8 years of Seth Rollins in WWE: 1 backstage story from every year

#4 Why Seth Rollins retired his finisher (2017)

Vince McMahon decided to ban Seth Rollins from using the Curb Stomp as his finisher after WrestleMania 31. For the next two years, he used Triple H’s move – the Pedigree – as his go-to WWE finisher instead.

Seth Rollins told The Mirror in 2017 that it made sense for him to use Triple H’s move as part of The Authority. However, he wanted to create his own finisher after ending his storyline with Triple H at WrestleMania 33.

“The Pedigree was a part of my life when I was in The Authority and it made sense for the time being. After sealing the deal and beating Triple H with it at WrestleMania, that was a good place to retire it. At the end of the day, I want to be my own performer, and I want to have a finisher that is synonymous with me, not my mentor.”

After using the Ripcord Knee as his finisher in 2017, Seth Rollins reverted back to using the Stomp (fka the Curb Stomp) in 2018.

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#3 Seth Rollins pitched his WrestleMania match (2018)

In another story from his E&C Pod of Awesomeness appearance, Seth Rollins revealed that he pitched his WrestleMania 34 Triple Threat match.

The show began with Seth Rollins and Finn Balor challenging The Miz for the Intercontinental Championship. Rollins picked up the victory to win the title for the first time in his career.

The four-time World Champion admitted to Edge and Christian that he “was not ready to be the guy yet” at WrestleMania 34. That is why he was happy to be in a secondary title match instead of a World Championship storyline.