cut down on the number of prestigious titles, but as this incident shows, the attempt didn’t win over all of the fan base.